How's You're Favorite Team faring with card releases so far?
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thanks for this breakdown.
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@Finn_Scotus said in How's You're Favorite Team faring with card releases so far?:
I'm an Oakland A's fan (FJF!). I'm enjoying what we have so far even though we are on the low end of card numbers right now.
I'm sure we'll have another Eck and Rickey at least, and probably a better Mac card at some time. Would be cool to see another legend come up though.Yeah, I think a lot of teams that are boosted by their number of current prospects due to the large number of Pipeline and Spring Breakout cards. Add to that a lot of rookies getting Topps now cards for their "first" achievements in Topps now programs.
While I always expect the Yankees and Dodgers to be on top and one or two teams to get completely shafted, I think that once they start introducing more legends things will even out some. Like the Astros being at the bottom of the list is not something I expect to be the case later in the year.
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Stl is my home town team but I’ve kind of adopted the Orioles. They have a nice squad of one used the captain cards.
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White Sox fan here (sadly). Yes we're the red headed stepchild of the MLB. Really wish they could get a Podsednik, Jermaine Dye, Magglio, Crede, AJ anyone man. We suck so bad in real life too lol at least let me remember some of the good old days. Its honestly ridiculous how much they only focus on like 3 teams.
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@Dankmaymays said in How's You're Favorite Team faring with card releases so far?:
White Sox fan here (sadly). Yes we're the red headed stepchild of the MLB. Really wish they could get a Podsednik, Jermaine Dye, Magglio, Crede, AJ anyone man. We suck so bad in real life too lol at least let me remember some of the good old days. Its honestly ridiculous how much they only focus on like 3 teams.
I was going to say that it is too bad that Nick Livingston is not with SDS anymore as he was a White Sox fan. But then I remembered that Ashley is also a White Sox fan so at least someone on the Live Content team knows the players and follows the team.
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I still can’t believe Cliff Lee was the Mariners collection reward…….
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@Finn_Scotus, I hear you; all things considered, A’s fans have done okay. That Miller card was nice to see, and might get an interesting Ruiz if he keeps it up, but would love to see a Tim Hudson someday.
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The problem with the Mets is they really do them dirty when it comes to legends (I know, not a unique complaint). 1986 Mets have one legend under license that I am aware of (no more Keith Hernandez) who hasnt even gotten a card yet. I like Delgado as captain though, even if I suck with him.
Theme team was playable pretty early, just hasnt changed much since then and still needs to start a silver at catcher.
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Im a Yankees fan. Looking forward to the higher diamond Bernie, Posada, Jeter, Paul O'neill and Mo.
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@doobiebross66-72 said in How's You're Favorite Team faring with card releases so far?:
I’m happy with the amount of Reds cards but I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t tempted to buy Elly off the market
Been saving and completing the live series but Elly is my favorite player IRL and his new 94 diamond looks so nice
Red Sox and Pirates fan here. Love that SA Duran and O'Neil alimg with the Pipeline Roman Anthony.
But do I spend 200K on those three cards, that won't be usable in a few months, or do I spend that much, or even less, on a LS Trout, Acuna, or Ohtani; that can be used ALL year.
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@x814xmafia said in How's You're Favorite Team faring with card releases so far?:
@doobiebross66-72 said in How's You're Favorite Team faring with card releases so far?:
I’m happy with the amount of Reds cards but I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t tempted to buy Elly off the market
Been saving and completing the live series but Elly is my favorite player IRL and his new 94 diamond looks so nice
Red Sox and Pirates fan here. Love that SA Duran and O'Neil alimg with the Pipeline Roman Anthony.
But do I spend 200K on those three cards, that won't be usable in a few months, or do I spend that much, or even less, on a LS Trout, Acuna, or Ohtani; that can be used ALL year.
My same thought process. Yeah I want Elly but odds are a 99 Elly will drop eventually and I’d rather finish the live series before spending on other cards this early in the game cycle
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I can't complain about the Sox. Between Roman and Ceddanne, Duran/O'Neill/Bay, Boggs, etc. we're doing pretty good at the beginning. Even Eovaldi and Damon as caps play sneaky well for their overalls.
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Brewers got screwed on their captains. Rowdy is a terrible hitting captain.
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@doobiebross66-72 said in How's You're Favorite Team faring with card releases so far?:
@x814xmafia said in How's You're Favorite Team faring with card releases so far?:
@doobiebross66-72 said in How's You're Favorite Team faring with card releases so far?:
I’m happy with the amount of Reds cards but I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t tempted to buy Elly off the market
Been saving and completing the live series but Elly is my favorite player IRL and his new 94 diamond looks so nice
Red Sox and Pirates fan here. Love that SA Duran and O'Neil alimg with the Pipeline Roman Anthony.
But do I spend 200K on those three cards, that won't be usable in a few months, or do I spend that much, or even less, on a LS Trout, Acuna, or Ohtani; that can be used ALL year.
My same thought process. Yeah I want Elly but odds are a 99 Elly will drop eventually and I’d rather finish the live series before spending on other cards this early in the game cycle
I kinda regret buying ALL the preorder Hyper and BB cards, at release, thinking they would go up in price. Only saving point is that I sold off the BBs BEFORE the Jackie Program hit.
Even though I took a loss, it would've been bigger, if I didn't sell off when I did.
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I took Alberto Mondesi with my first captain pack, and in one of the others, I decided to take Singer just to double up on royals. So, I’ve been playing around with a Royals themed team, mainly off-line. But, it’s been enjoyable. If I ever get enough to get the George Brett card, that would be a nice boost.
Currently, non-paralleled, with both captain boosts, I get the following:
Bobby Witt Jr - 99
Alex Gordon - 97
Raul Ibanez - 91
Salvador Perez - 91
Alberto Mondesi - 91Zack Grienke - 94
Brady Singer - 93And the rest of the team is craaaaapy
, but it’s been fun, and I’ve been happy with the royals cards. I have all of them paralleled to at least one level, and Mondesi/Grienke are V (which makes Grienke a 98, and Mondesi a 96 homerun/baserunning beast). -
@Dolenz64 said in How's You're Favorite Team faring with card releases so far?:
I get curious now and then and like to do a player count of non-live cards. Here are the results as of this evening.
At first glance they have been far more generous with the NL as a whole so far. Four teams in the AL are in single digits and no teams in the NL are that low.
NL has 221 released cards
AL has 184 released cardsBy Division
NL West has 78
Al East has 76
NL Central has 76
NL East has 67
Al West has 56
Al Central has 52By Team
Yankees 25
Dodgers 20
Reds 18
Braves 16
Cubs 16
Pirates 16
Padres 16
Giants 16
Orioles 15
Red Sox 15
Mets 15
Tigers 14
Mariners 14
Marlins 14
Brewers 14
Rangers 13
Diamondbacks 13
Rockies 13
Blue Jays 12
Nationals 12
Cardinals 12
Royals 11
Twins 10
Angels 10
A's 10
Phillies 10
Rays 9
Guardians 9
Astros 9
White Sox 8Kind of feel bad for the White Sox. Half of their extra cards come from Team Affinity and Team Captains.
They could have at LEAST given Ryan Fernandez a Topps Now card, he had a Topps Now moment in striking out the side in his debut if I'm not mistaken. He would have 2 cards by now if he were a Yankee or Dodger.
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@JDHalfrack said in How's You're Favorite Team faring with card releases so far?:
I took Alberto Mondesi with my first captain pack, and in one of the others, I decided to take Singer just to double up on royals. So, I’ve been playing around with a Royals themed team, mainly off-line. But, it’s been enjoyable. If I ever get enough to get the George Brett card, that would be a nice boost.
Currently, non-paralleled, with both captain boosts, I get the following:
Bobby Witt Jr - 99
Alex Gordon - 97
Raul Ibanez - 91
Salvador Perez - 91
Alberto Mondesi - 91Zack Grienke - 94
Brady Singer - 93And the rest of the team is craaaaapy
, but it’s been fun, and I’ve been happy with the royals cards. I have all of them paralleled to at least one level, and Mondesi/Grienke are V (which makes Grienke a 98, and Mondesi a 96 homerun/baserunning beast).I really wished I didn't buy into the Mondesi hype and select him first. Great card and all, but I'm not a competitive online player. Sort of wasted a pick because I don't use him and I'm not building a Royals theme team personally.
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@bostondirtdog21 said in How's You're Favorite Team faring with card releases so far?:
@JDHalfrack said in How's You're Favorite Team faring with card releases so far?:
I took Alberto Mondesi with my first captain pack, and in one of the others, I decided to take Singer just to double up on royals. So, I’ve been playing around with a Royals themed team, mainly off-line. But, it’s been enjoyable. If I ever get enough to get the George Brett card, that would be a nice boost.
Currently, non-paralleled, with both captain boosts, I get the following:
Bobby Witt Jr - 99
Alex Gordon - 97
Raul Ibanez - 91
Salvador Perez - 91
Alberto Mondesi - 91Zack Grienke - 94
Brady Singer - 93And the rest of the team is craaaaapy
, but it’s been fun, and I’ve been happy with the royals cards. I have all of them paralleled to at least one level, and Mondesi/Grienke are V (which makes Grienke a 98, and Mondesi a 96 homerun/baserunning beast).I really wished I didn't buy into the Mondesi hype and select him first. Great card and all, but I'm not a competitive online player. Sort of wasted a pick because I don't use him and I'm not building a Royals theme team personally.
Oh, I’m not competitive online either. The card absolutely rakes offline, especially if you pair him with the button boost instead of the Royals boosts. But, yeah, if you don’t like the card, that sucks that you picked him first. I wish they allowed team captain exchanges the way they do corner stone captain exchanges.
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braves are getting some for sure, I just wish they didn't have a darnuad card a week or so ago so they could make a 3 HR in one game card....
