The Most Underrated Players of MLB's Steroid Era

Creator: Mike

MLB's steroid era has become one of its most commonly romanticized. So, who were its best players that have been left behind in its legacy?
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[anewt]

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.

[todd]

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.

[captgeesh]

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

[TheoBresnahan-vkwp]

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

[seaour]

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.

[jamesesterline]

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.

[RememberTheGreatsSports]

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

[mattstefon]

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

[ripharambe]

carlos zambrano destroying things with a bat was always fun

[nextgencowboy]

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.

[niremetal]

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.

[michaelmason]

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

[DonTrump-svsi]

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

[tiedomi]

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

[nigelroxbury]

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

[alexvoigt]

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.

[JamesSkools]

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!

[um]

Omar vizquel won 11 gold gloves from 1993–2001, 2005–06, 3x all star with 2800+ hits. Most underrated player I ever saw. Defensive enforcer

[ohsoedgy]

Jake Peavy won a pitching Triple Crown and he didn’t receive a Hall of Fame vote!

[patrickcarrillo]

6:31 this man is beloved in Anaheim an absolute legend to Angels fans The 2002 World Series MVP and probably the greatest hit in franchise history with his double in Game 6 of the 2002 World Series to complete the greatest comeback in World Series history being down 0-5 to 6-5 winning the Game 6 forcing Game 7