Best Contract Extensions in Baseball History

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  @VACATETHE48 · 2 years ago

  Just a small fun fact about Pujols:<br>He&apos;s the only 1B since integration to rack up more than 2.0 dWAR for a season according to BRef. <br>Elite in every facet of the game.

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• DA

  @dafttassia1960 · 2 years ago

  No other baseball youtuber is putting this much effort. Spending months on this is crazy. Quality work here.

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  @shelleyinthecity · 2 years ago

  Ronald Acuna Jr and Ozzie Albies. &nbsp;Absolute bargains extensions for the talent level that those 2 have.

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• BL

  @blakepettys28 · 2 years ago

  I can’t believe I was lucky enough to grow up watching the best player of my generation, and he just happened to play for my favorite team. Watching Albert Pujols play was like playing MLB the show on rookie difficulty because he made everything look that easy. Not only putting up elite numbers, but carrying the team for long stretches, including carrying the team with the worst record ever to win the World Series in 2006. He won 3 MVPs, but that sells him short because he also had 4 second place finishes that just happened to occur during Barry Bonds historic run, Ryan Howard’s 59 HR season, and a great season from Votto. And the man had 3 home runs in a World Series game, which only 4 players have ever done. Oh, and he even put up a 30+ DRS season at first base, lapping the field in 2007. There’s not enough time in the world to talk about all he accomplished in St Louis, truly an all-time player

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• NO

  @No5712 · 2 years ago

  averaging 8 war for as long as pujols did is insane on its own, but him doing it as a first baseman is whats really impossible

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• CH

  @ChairmanMeow1 · 2 years ago

  97-03 Pedro was the best pitching Ive ever seen in my life. Could have extended him by eleventy billion dollars and Id call it smart.

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• CR

  @craigwheeler4760 · 1 year ago

  Fun Fact for <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bR5LDw3IB8c&amp;t=930">15:30</a> -- Dave Steib Played for league average salary in 1981-83 after losing an arbitration hearing to increase his pay to 350K. &nbsp;He just wanted a little more than league average, and he was the Staff ACE for the Blue Jays. &nbsp;His WAR for the season he wanted the raise and lost, was over 7!!!

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• WO

  @wolfwiles · 2 years ago

  The movement on Greg Maddux&apos;s stuff from <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bR5LDw3IB8c&amp;t=1360">22:40</a>-<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bR5LDw3IB8c&amp;t=1368">22:48</a> is NASTY work 😮‍💨

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• JA

  @JasonThomasLionHeart · 2 years ago

  the best decision the cardinals ever made was extending albert pujols. &nbsp;the second best decision decision the cardinals ever made was not extending albert pujols. damn that is poignant

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• CO

  @connorchurch3518 · 2 years ago

  No idea how you don’t have at least 500k+ subscribers, incredible content love the analytical side of contracts.

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• JA

  @Jame5man · 2 years ago (edited)

  It’s always a good day when Baseball’s Not Dead uploads

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• MI

  @MisterVicky9 · 2 years ago

  I&apos;ve recommend your channel to any of my friends looking to get into baseball. You explain everything so clearly and give a great introduction into advanced stats

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