The 7 Levels of Hitter

Great video, & I like how you respond to any fan(atics)/fan/addicts. 😎

A minor quibble: Ohtani is remarkable & like with Judge, it is heartening that a player can approach Baseball Immortality even if starting late.
But there is no reason to think it is unlikely a player or a small bunch of them might not be great pitchers & hitters.
Yes it is extremely hard.
But the science behind baseball has expanded so much; & there is no reason to believe that other exceptionally talented players might not do this, even if rare.

Part of the reason it was not done before, besides the obvious re: degree of difficulty, is that nobody really tried.
They did not have nearly the sports science behind things as today-an analogy might be Wemby in B-Ball: I heard he had 24 trainers at one point.
In 1911 they juiced the baseball: IF players were swinging for the fences, the offensive production that occurred would have been corralled into more efforts to hit home runs, in large part due to uppercut swings.

With Ohtani showing it is possible, if we had a time machine & could go forward 125 years (assuming as is only likely we have not destroyed the social order & planet so much that the game does not continue), it would be a very smart bet that there will be at least multiple Ohtani-like 2 way players.

Especially due to the renown, wealth & Pride that would be gained from it.

Once in a lifetime lol we really haven’t seen anything yet Japan is not messing around

where is schanuel?

Lindor had mvp level season, in 2024. he finished 2nd to Ohtani. what ya talking bout willis

"once in a while a replacement player edges his name into baseball history with one swing" and I immediately thought about Miguel Rojas against the Blue Jays

9:55 2015 Royals mentioned ❤. We take what we can get as Royals fans.

It's so sad that Trout is hurt so often, but in some universe, if he was an Ironman he would have a shot at a career 200 WAR.
200. HALF of his career in injured. And he's knocking at the door of 100 WAR.

14:34 SEGA BASS FISHING MENTIONED

We really gotMLB's tri force before GTA 6

20 Generational... here's mine.
Ruth Cobb Wagner Speaker Hornsby Gehrig Musial Williams Mantle Aaron Mays
Schmidt Henderson Griffey Rodriguez Jeter Bonds Pujols Trout Ohtani

Cal Raliegh. Sure bro. Career .224 hitter

I don't really want to know this, I just find it fascinating that someone did all this math.

Prince Fielder is my favorite player who ate a fan’s nachos mid game.

Nice take. Judge the best pure offensive player.

I don't know who this dope is, but someone should throw a fastball at his batting helmet. The difference between "level 1" and "level 7" is the difference between a guy who can commit a miracle occasionally and a guy who can commit miracles regularly. They are all freakishly talented athletes.

19:06 I see you with the DK:CR music, and I salute you

Ik this is a hitter vid but nolan arenado's a HOF lock just off of defense

Hyeseong Kim produced 1.7 bWAR in just 170 PAs. That's a near all star rate of performance.

Trout has to be Level 7, your getting caught up in the moment and not giving him the credit he deserves for what he has done but yet you said Judge is only 1 season with 10+ war away, when Trout has 2 plus a 9.9 and 9.5, Judge OPS is only 50 points higher then Trout, but Trout has been a better base runner and fielder throughout their career and Trout has been much more productive since he’s played many more games dealing being the same age and dealing with injuries. This conversation could change if Judge continues producing like a MVP and Trout doesn’t bounce back close to his best self, but right now Trout earned it

やっぱ指標としてはOPSの時代だな。アヘアヘ単打マンより、シュワーバーみたいな一発がある選手の方が怖いのは確かだし。逆になんで昔はあんなに打率が持て囃されてたのかわからんわ。

Wrong. At the summit there are 2 guys. Shohei plus Jazz Chisholm who did 50/50 without anyone noticing….

Nobody cares about the Yankees and the Dodgers.
They are the evil empires.

You forgot Ichiro.

It's my first time watching your videos. You clearly take inspiration from the best, I can respect that.

Just want to say that I noticed when you changed the thumbnail a while back after my comment and do appreciate it, though I do still have Judge over Ohtani as a HITTER.
Ohtani gets everything else, like even in the OF I have no doubt that he'd somehow be a GGer if he played there full time, he's just that good at everything. You could even make the argument that Ohtani is a better overall offensive player if you include baserunning. I don't think he is, but I'd accept the argument, because it's clear to me that Judge is just THAT good at the plate, and that makes him 'generational'. Whether it's a generational peak or generational career remains to be seen, but he is that good.

the fact that Ichiro wasn't mentioned a single time means this entire video is null and void

Jeter's defense was historically horrendous just fyi

I’m very curious. Who gives more scary vibes to other teams when it comes to hitting? Shohei or Judge? I know that judge has great stat than Shohei, but whenever I watch baseball, it looks like they are more cautious to ohtani..

that donkey kong country music <3

It is so weird that baseball people still have good things to say about Barry Bonds. Trying to get into the sport, and I can't understand the respect for people who cheated.

@21:57 1000 years you say? Then that's a tier called Millenary

fun vid. what about levels of pitchers?

Pujols won the Triple Crown for the decade (2000's) and was a 700(!) home run guy that never struck out 100 times in a season. For the first 11 seasons of his career, he averaged more walks than strikeouts, and that trend only slightly reversed when he went to the Angels. He averaged 63.8 strikeouts per season over a 22-year career.

He hit more home runs than doubles and triples combined, and finished his career with 1,404 strikeouts and 1,405 extra base hits. Seriously, let that sink in. The guy was inhuman. The Machine.

the whole point is to categorize player-seasons, but you're bringing past seasons into this when you put Paul Goldschmidt in Hall of Fame or Bellinger in MVP. If Cal Raleigh is MVP because of last season, and Hye-seong Kim is in Replacement because of last season, then based on 2025 Goldy should be in Everyday and Belli should be in All-Star

No, the reason Cal Raleigh is the face of the MVP tier is that he WAS the most valuable player last year. He hit 60 home runs as a catcher

bro forgot about Josh H. Smith

1:38 I was, actually. They’re in the thumbnail :)

There is a separate level for Shohei: God-tier

I have been glazing isaac paredes since, well, forever, so i'm so happy to see him get his flowers.

LMAO Shohei is much better than Juan Soto with the bat lmao. silly white boy

Hye Seong Kim attained 1.7 bWAR in just 71 games last season and was graded as an elite second baseman. that is not replacement level LMAO. get your facts right

No max scherzer in the hall of fame category is criminal