My buddy had the idea of paying Jon Gruden on Cameo to randomly pick our draft order. He decided to pick in the order of who he thinks has the manliest name 😂. Here’s my shoutout.
Here’s a hilarious MLB conspiracy theory for you.
Last Dive Bar is an online store that describes itself as a “premier online store for unique and stylish apparel that celebrates the iconic Oakland Coliseum”. Go to the website and you’ll see that their apparel seems to have a
The Pirates have the 2nd worst catcher WAR in the entire MLB.
Their starting catcher is batting .175.
They drafted a catcher with a
#1
overall pick.
He is making his MLB debut tonight… playing right field.
So when Acuña went 40/70 it was because of the rules changes that made stolen bases easier but when Ohtani goes 40/40 it’s because he’s superhuman? Do I have that right?
@fuzzyfromyt
You must not have children lol my son and his baseball team it’s all the kids want. They show up to games showing theirs off bragging about what flavors they found. Stores by us could barely keep it in stock. I’ve never seen an adult drink it though lol
Jackson Chourio - is the youngest Opening Day CF since Ken Griffey Jr., reaches bases multiple times in his first 3 career games, 5 hits in his first 12 ABs
Twitter: *crickets*
Jackson Holliday - hits an 104 mph single in AAA, makes a play that 90% of shortstops make
Twitter:
Morgan Wallen cancelling a concert at 3:30 PM via Twitter when thousands of people are already at the venue tailgating is the most Morgan Wallen shit ever.
@Topplegang10
He went with Pete and Joe, 1 and 2. He even pulled up a Pete Rose highlight on the projector like he was watching film while he explained why Pete was
#1
. It was honestly hilarious
Things you absolutely love to see in the hobby. A young collector sent a package to Camden Yards, addressed to Adley Rutschman. It contained cards of fellow great catchers along with some packs of
@Topps
baseball cards. Fast forward a couple of months, the boy gets a letter in
If you think that Damar Hamlin died and that “big pharma” and the NFL are using a body double in his place to protect themselves from the fact that the vaccine killed him, I kindly ask that you unfollow me and check yourself into the fucking loony bin.
Giveaway time! Winner will receive 1 sealed Bowman 2023 blaster. Have seen some great stuff come out of these! How to enter:
1. Follow me
2. Like & RT this tweet
3. Tag a friend
Giveaway is open until Sunday May 28th at 9 PM eastern. Good luck!
*Must be following me to win*
Are blasters loaded? Let’s find out.
1. Follow
2. Like & RT
3. Tag 1 person
On Sunday night I’ll randomly choose someone to give this 2024 Bowman blaster away to. Good luck!
A double giveaway! Winner will receive 1 sealed Bowman 2023 blaster box &
@BangerCardzz
is throwing in an atomic Elly De La Cruz /150!
1. Like & Retweet
2. Follow me &
@BangerCardzz
3. Tag a friend
Giveaway closes on Sunday June 18th at 9 PM EST
(Must follow both of us to win)
My LCS had a card with no comps for sale for $500. Despite there being no comps, in my gut I thought it was a $700-800 card.
So I bought it and put it on eBay. It sold for $550. After fees I got $482.06, giving me a net profit of -$17.94.
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Let’s put some positive vibes out in the world today. Bobby Witt Atomic Refractor giveaway.
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Random winner will be chosen Sunday May 15th at 9 PM EST. Have a good weekend hobby fam!
To the people saying catching in the MLB takes time, I understand that. That’s why you wait and make sure they’re ready before you call them up (e.g. Adley). Nobody calls up their future franchise catcher to play another position.
There are only 2 prospects in all of the MiLB who fit this criteria in 2024:
Age 20 or younger
200+ PA above Rookie Leagues
AVG > .275
ISO > .185
wOBA > .400
They are Xavier Isaac and Aidan Smith.
Both are now members of the Tampa Bay Rays.
Giveaway time! We will be drawing the winner of the Edgar Quero 1st Auto this week as well but since the new episode of
@ANT_Prospect
drops tomorrow at 7 AM EST, I decided to give away a Topps Chrome Platinum blaster. All you gotta do is
1. Like & Repost
2. Follow
@ANT_Prospect
Weird how 20 years ago we had baseball practice twice a week and in between we’d just play catch in the yard or hit off a tee. Now if you want your 8 y/o to be competitive they have to play travel ball every weekend and get training at professional facilities. How’d we get here?
Went into a customer’s house today for work and saw one of the most impressive card collections I’ve ever seen. Full sets of Topps from just about every year in the 50’s & 60’s. Oh and 1933 Goudey for good measure. Baseball display signed by the whole ‘61 Yankees roster. Insane!
I mentioned the other day how as a child I captured Barry Bonds’ famous broken bat HR on a disposal camera. Found it in one of my mom’s old photo albums. That’s the other half of his bat, not the ball, flying down the line. A pretty luckily timed shot for a disposal I must say!
@Brooks_Gate
It’s crazy to me that people will still say the Mets high payroll is bad for baseball. Having an owner who cares more about winning than making money is the best thing for baseball.
@iJordanMoore
Is there a reminder that defense exists? In 2016 Trout had a 10.5 WAR which is the 3rd highest single season mark in the last 30 years by someone not named Barry Bonds. Ortiz’s WAR was less than half of Trout’s that year. He provided negative defensive value his entire career.
A month ago I posted my PC of my all-time MLB slab lineup which led to some “how will you display these?”.
@Dostredamus
DM’d me and showed me some of his hand-made displays and agreed to build me a 1/1. Needless to say this is now the best piece in my collection!
@CardPurchaser
Also to those of you who referenced the Mets calling up Francisco Alvarez and having him DH instead of catching, here’s a counterpoint: the Mets don’t do anything right lol.
I have to comment on this because I’m shocked nobody has brought it up in the comments. Getting thrown out at 3rd base for the 3rd out when a run is about to cross the plate is one of the most 0 baseball IQ plays I’ve seen in awhile.
This might be the coolest thing that’s happened in my card collecting career. I posted a rare Serena Williams card on here and her husband DM’d me to buy it. I wasn’t planning on selling but might have to make an exception. The fact that he collects his wife’s cards is awesome!
The Department of Justice also says Mizuhara used Ohtani's bank account to buy 1,000 baseball cards online that are worth $325,000.
Ohtani provided his cell phone to law enforcement during the investigation, and they say there is no evidence that he knew what Mizuhara was doing.
My personal top 25 hitting prospects who have yet to debut:
1. Jackson Holliday
2. James Wood
3. Junior Caminero
4. Jackson Chourio
5. Colton Cowser
6. Evan Carter
7. Kyle Manzardo
8. Jordan Lawlar
9. Luis Matos
10. Adael Amador
11. Noelvi Marte
12. Marcelo Mayer
13. Druw Jones
We’re a week in to the 2023 Bowman release so here are your average base auto prices for all 81 hitters with a 1st auto. Prices include shipping and I only used sold comps from the last 3 days. I figured tiers was the best way to organize guys since many are bunched together.
When MLB prospects debut at a young age they lose their hype too soon because people forget how impressive it is.
Jordan Walker hit .276 with 16 HR in 465 PA last year. His .445 SLG% was higher than Vladdy, Bregman, Teoscar and Adley.
He’s 6 months younger than Wyatt Langford.
Took the kids to the Braves/Marlins game. I told them to each pick 1 player to get a hit, and then I parlayed their picks. Both of their picks hit so I let them keep the cash. This is how we form the future degenerate gamblers of America 😂
There’s no way I would ever give business to an LCS that was re-selling retail wax. The whole point of going to a card store is to buy hobby boxes and/or singles. If your LCS has retail wax marked up 100%, they are essentially the eBay flippers you claim you hate.
@CardPurchaser
Here are your current tiers of base auto hitter prices from 2024 Bowman. Any sales from opening week + outliers were thrown out. Some of the Tier 6 guys have weird samples so those rankings are probably pretty fluid.
What’s the biggest surprise?
Who is too high/low?
“If I have hurt anyone out there, I can't tell you how much I say from the bottom of my heart I'm so very, very sorry. I pride myself and think of myself as a man of faith – as there's a drive into deep left field by Castellanos, it will be a home run.”
I narrowed Baseball America’s new top 100 prospects to only hitters who have not debuted and ranked them in order of their BA ranking. I then put that against their ranking for highest priced 1st Bowman Autos.
Here’s a thread of what I found. What stands out to you?
⬇️
@JomboyMedia
Either the 3rd baseman throws the ball out of play or he throws it to the catcher and he throws it out of play. Can’t tell which because it’s not shown in the frame. But one of them throws a live ball out of play instead of back to the pitcher without time being granted.
Is there anything more American than grown men on Twitter celebrating the loss of their home country in the World Cup because they disagree with the politics of 1 of the players? Stay weird guys.
According to Savant, Corbin Carroll averaged 4.08 seconds from home to 1st on competitive plays. It was the second fastest in the MLB.
James Wood was just clocked at 4.07 seconds home to 1st on a groundout.
He is 6’6” 235 pounds.
Fun fact: it was announced April 4, 2022 that JRod was getting called up. The first eBay sale of his PSA 10 1st Bowman Refractor Auto after that news was for $5,100. The most recent eBay sale of that card was for $3,600. So if you bought that JRod card at call up and held him,
@BorbanBo
Every guy on this list will end up being worthless in a few years. Put your money into the guys that will make you money long-term. Tatis Jr. Soto JRod Yordan….This is why everyone loses their ass in baseball. They think every prospect is going to be an immortal. Look at history
This might be a controversial take with the west coasters, but In-N-Out is very average for the hype it gets. Burgers are solid, fries are awful. And don’t give me the “you gotta get them animal style”. If you have to drench your fries in sauce to make them edible they’re trash.
On May 21, 2023 a PSA 10 1st Refractor Auto of Evan Carter sold for $625. He was in AA at the time.
On September 7, 2023 the Rangers called him up to the MLB, just a week after his 21st birthday. The first sale of that same card after he got called up was for $550.
In 75 PA in
People hating in the comments because it’s unlicensed or a sticker auto is insane. It’s a 1/1 Jackson Holliday auto. Let the man enjoy his pull. Congrats on a sick card!
Unpopular opinion: I couldn’t care less what kind of tape you put on a toploader.
I’m just going to put the card in a new penny sleeve and toploader anyways. Not sure I understand the “ruining toploaders” drama.
I crossposted a card for sale on here & Facebook the other day for $650.
On Twitter someone commented and told everyone to “save their time because I was over comps”.
On Facebook the highest offer I got was $525.
Last night it sold on eBay for $800.
eBay is still king.
@stoolpresidente
Saying The Bear moves too slow after saying one of your favorite shows ever is Succession is hilarious. Quite possibly the the slowest moving show ever.
What’s one card in your collection that makes you think, ‘how the hell did I land this’?
Here’s mine. This is the only copy of this Red /5 parallel ever graded by PSA or BGS and I have yet to see a raw one in the wild.
🐐
This is quite possibly the saddest moment in my collecting career. Tried to claim the Angels in a 2021 Bowman Chrome case break and someone beat me by less than a minute. The case had a Mike Trout Superfractor 1/1 Auto. BRB while I cry myself to sleep.
@CardPurchaser
1st Bowman Chrome PSA 10 populations:
Fernando Tatis Jr. - 1,093
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. - 2,747
Wander Franco - 9,224
I’m not sayin’, I’m just sayin’.
@CardPurchaser
Here’s a little chart I made of all the current minor league hitters with an OPS over 1.000. For the sake of investing I put an age cap on each level as well.
It’s not often that I suggest Topps should be more like Panini, but this Bowman Spotlight insert is so cool and so clean but they made WAY too many. If this was short printed like the Color Blasts they would be one of the coolest Topps inserts ever. Really wasted the design.
Here’s a fun list nobody asked for. If I had to buy a 1st Auto of a hitter from every MLB franchise to hold into 2024, this is who I would take from each team. As always, value is the name of the game here so the player’s price is greatly considered.
Things that make you hate prospecting.
Kyle Manzardo, Paul Skenes, Coby Mayo, James Wood, etc. still in AAA.
But the White Sox are calling up Bryan Ramos who is batting… *checks notes* .182 in AA this year.
For years 100% of the baseball autos in my collection have been 1st Bowman’s. I had never bought a Topps RC auto of anybody. Today that streak ends. Couldn’t resist.
Haven’t decided how I’ll display them yet but the project is complete! This is, in my opinion, the best lineup in baseball you can make of players from the 90s-early 00s. Had fun picking the positions individually. A lot of tough choices! Who got snubbed?
@CardPurchaser
Sources tell me the Cleveland Guardians are calling up Kyle Manzardo from Triple-A Columbus. He will join the team this weekend and make his MLB debut during their home series vs. the Angels.
Nobody told me this. I’m the source. Just trying to put some good vibes out there.
The downside of my wife working from home and us sharing an office:
Her: “We should each put $1,000 into our savings for buying a house.”
Me: “Ehhh.”
Her turning around and pointing at my card display: “How much is that card worth?”
Whoaaaa now let’s take it down a notch.
@PitchingNinja
I’m so confused every day by the people who can’t figure out if the pitcher is lefty or righty. Why are we guessing left handed pitchers here? I’ve looked at it from every angle I don’t understand how anyone sees a LHP lol
My personal take on when to use certain grading companies
BGS - modern higher end that you know PSA will 9 that you think will 9.5, some thicker patch autos
SGC - vintage, PC stuff, modern but only under $100 value
PSA - anything you want to make money on
Other - never
Trading for Eloy Jimenez when you have arguably the two best hitters in AAA (Jackson Holliday, Coby Mayo), and Heston Kjerstad on your bench because you can’t find ABs for him is certainly a choice.