Here is your end of 3rd Inning Card Count by Team
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NL East Stats
Atlanta Braves- Total Cards: 15
- Tiers: 4 Diamond 90+, 7 Diamond 85–89, 3 Gold
- Series Variety: 10
- Top Series: All-Star (5), Topps Now (2), Color Storm (1)
- Top Pitcher: Kyle Wright (88) – Pipeline Past
- Top Hitter: Ronald Acuña Jr. (94) – All-Star
🟠 Miami Marlins
- Total Cards: 15
- Tiers: 3 Diamond 90+, 8 Diamond 85–89, 3 Gold
- Series Variety: 11
- Top Series: Topps Now (4), All-Star (2), Color Storm (1)
- Top Pitcher: Edward Cabrera (87) – Egg Hunt
- Top Hitter: Xavier Edwards (91) – Color Storm
New York Mets- Total Cards: 19
- Tiers: 7 Diamond 90+, 5 Diamond 85–89, 4 Gold
- Series Variety: 14
- Top Series: Moonshot (3), Veteran (3), 20th Anniversary (2)
- Top Pitcher: Pedro Martinez (93) – Ranked 1000
- Top Hitter: Carlos Beltrán (99) – Signature
Washington Nationals- Total Cards: 17
- Tiers: 5 Diamond 90+, 7 Diamond 85–89, 4 Gold
- Series Variety: 11
- Top Series: Pipeline Past (3), Topps Now (3), Pipeline (2)
- Top Pitcher: Jordan Zimmermann (92) – Milestone
- Top Hitter: Keibert Ruiz (91) – Color Storm
Philadelphia Phillies- Total Cards: 24
- Tiers: 5 Diamond 90+, 12 Diamond 85–89, 4 Gold
- Series Variety: 17
- Top Series: Postseason (3), Topps Now (2), All-Star (2)
- Top Pitcher: Cliff Lee (92) – Standout
- Top Hitter: Scott Rolen (99) – Awards
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NL CENTRAL STATS
Chicago Cubs- Total Cards: 29
- Tiers: 5 Diamond 90+, 17 Diamond 85–89, 4 Gold
- Series Variety: 18
- Top Series: Topps Now (5), Contributor (3), Tokyo (2)
- Top Pitcher: Justin Steele (90) – Topps Now
- Top Hitter: Kyle Schwarber (92) – Pipeline Past
Cincinnati Reds- Total Cards: 20
- Tiers: 6 Diamond 90+, 7 Diamond 85–89, 4 Gold
- Series Variety: 14
- Top Series: Spotlight (3), Moonshot (2), Contributor (2)
- Top Pitcher: Nick Lodolo (92) – Color Storm
- Top Hitter: Will Benson (92) – Spotlight
🟡 Milwaukee Brewers
- Total Cards: 16
- Tiers: 4 Diamond 90+, 9 Diamond 85–89, 2 Gold
- Series Variety: 10
- Top Series: Moonshot (3), All-Star (3), Topps Now (2)
- Top Pitcher: Josh Hader (90) – All-Star
- Top Hitter: Sal Frelick (91) – Color Storm
Pittsburgh Pirates- Total Cards: 21
- Tiers: 10 Diamond 90+, 6 Diamond 85–89, 4 Gold
- Series Variety: 12
- Top Series: Pipeline Past (3), Contributor (3), Topps Now (2)
- Top Pitcher: Jared Jones (92) – Color Storm
- Top Hitter: Oneil Cruz (91) – Spotlight
St. Louis Cardinals- Total Cards: 23
- Tiers: 7 Diamond 90+, 11 Diamond 85–89, 3 Gold
- Series Variety: 15
- Top Series: Last Ride (3), Spotlight (3), All-Star (3)
- Top Pitcher: Ryan Helsley (94) – Breakout
- Top Hitter: Victor Scott II (91) – Color Storm
(I did not know that they added a 94 Helsley to BR)
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NL WEST STATS
Los Angeles Dodgers- Total Cards: 31
- Tiers: 10 Diamond 90+, 12 Diamond 85–89, 6 Gold
- Series Variety: 20
- Top Series: All-Star (3), Pipeline (3), New Threads (3)
- Top Pitcher: Eric Gagné (92) – All-Star
- Top Hitter: Gil Hodges (99) – Hall of Fame
San Francisco Giants- Total Cards: 16
- Tiers: 3 Diamond 90+, 9 Diamond 85–89, 3 Gold
- Series Variety: 12
- Top Series: Topps Now (3), Egg Hunt (2), New Threads (2)
- Top Pitcher: Matt Cain (91) – Postseason
- Top Hitter: Wilmer Flores (92) – Spotlight
🟤 San Diego Padres
- Total Cards: 19
- Tiers: 5 Diamond 90+, 11 Diamond 85–89, 2 Gold
- Series Variety: 11
- Top Series: 2nd Half Heroes (3), Spotlight (2), Moonshot (2)
- Top Pitcher: Stephen Kolek (88) – Topps Now
- Top Hitter: Chase Headley (93) – 2nd Half Heroes
🟣 Colorado Rockies
- Total Cards: 12
- Tiers: 2 Diamond 90+, 6 Diamond 85–89, 2 Gold
- Series Variety: 10
- Top Series: Topps Now (3), Standout (1), Color Storm (1)
- Top Pitcher: Zach Agnos (88) – Topps Now
- Top Hitter: Trevor Story (92) – Standout
Arizona Diamondbacks- Total Cards: 12
- Tiers: 5 Diamond 90+, 5 Diamond 85–89, 1 Gold
- Series Variety: 9
- Top Series: Spotlight (4), Color Storm (1), New Threads (1)
- Top Pitcher: Merrill Kelly (92) – Spotlight
- Top Hitter: Corbin Carroll (92) – Spotlight
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Messed up with an additional post. Maybe I will add something here later
Oh cool, ChatGPT did not keep the uploaded data and now I can't query specifics anymore unless I reupload all 90 files (which have been deleted and purged from the recycle bin). Yeah, that ain't happening. Maybe at the end of Season 4
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Here are the counts I have done this year if you want to spot some trends
First on April 18th
Early May
Yesterday
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Surprised the Brewers are this low considering they released a bunch (including 3 Moon Shots) in recent weeks. They need to get the rights to some pitchers in there, like Sheets and Gallardo.
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Weird that the best two teams in MLB are middle/low of the pack. Maybe the last May spotlight program will correct this
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@davisonkj17_PSN said in Here is your end of 3rd Inning Card Count by Team:
Weird that the best two teams in MLB are middle/low of the pack. Maybe the last May spotlight program will correct this
Unfortunately how well a team is doing in the regular season usually has little impact on which teams have the most cards. Honestly Spotlight, All Star, Postseason, Finest are the main card series that could reward that.
Dodgers and Yankees have the largest, most far reaching fan bases and have some of the most coveted players on their teams (Judge, Ohtani, Betts, Freeman, etc). They always get the most.
Lastly there are no cards for team achievements. Unless a player or two for those teams is going off and doing great things then they may not see a Spotlight card.
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@davisonkj17_PSN said in Here is your end of 3rd Inning Card Count by Team:
Weird that the best two teams in MLB are middle/low of the pack. Maybe the last May spotlight program will correct this
Most (all?) of the early releases were planned out months before the season starts. Aside from a few Topps Now/Spotlights, almost everything that's been put out was decided a long time ago and thus current teams performances aren't as relevant. (Lots of Dodgers and Yankees? It was a pretty good bet they were gonna be good regardless.) If you'd have known the Tigers would be performing this well back then, you could have made quite a bit of cash in Vegas/[GAMBLING APP OF CHOICE].
Team performance will matter more once All-Star rolls around.
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@Dolenz_PSN said in Here is your end of 3rd Inning Card Count by Team:
Lastly there are no cards for team achievements. Unless a player or two for those teams is going off and doing great things then they may not see a Spotlight card.
Unless they are a Mets pitcher
I could see Diaz at least getting a May spotlight, but one of the five starters should have gotten an April spotlight. Any of the 5 would have been valid, but canning and Megill come to mind as a guys that may not get another chance for a card.
I just think they are far too stingy with these cards. They limit themselves to too few.
