Last Updated: October 30th, 2026 by Matthew Brown
Archetypes can be formed in anyone's head from anything they observe. Baseball archetypes are a specific form of judgment that makes fans become their own comic book writers. Yes, coaches mold these players into the ideal forms that they envision, but at the end of the day, it's just guys playing a sport in the way they know how.
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So to make archetypes out of them is like putting together a team of Avengers or something, with each character having their own powers and ways of contributing.
Kai The Baseball Kid puts his own spin on hitter archetypes here. I don't agree with every category he creates and explains, but that's the reason for videos like these. It gets your mind going and thinking about how you would do the task that is being laid out in front of you.
When you really think about each player he describes, it kind of comes to light how unique every single baseball player really is. Even if you can group them up in a certain way, none of them are truly the same. They all have a different swing and a different look to the way they play.
That's the beauty of this sport. It can't be boxed in no matter how many categories we create. But for the purposes of this video, we can play along.
