The Most Underrated Players of MLB's Steroid Era

Mike Cameron apologized to me for not signing my hat when I was a kid. Dude had to go do fielding drills when I was next in line. That "Sorry bro, I gotta run!" while pointing at me as if to say "I got you" (all while jogging backwards) is, oddly, one of my favorite baseball memories.

Jim Edmonds hit almost 400 home runs with a .280 average, won a handful of Gold Gloves and made perhaps the finest catch ever recorded in baseball.

Paul Konerko didn't make it out of the first voting and he has 440 home runs. Hall of the very good.

I think the most overlooked is Johnny Damon to be honest. Dude has a ton of hits and played on two World Series champs, all while doing a lot of great seasons in all else Kansas City. As for Lankford I think he was on the juice too, his teammates all were.....

Don’t forget Aramis Ramírez who hit 380 homers and 2300 hits in his career

Genuinely appreciate content like this. There’s so many guys I look back on or “forgot about” that could make up a legendary roster themselves. As soon as I saw Troy Glaus, I knew I needed to sit down and watch.

dude this is crazy but i’m in the photo of mike cameron signing autographs. i’ve never seen that photo before but the second it popped up i recognized myself and my childhood best friend. WILD

Beckett was one of the finest postseason pitchers ever, and that should really count for something.

Griffey had 99.3% vote for HOF. I just want to know who the .7% were that didnt vote for him

I am legitimately shocked Becket got ao little respect, his 6 year peak run from 05 with the Marlins through 2011 with Boston, he was 99-55, with over 1000 ks, and 5-1 in the playoffs. He also carried the sox in 07, going 20-7, although he lost the CYA to Sabathia.

carlos zambrano destroying things with a bat was always fun

Jason Kendall also deserves a mention. He had 9 seasons of 10+ stolen bases as a catcher and leads the position in career stolen bases with 189, is 5th all-time on the hit-by-pitch leaderboard, is one of only 8 catchers with 2,000+ hits (and is behind only Ivan Rodriguez for the most hits at the position), was great defensively having put up nearly 14 dWAR, and made 3 All-Star appearances, but he never won a major award, not even a Gold Glove or Silver Slugger since he was overshadowed at the position in the NL by Mike Piazza for hitting and Charles Johnson for fielding in the late 90s-early 2000s (in fact the only time he recieved votes was when he finished 3rd in 1995 NL ROTY voting), and he only received two votes on the 2016 ballot.

He was pre-steroid era but...Dale Murphy, man. 398 career homers, back-to-back MVPs, one of the best defensive outfielders of his era. But by the time he got on the ballot in '99, 398 homers all of a sudden seemed like chump change. He and Roger Maris are the only non-cheaters with multiple MVP awards not in the Hall.

Rafael furcal has to be one of my favorite players of all time. His arm was INSANE!. Bullets to 1st base. Probably could have been a pitcher. Problem was injuries. Solid video here!

Not sure if you mentioned him in a different video, but Jermaine Dye probably deserves a shout out as well: Averaged 27 homers and 91 RBIs for a solid decade on .280/.345/.506 splits, bashed 30+ homers on 4 different occasions and even logged a Top 5 MVP season in ‘06. Dude was legit.

Alphonso Soriano. 7x all-star, 4x silver-slugger, 40-40 club, 412 homers.

Looking back at the 2001 Diamondbacks team is crazy that they were the underdogs to win it all. That team was stacked by this kind of players. Look into it

I feel Carlos Delgado doesn't get enough love. He at least got some votes though.

Wow, this vid is such a nostalgia hit. So cool to see these players again. Also, pretty hilarious that several of these guys were on the Padres. I wonder if Steve Finley qualifies for a vid, like this.

Mike Cameron's 4 homerun game for Seattle was amazing. Dude went back-to-back with Bret Boone TWICE in the SAME INNING.