Top 10 MLB FLASHES IN THE PAN! HERE & GONE Players Who Were ELITE For A Moment in TIme...

In today's presentation, we will look at 10 of the most talented and elite stars of MLB history who ended up being FLASH IN THE PAN Players! They were HERE then GONE but during their brief periods of dominance, these players were UNSTOPPABLE!!

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[danielparker]

I wouldn’t consider Tim Lincecum a “flash in the pan.” He did more in his short career than most who’ve played for 20 years. If not for injuries, he would be HOF. Either way, he’s a giants legend

[IncredibleFulk]

Tim Lincecum’s time was short, but he made the most of it.
3 time Word Series rings, 2 Cy Young awards and 2 no hitters.
I’ll always love Timmy for what he has done for the Giants.

[FerdinandCesarano]

Please note that Zoilo Versalles was not traded from the Senators to the Twins. The Senators moved to Minnesota in 1961 (to be replaced in Washington by an expansion team that adopted the Senators nickname), and Versalles moved with them.

[robertanderson]

I'm not sure I'd consider a player with 1, 736 Strikeouts (3x leader), 110 Wins, a 2x Cy Young, 2 No-Hitters, and 3x World Series winner a flash in the pan. He had about 8 quality seasons of his 10, four which he K'd over 200, seven 10+ Win seasons, (yes his ERA was high his last 5 seasons), but I'd have listed Kerry Wood in that spot. He pitched much longer, making his first 4 or 5 seasons make him look like a true flash in the pan, even with his two pretty good relief years.

[Ian_]

One guy I never hear mentioned is Brandon Webb. His stretch from 2006-2008 was great and then he made his last start in 2009.

[nealvaught]

I was a 10-year-old Orioles fan in 1976 when Mark Fidrych hit the scene. He was so exciting and fun to watch and he’s one of my fondest childhood baseball memories. It was heartbreaking to see him injured and retire from the game after just a few years in the MLB. It was so sad to hear of his untimely passing just a few years ago. I love The Bird!

[Bobobo-bo-bo-bobobo]

Tim Lincecum is one of my favorite pitchers of all time. I personally think that his very aggressive pitching style finally caught up to him, but man those 3 years were special. He did more in his short time than most players do in an entire career

[michaelbaucom]

1980: Steve Stone, the very definition of an average pitcher during his career, goes 25-7 and wins the AL Cy Young award for Baltimore. He only pitches one more season after this...some of you know him better for his work in the broadcast booth(Cubs, then ChiSox)

[aybgreg]

What about Joba Chamberlain? The hype on him was so insane with the Yankees from like 2007-09 or so... then he got injured and non-tendered, and wasn't ever the same. Hilarious shit is that Max Scherzer was basically labeled the next Joba Chamberlain when he came up with Arizona.

[fredaaron]

How about 1980 AL Rookie of the Year Joe Charboneau? He had an incredible rookie year batting .289 with 23 homers and 87 RBIs, but hurt his back and slumped badly in 1981, then was released in 1983 by Cleveland. He tried to make a comeback with the Pirates in 1984, but that failed and he was out of baseball just 4 years after being named Rookie of the Year. He did get to appear as an extra in the movie The Natural.

[alexfurtado]

Kevin Maas coached me when I was 10-12 years old over in Castro Valley, CA and taught me how to play 1st base. He was a really good coach and his son was my teammate and was really nice too. Always find it cool to see him brought up anywhere.

[jayjackson]

Steve Avery seemed to fit well into that elite Atlanta rotation for a little while, then fell off the face of the Earth. I bet he would be a good addition to the next list.

[Rezkeshdadesh]

Surprised Jake Arrieta wasn't on the list. He had a season-plus long stretch where he was absolutely unhittable and 10ish years of just being okay.

[Jay-yfsy]

Nobody in baseball history made such an epic impact as the “Bird”! Bird mania was wild in the summer of 76. I still believe he remains the greatest anomaly in all of baseball. The biggest What If ever.

[davidbernard]

Chuck Knoblauch also comes to mind. He went from being a gold glove second baseman for the Twins to become a Yankee and couldn't remember how to throw the ball to first. 😊

[richdouglas]

Versailles wasn't "traded" from the Senators to the Twins. The Senators moved to Minneapolis to BECOME the Twins. The NEW Washington Senators (now the Texas Rangers) bought him from Cleveland in 1969, long after his MVP season in '65. He died at 55 with heart problems.

Gagne? PEDs.

Lincecum had 4 good seasons. One of them he only went 13-14, but his ERA that year was 2.74. Those strikeouts blew out his arm.

The Bird blew out his arm back when they just didn't have the techniques to diagnose it, much less repair it He died tragically.

McLain's big year was the "Year of the Pitcher." He wasn't the only guy with amazing pitching records that year. But he definitely fits the criteria for this video. His legal troubles were more extensive and lasted longer than described here.

[thomascooper]

Jeff Francour was on the cover of Sports Illustrated with the moniker "The Natural" given to him just a month or so into his big league career. While he had a long career in the bigs and was well liked, he was never more than a replacement-level player other than his ridiculous start in Atlanta when people actually thought he would continue to live up to the lofty expectations SI had set for him. He might have been a flash in the pan on the field, but he's the real deal in the booth, and I'm sure he'll have a long and fruitful career commentating for many years to come.

[VioletDeliriums]

Mark Fidrych was good for baseball and should be in the Hall of Fame. He was fun to watch, a super player, humble and even innocent or naive like a kid! What more do you have to be? Everyone loved him.

[bonnie.duncan]

tim played for 9 years, he is one of only 3 pitchers in history to win multiple World Series’, multiple cy youngs, throw multiple no-no’s and earn multiple all-star selections

[stephenpenrice]

What I love most about Mark Fidrych is that, according to Doug Wilson’s book The Bird: The Life and Legacy of Mark Fidrych, he didn’t compare his life to what it would have been like if he had entered MLB a few years later and earned a huge salary but rather compared it to a life where he didn’t play pro baseball. Yes, he earned less than $200k total, but for someone from rural Massachusetts who always struggled in school due to dyslexia, it was a dream come true and he was grateful for it.