The Return of Pepe Alazar. What is with SDS Infatuation with Fake Cards?
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@eatyum_psn said in The Return of Pepe Alazar. What is with SDS Infatuation with Fake Cards?:
@d_e_m_i_s_e_psn said in The Return of Pepe Alazar. What is with SDS Infatuation with Fake Cards?:
@easy_duhz_it__mlbts said in The Return of Pepe Alazar. What is with SDS Infatuation with Fake Cards?:
They should have made this one of the first 2 programs with lower rated future stars. The fact that they're 95s overall and probably better than almost every card in the game is ridiculous. No one wants to pull an Arrenado from their lineup for a Joe Schmo that wont be in the league for 3-4-5 years.
This is supposed to be MLB The Show....not MLB The Maybe In A Few Years
I agree with this. Bobby Witt Jr is forecast to be a star. I don't think these cards should be as high as the Trouts or legends that have actually put up good stats in the majors. I would like to see these cards max out at maybe 92. I do think Witt will be a star in this league but Trout is a reach.
It's gotta be a balance though, SDS has to make them good enough to make people care
Even if they made them 99’s I wouldn’t use them out of principle. They haven’t earned it.
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@texas10pt_psn said in The Return of Pepe Alazar. What is with SDS Infatuation with Fake Cards?:
@eatyum_psn said in The Return of Pepe Alazar. What is with SDS Infatuation with Fake Cards?:
@d_e_m_i_s_e_psn said in The Return of Pepe Alazar. What is with SDS Infatuation with Fake Cards?:
@easy_duhz_it__mlbts said in The Return of Pepe Alazar. What is with SDS Infatuation with Fake Cards?:
They should have made this one of the first 2 programs with lower rated future stars. The fact that they're 95s overall and probably better than almost every card in the game is ridiculous. No one wants to pull an Arrenado from their lineup for a Joe Schmo that wont be in the league for 3-4-5 years.
This is supposed to be MLB The Show....not MLB The Maybe In A Few Years
I agree with this. Bobby Witt Jr is forecast to be a star. I don't think these cards should be as high as the Trouts or legends that have actually put up good stats in the majors. I would like to see these cards max out at maybe 92. I do think Witt will be a star in this league but Trout is a reach.
It's gotta be a balance though, SDS has to make them good enough to make people care
Even if they made them 99’s I wouldn’t use them out of principle. They haven’t earned it.
Ok, I will use them bc I'm not very concerned with who has or has not earned a virtual card no one will care about in a month or two.
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@eatyum_psn said in The Return of Pepe Alazar. What is with SDS Infatuation with Fake Cards?:
@texas10pt_psn said in The Return of Pepe Alazar. What is with SDS Infatuation with Fake Cards?:
@eatyum_psn said in The Return of Pepe Alazar. What is with SDS Infatuation with Fake Cards?:
@d_e_m_i_s_e_psn said in The Return of Pepe Alazar. What is with SDS Infatuation with Fake Cards?:
@easy_duhz_it__mlbts said in The Return of Pepe Alazar. What is with SDS Infatuation with Fake Cards?:
They should have made this one of the first 2 programs with lower rated future stars. The fact that they're 95s overall and probably better than almost every card in the game is ridiculous. No one wants to pull an Arrenado from their lineup for a Joe Schmo that wont be in the league for 3-4-5 years.
This is supposed to be MLB The Show....not MLB The Maybe In A Few Years
I agree with this. Bobby Witt Jr is forecast to be a star. I don't think these cards should be as high as the Trouts or legends that have actually put up good stats in the majors. I would like to see these cards max out at maybe 92. I do think Witt will be a star in this league but Trout is a reach.
It's gotta be a balance though, SDS has to make them good enough to make people care
Even if they made them 99’s I wouldn’t use them out of principle. They haven’t earned it.
Ok, I will use them bc I'm not very concerned with who has or has not earned a virtual card no one will care about in a month or two.
Good for you bro. Use em. I’m an old school purists and won’t. No argument here just a difference of opinion.
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@texas10pt_psn said in The Return of Pepe Alazar. What is with SDS Infatuation with Fake Cards?:
@eatyum_psn said in The Return of Pepe Alazar. What is with SDS Infatuation with Fake Cards?:
@texas10pt_psn said in The Return of Pepe Alazar. What is with SDS Infatuation with Fake Cards?:
@eatyum_psn said in The Return of Pepe Alazar. What is with SDS Infatuation with Fake Cards?:
@d_e_m_i_s_e_psn said in The Return of Pepe Alazar. What is with SDS Infatuation with Fake Cards?:
@easy_duhz_it__mlbts said in The Return of Pepe Alazar. What is with SDS Infatuation with Fake Cards?:
They should have made this one of the first 2 programs with lower rated future stars. The fact that they're 95s overall and probably better than almost every card in the game is ridiculous. No one wants to pull an Arrenado from their lineup for a Joe Schmo that wont be in the league for 3-4-5 years.
This is supposed to be MLB The Show....not MLB The Maybe In A Few Years
I agree with this. Bobby Witt Jr is forecast to be a star. I don't think these cards should be as high as the Trouts or legends that have actually put up good stats in the majors. I would like to see these cards max out at maybe 92. I do think Witt will be a star in this league but Trout is a reach.
It's gotta be a balance though, SDS has to make them good enough to make people care
Even if they made them 99’s I wouldn’t use them out of principle. They haven’t earned it.
Ok, I will use them bc I'm not very concerned with who has or has not earned a virtual card no one will care about in a month or two.
Good for you bro. Use em. I’m an old school purists and won’t. No argument here just a difference of opinion.
Yeah I get that, it's a different world now. I'm very big into rl baseball cards and get astonished by how much the big prospects go for $. Way higher then hall of famers or current stars.
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@the_dragon1912 said in The Return of Pepe Alazar. What is with SDS Infatuation with Fake Cards?:
If you wan't future stats to stop then you got to go convince dan Quisenberry to give SDS his rights. Until the Royals, Diamondbacks, and Rangers have more legends its not possible to do programs where every team gets a card without future stars
Ummmm...... going to be hard for him to do since he is dead. Hopefully his family will as that would be a fun card.
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@easy_duhz_it__mlbts said in The Return of Pepe Alazar. What is with SDS Infatuation with Fake Cards?:
They should have made this one of the first 2 programs with lower rated future stars. The fact that they're 95s overall and probably better than almost every card in the game is ridiculous. No one wants to pull an Arrenado from their lineup for a Joe Schmo that wont be in the league for 3-4-5 years.
This is supposed to be MLB The Show....not MLB The Maybe In A Few Years
Amen. I'm fine with the Future Stars series although it's not my thing. My big issue with it is exactly what you stated. Have it at the beginning of the year and no one rated above an 85. Dudes being released in this program are already on the same level as HOF Tom Glavines best card. Something wrong with that.
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I thought 2020 with the sheer amount of futures including the nolan's (gorma, jones) taylor trammel, brandon marsh were done excellently. and look at gorman, carlosen, may, marsh to an extent all have made it and are doing well . what puts a bad taste out there is the edward cabrera card that was end game so so so so early that they panicked and made degrom too good then rebounded and botched pedro. i think the prospects like quin preister whho was very good but not overpowered was ideal for a pitcher.
for this year make these cards about 92-94 with some headliners being 95-96 of the guys who will be up either soon or next szn -
The biggest problem I have is what they did last year having Nomar Mazara as the Rangers when he was traded the year before. Really... didn't have time to replace him with an actual current Rangers prospect?
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These cards will be irrelevant in 2-3 weeks when the 99’s start pouring out. If you aren’t a fan of them, don’t use them. Some of you sound genuinely offended, it ain’t that serious guys
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@the_dragon1912 said in The Return of Pepe Alazar. What is with SDS Infatuation with Fake Cards?:
If you wan't future stats to stop then you got to go convince dan Quisenberry to give SDS his rights. Until the Royals, Diamondbacks, and Rangers have more legends its not possible to do programs where every team gets a card without future stars
Dan Quisenberry is dead. He passed away in 1998.
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/q/quiseda01.shtml
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@myprecious_mlbts said in The Return of Pepe Alazar. What is with SDS Infatuation with Fake Cards?:
The biggest problem I have is what they did last year having Nomar Mazara as the Rangers when he was traded the year before. Really... didn't have time to replace him with an actual current Rangers prospect?
That Nomar Mazara was a flashback card, that future card was like in 18 I think.
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The more cards the better, and again they won’t replace the high legends, half of them won’t be better than Ketel Marte... But they’re fun, they help grow the game, and then the next program will be legends or all star cards.
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Not even close to Reggie Stocker or Peepee Alazar.
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future stars need to be capped at 90-93. No way in hell they need to be 95-99. Half of them won't even play more than 2-3 years in the majors.
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Like always my problem isn't with future star cards, it's making them too good. Should be gold or low tier diamonds.
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@eatyum_psn said in The Return of Pepe Alazar. What is with SDS Infatuation with Fake Cards?:
@myprecious_mlbts said in The Return of Pepe Alazar. What is with SDS Infatuation with Fake Cards?:
The biggest problem I have is what they did last year having Nomar Mazara as the Rangers when he was traded the year before. Really... didn't have time to replace him with an actual current Rangers prospect?
That Nomar Mazara was a flashback card, that future card was like in 18 I think.
I believe it was the Sam Huff card last year for the Rangers right? I think I used him for a little bit.
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@gradekthebard said in The Return of Pepe Alazar. What is with SDS Infatuation with Fake Cards?:
@dbub_psn said in The Return of Pepe Alazar. What is with SDS Infatuation with Fake Cards?:
Again, I need to point this out.
As a kid, the BEST, most sought-after cards in baseball card packs were rookie cards. (cards of players that had yet to prove anything at the major league level)
I see this merely as an extension of that and I don't mind it one bit.
Why not have high school players? They have proven as much as some of the “future stars”.
You act like I wouldn't absolutely love having NPB and KBO players in the show
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@trevor-story said in The Return of Pepe Alazar. What is with SDS Infatuation with Fake Cards?:
Not even close to Reggie Stocker or Peepee Alazar.
I think people forget that Pepe was maxed out in literally every single stat.
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@raider52morrison said in The Return of Pepe Alazar. What is with SDS Infatuation with Fake Cards?:
future stars need to be capped at 90-93. No way in hell they need to be 95-99. Half of them won't even play more than 2-3 years in the majors.
Capped at 85 imo
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I don’t mind this so much. It is an educational opportunity. When SDS got the rights to MiLB players a few years ago casual baseball fans such as myself became more aware of names to be aware of coming down the pipeline. Should the future stars be 95’s? No. 92’s would have been more appropriate this point in the cycle with a collection to bolster their value. Still, when a card I like playing with in ‘22 shows up as a bronze in ‘24 I’m likely to remember him…especially if he is a switch hitter or funky pitcher. And in the long run this will be good for baseball.
