Is it Too Early for Finest Predictions? Here are Mine...
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@dolenz_psn said in Is it Too Early for Finest Predictions? Here are Mine...:
I question anyone on your list that already has a boosted high Diamond. A perfect example is Vlad Jr. He already has three diamond cards including a 99. So while he may deserve the finest card and I am not that he will get one.
It was kind of difficult to find a Toronto player who is good and hasn't gotten a special card this year. Semien was POTM in May, Robbie Ray was POTM in August.
Maybe Bichette could get Finest, if I had to name a different candidate?
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@ladyswampfox_xbl said in Is it Too Early for Finest Predictions? Here are Mine...:
,PIT: Bryan Reynolds. Hayes could've been in the running but he missed touching first on the HR. It's hard to find a good player for PIT right now to be honest.
Not true. You can almost find a good pirate on any MLB roster that’s not the pirates.
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Most of these guys already have 99s in TA3
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What if SDS does a all time best Finest TA5? I'd be able to get on board with that.
You know include classics like Kirby Yates/Josh Hader/Nick Anderson/Shane Bieber/Jack Flaherty.
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I think finest will be different this year, still called finest but will be a change from past years. The 2021 AS Series was the key to this as they had to figure most of those players would be a possibility for finest especially teams with one rep.
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@cdnmoneymaker93_xbl said in Is it Too Early for Finest Predictions? Here are Mine...:
I think finest will be different this year, still called finest but will be a change from past years. The 2021 AS Series was the key to this as they had to figure most of those players would be a possibility for finest especially teams with one rep.
I hope your right because it means my dream for a all time Finest TA5 could happen
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@jcassaro44_psn said in Is it Too Early for Finest Predictions? Here are Mine...:
Most of these guys already have 99s in TA3
That's why I had a hard time choosing my predictions. Anyone who has been good this year already has a card
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People that know the history of the show:
Any chance they still give a Finest card to very deserving guys like Shohei, Salvy and Vlad Jr even with high diamonds already?
Like juice the hell out of them with 125s in power/contact across the board?
It just seems insane to give the Royals Finest to anyone but Salvy and the Angels Finest to anyone but Shohei. All-time historic seasons.
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@dbub_psn said in Is it Too Early for Finest Predictions? Here are Mine...:
People that know the history of the show:
Any chance they still give a Finest card to very deserving guys like Shohei, Salvy and Vlad Jr even with high diamonds already?
Like juice the hell out of them with 125s in power/contact across the board?
It just seems insane to give the Royals Finest to anyone but Salvy and the Angels Finest to anyone but Shohei. All-time historic seasons.
Guerrero is also closing in on most home run in a season before the age of 22 or younger only trailing Eddie Matthews by 1 home run. I would call that a historic season as well.
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Tough to decide for the Jays
Guerrero has a multitude of cards including a 99
Teoscar has that AS one from TA3
Semien and Ray have POTM lightning cardIf I were to guess, it would be Bichette or Teoscar
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@quinnymcquinn said in Is it Too Early for Finest Predictions? Here are Mine...:
@ladyswampfox_xbl said in Is it Too Early for Finest Predictions? Here are Mine...:
,PIT: Bryan Reynolds. Hayes could've been in the running but he missed touching first on the HR. It's hard to find a good player for PIT right now to be honest.
Not true. You can almost find a good pirate on any MLB roster that’s not the pirates.
Painful but hilarious.
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@dbub_psn said in Is it Too Early for Finest Predictions? Here are Mine...:
People that know the history of the show:
Any chance they still give a Finest card to very deserving guys like Shohei, Salvy and Vlad Jr even with high diamonds already?
Like juice the hell out of them with 125s in power/contact across the board?
It just seems insane to give the Royals Finest to anyone but Salvy and the Angels Finest to anyone but Shohei. All-time historic seasons.
I mean, Perez’s home runs are cool and all, but he still only has a 125 wRC+. That’s obviously good, and any team would be ecstatic to get that production from their catcher, but by no means is it some kind of historically good season. He also only has 3.0 fWAR, which is 3rd best on the team and definitely not worthy of being called an all-time historic season lmao.
Nicky Lopez has 4.4 fWAR in 100 less PA, so I’d say he would deserve it.
Among catchers with at least 400 PA this year, Perez ranks third in wRC+ behind Posey and Will Smith. He also ranks 6th in fWAR, behind Realmuto, Smith, Posey, Murphy, and Narvaez.If you want an all-time historically good season for a catcher, look at Mike Piazza’s 1997 season.
That’s the best offensive season of all time for a catcher, with 183 wRC+. -
@dbub_psn said in Is it Too Early for Finest Predictions? Here are Mine...:
People that know the history of the show:
Any chance they still give a Finest card to very deserving guys like Shohei, Salvy and Vlad Jr even with high diamonds already?
Like juice the hell out of them with 125s in power/contact across the board?
It just seems insane to give the Royals Finest to anyone but Salvy and the Angels Finest to anyone but Shohei. All-time historic seasons.
Salvy has got the best chance of the 3. Last year there was only 1 guy with 2 99 cards. Jose Ramirez. You can give Rasiel Iglesias or Bichette/Teoscar/Gurriel a finest without issue. Royals, Orioles, and Mets finest are a little more sketchy. Nicky Lopez could be the Royals guy easily. David fletcher had one last year and they are extremely similar. The orioles have no one but mullins and after Degrom got hurt the Mets had what could honestly be said is a historic level collapse. Aaron Loup? He is the most deserving guy on that team lol
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@arvcpa_psn said in Is it Too Early for Finest Predictions? Here are Mine...:
@quinnymcquinn said in Is it Too Early for Finest Predictions? Here are Mine...:
@ladyswampfox_xbl said in Is it Too Early for Finest Predictions? Here are Mine...:
,PIT: Bryan Reynolds. Hayes could've been in the running but he missed touching first on the HR. It's hard to find a good player for PIT right now to be honest.
Not true. You can almost find a good pirate on any MLB roster that’s not the pirates.
Painful but hilarious.
Ah man. That’s funny. A very unintentional burn to a forum member I enjoy.
. Im a Yankees fan so you can let me have it anytime. I love PNC, one of the best unexpectedly enjoyable experiences I’ve had at a ball Park. Also cheap prices on most everything. -
For the Mets they could give it to Stroman. He had a good season and really pulled through with some Ace performances after deGrom went down. The only batter who really had a good season was Nimmo.
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@ladyswampfox_xbl said in Is it Too Early for Finest Predictions? Here are Mine...:
@dolenz_psn said in Is it Too Early for Finest Predictions? Here are Mine...:
I question anyone on your list that already has a boosted high Diamond. A perfect example is Vlad Jr. He already has three diamond cards including a 99. So while he may deserve the finest card and I am not that he will get one.
It was kind of difficult to find a Toronto player who is good and hasn't gotten a special card this year. Semien was POTM in May, Robbie Ray was POTM in August.
Maybe Bichette could get Finest, if I had to name a different candidate?
Jordan Romano
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I really don’t think any of the TA3 guys will get slightly boosted Finest cards. Pretty much all of the teams have somebody else that could at least have some kind of argument.
Baltimore could be Means instead of Mullins. The royals will be Lopez instead of Perez. The rangers could be Lowe instead of Garcia. Oakland would be bassitt instead of Olson. Mets 100% will not be another deGrom lmao, it would be Nimmo or Loup instead. The reds would be India instead of castellanos. The giants could be Crawford instead of Gausman. And Escobar isn’t even on the diamondbacks anymore, so Rojas instead.
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Escobar for the DBacks? Have they ever given a finest to player that was traded from that team?
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Ryan Mountcastle could get the finest for the O’s to avoid yet another Mullins card. He did break the Oriole’s rookie home run record that was held by Ripken.
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There has never been two current year 99s of the same player. Jose Ramirez had a Finest flashback and ended up with another 99 so that's the only time the same player had two 99s but again it was a flashback.
It does present a predicament but I cannot see them giving Vladdy, DeGrom, Ohtani or anyone else I might be forgetting another 99 under any circumstances. At least with Soto his high was a 97 and I suppose they would give a 99 to someone with a 98 but they've done a great job avoiding that over the years. As someone else already mentioned TA3 really set the stage for them to have this problem so I have to think they might do things differently somehow.
