The Only Thing That Matters in Baseball | Baseball Bits

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It's the count. That's what matters in baseball. It's how you navigate the count. There are 12 different counts in Major League Baseball, with some highlights being the 0-2 count, 3-0 count, and 3-2 count aka full count. In this video, we'll discuss them all, but emphasize when needed. 3 ball counts and 2 strike counts are naturally more interesting than others.

Many MLB players will be used to illustrate my point, including Mookie Betts, Max Scherzer, Luis Arraez, Mike Trout, Aaron Nola, Kodai Senga, Sonny Gray, Gleyber Torres, DJ LeMahieu, Cristian Javier, Joey Votto, and Edwin Diaz.

Baseball strategy will be a big topic here as well. What do the numbers say about swinging at the first pitch? How about a 3-0 count swing? You might be surprised. All this, and much much more, will be revealed in this episode of Baseball Bits, a Foolish Baseball production.

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Soundtrack from Maxo:

[IRuiz]

16:04 When you said "Jose Ramirez swings at everything", I was disappointed that you didn't add the clip of him punching Tim Anderson, 😂😂

[nauticalnonsense]

Should have been called "Only Thing That COUNTS in Baseball"

[mmsnorby]

Mike Trout's pixelated face popping up in the mirror killed me. Exactly what I needed to start my day.

[thevidguy]

Just found this cool offshoot channel of the foolish bailey channel! Thinking about subbing.

[flurrries]

props to foolish to getting right into the video and answering the question before i even read the title!
also 2:07 what a line

[cincinnatireds]

Every day I pray that Bailey uploads a terrific video

[Roysorb]

Paul DeJong's been real quiet since this came out

[tgagsHD]

"Whether we're talking about the Magnus effect or Magnus Carlsen..."
A+. Bravo.

[Cardsfan]

This legit helped me understand the game of baseball at a deeper level. Watching the game will be more engaging when I dive into the counts. Get pumped at a 3-0 and 3-1 count. Go crazy when a hit comes on an 0-2 count

[carlwilliams]

13:22 THANK

Although, I would also argue that a single with a runner on 1st is still more valuable than a walk considering the 31.8% of base runners on first that took extra base(s) on a single in 2023.
The only time that the value of singles and walks is truly moot is when the bases are empty.

[Verlisify]

The energy of this video was wild. The whole script was read like a jokey intro segment. No one on FB's level

[ryanmccrary]

What a good video analyzing different pitch counts. There’s so much information here that I’m probably gonna have to watch it a few times. Keep crushing it Bailey!!!

[eugenefullstack]

The final boss music kicking in during the part about pitchers being able to trick you was *chef's kiss* 16:37

[god-nl]

More analytical videos like this PLEASE. This is a masterpiece.

[kodic]

Undertale reference in a baseball vid is wild 😭😭6:27

[leonjames]

" I could play in the big leagues today, if pitchers weren't allowed to trick me !" So true Bailey me too 😂😂 amen brother

[majorsmith]

This reminds me of the Corey Seager dilemma

Corey swings at quite a lot of first pitches, one of the highest in baseball.

Pitchers know this, but they also know the disadvantages of starting off 1-0 to a hitter like Seager.

What follows is a pick-your-poison and is why good first ball hitters often end up drawing a lot of walks.

[alejandrocervantes]

wow this guy really explained chess perfectly

[brendansouter]

Foolish Baseball sighting, instantly makes my day

[micahrodie]

This is probably my favorite video you've ever done! As a coach, I'm probably going to have my kids watch this entire thing just to understand that the count matters more than they think it does