The Top 10 BIGGEST Juiced Ball Frauds
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Published 2024-03-07
2019 saw an unprecedented amount of homers hit. The previous record set only 2 years earlier was completely shattered. The reason given for this boom was that the ball had less drag this year, or in short, was "juiced." This casued the difference in the home run explosion from 2017-2019 to the steroid era was the rise of the middle class of home run hitters. We saw players who had previous career highs in the 10s hitting over 30. Luckily, we have the power of Statcast data to sort through the glut of home run hitters and see who was getting the most out of the "juiced ball."
Comment a player and I will tell you where they ranked on the list!
Sources:
pitcherlist.com/going-deep-the-real-value-of-statc….
www.theringer.com/year-in-review/2019/12/16/210234…
www.statmuse.com/mlb/ask/which-team-had-the-most-h…
www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/27731274/inside-long-l…
www.fantraxhq.com/statcast-101-barrel-rates-launch…
www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/48260/moon…
theathletic.com/1044790/2019/06/25/yes-the-basebal…
www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb-study-says-balls-we…
www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2019/12/11/mlb-i…
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All Comments (21)
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I thought Renato Nunez would be on this list. He hit 31 homers that season, which accounted for 55% of his career homeruns
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Wish the cutoff wasn’t at 25, could’ve used an analysis of Derek Dietrich’s bizarre memory hold time with the Reds in ‘19.
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I know it wasn’t 2019 but Jacoby Ellsbury hitting 32 HRs in 2011 will forever blow my mind when he only had one other season of 10+ home runs
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Thanks for the Eddie Murray name drop. His 500 HRs despite never hitting more than 33 HRs in a season is one of my favourite stat-accumulation baseball statistic.
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2019 was the year of the juiced baseball, but 2024 is the year of the juiced uniform. Fans will be seeing a lot of flying balls again this year, just a different kind.
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Big Mets fan and I’d have to say Jeff McNeil. As elite as he can be in most aspects of his game, he had no right hitting 23 in 2019 😂
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Where were Paul DeJong and Renato Nunez on this list? They both out-homered Ozuna that year 😂
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There should be a part 2 for those under 25 HRs in that year
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Victor Robles hit 17 HR's in 617 PA's in 2019, and he's hit 11 HR's in 1,091 PA's since then. 2019 baseball savant rankings: EV (1st percentile), Hard Hit % (4th percentile), xSLG (10th percentile) xwOBA (12th percentile.
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I was surprised to see Blackmon on this list, mostly because of how good he was from 2016-2018. I think he's another one of the smarter players who's adjusted his style as he ages. Since he hits leadoff, he knows he doesn't need to hunt homers, he just has to get on base, and his OBP was .363 last year
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mark cahna with 30 homers was wild
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As an Orioles fan, I still have bad memories of 2019 Gleyber Torres, lol!
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Amongst the sub-25 hr guys from 2019, Christian Vazquez is one who stands out to me with 22. Dude has little to no power for the rest of his career
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I thought Mitch Garver would be on this list, his 31 home run season in 93 games was truly random
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Atuve is an interesting choice since he once again hit 31 HRs in 2021, 28 in 2022, and was on pace for 30 in 2023 if not for the injuries. Yuli on the other hand 100% had a season for the ages in 2019.
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I was 100% sure Kole Calhoun, Roberto Perez and Hunter Dozier would have made this. Even Jonathon Villar and Freddy Galvis i would have thought over Marte and Altuve.
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Christian Vazquez is definitely a beneficiary of this season, and I’m pretty surprised to not see Danny Santana here
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As a astros fan I have no god dam clue how Yuli hit 31 even with the juiced ball. It looked like he was just poking at it and next thing you know it's over the wall.
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Loved the video, but I mostly want to say that you are easily one of the YouTubers I most look forward to releasing a new one! Can't wait until the next!
