Card Reveals for Friday June 6th (4th Inning and Spotlight)
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@Dolenz_PSN said in Card Reveals for Friday June 6th (4th Inning and Spotlight):
@dbub_PSN said in Card Reveals for Friday June 6th (4th Inning and Spotlight):
Yes! Still not a single Red Sox Topps Now or Spotlight. The streak lives on!
And we have discussed endlessly why they have not gotten a Topps Now Card. The last one they received was 5/25 for Marcelo Mayer but I and others don't believe they would give a guy a 88 or 90 version when he already has an 87 pipeline version.
So that leaves Spotlight cards. Who has done something noteworthy in May that deserves a Spotlight? Devers was excellent but he already has a 90 overall card. Bregman was only average and spent the last week of the month on the DL.
Actually they got one the other day, or ate getting one soon, for Rafaela's walk off Homer the other day vs the Angels.
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Jeter cards RAKE! Will probably finally unseat Mookie.
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@x-814-x-MAFIA-x_PSN said in Card Reveals for Friday June 6th (4th Inning and Spotlight):
@Dolenz_PSN said in Card Reveals for Friday June 6th (4th Inning and Spotlight):
@dbub_PSN said in Card Reveals for Friday June 6th (4th Inning and Spotlight):
Actually they got one the other day, or ate getting one soon, for Rafaela's walk off Homer the other day vs the Angels.
This would be next Friday, and should be a likely pack card i would think
Though its amusing that its kind of a negative achievement, shortest walk off HR
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@Dolenz_PSN But how can it be justified to give the Sox 0 when other teams have 6-10 of these cards, even crappy teams? You know they must have stretched their rules for at least some of them.
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@x-814-x-MAFIA-x_PSN said in Card Reveals for Friday June 6th (4th Inning and Spotlight):
@Dolenz_PSN said in Card Reveals for Friday June 6th (4th Inning and Spotlight):
@dbub_PSN said in Card Reveals for Friday June 6th (4th Inning and Spotlight):
Yes! Still not a single Red Sox Topps Now or Spotlight. The streak lives on!
And we have discussed endlessly why they have not gotten a Topps Now Card. The last one they received was 5/25 for Marcelo Mayer but I and others don't believe they would give a guy a 88 or 90 version when he already has an 87 pipeline version.
So that leaves Spotlight cards. Who has done something noteworthy in May that deserves a Spotlight? Devers was excellent but he already has a 90 overall card. Bregman was only average and spent the last week of the month on the DL.
Actually they got one the other day, or ate getting one soon, for Rafaela's walk off Homer the other day vs the Angels.
Yeah wasn't it like the shortest walk off ever? Haha that's a hard to accomplish feat that is definitely worthy of a Topps Now.
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@dbub_PSN Well, those crappy teams don’t have a lot of diamonds in general and typically are lacking in legends. This is the way to keep those teams up to speed with diamonds. The Red Sox are doing just fine. In terms of theme teams, they are near the top of the list.
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Defend the A's then - Crappy team but with 6+ cards in TN/Spotlight AND they're near the top of overall amount of Flashbacks/Legends.
There may be other teams like this too, but the A's were glaring.
Edit - And I just counted again and we've gotten 117 Topps Now and Spotlight (including the new ones revealed today).
I don't care what team it is, 0 for 117 is just not right. It seems intentional at this point.
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It's definitely a game and 'meta' balance decision as much as it is rewarding players for big moments or performance. They also know what's on their roadmap for program rewards and use Topps Now to help boost teams who likely won't get any. Teams like the Blue Jays weren't getting Topps Now cards (I think they have just the 1 Nate Pearson affinity card until this upcoming drop with Clement). They knew the Jays were getting some love in the Moonshot & Pipeline Past programs.
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I understand that. However, the topps now series and the spotlight series are different. They highlight some of the lesser-known or young players. Sure, the Red Sox have plenty of stars but I just want to see them get one card of a lesser known name. They have plenty of options. Here are three:
- Carlos Narvaez - 2nd among AL catchers in WAR (only behind Raleigh obviously)
- Wilyer Abreu - has deserved a card better than live series the last 2 years.
- Cedanne Rafaela - shortest walkoff HR ever, I think.
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Rafeala wouldnt be in the pool for this week, he could very well get one next week
Narvaez is interesting, yeah he would be a good May spotlight. Great month, 100% unsustainable (.480 babip) and who knows if he will ever get a card opportunity again
Abreu is like David Peterson, wtf is SDS waiting for.
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@dbub_PSN I don’t disagree but I think they’re just afraid of releasing any more Red Sox than they have to lol. The Topps Now cards aren’t even that great so I don’t see the harm.
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@DodgerMatt93_NSW said in Card Reveals for Friday June 6th (4th Inning and Spotlight):
@dbub_PSN I don’t disagree but I think they’re just afraid of releasing any more Red Sox than they have to lol. The Topps Now cards aren’t even that great so I don’t see the harm.
A large portion of the player base doesn't need a card to be 'great', Topps Now cards are always more than good enough for offline/events/sub WS ranked, especially if in a theme team
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Well, first of all you can take Topps Now cards out of your calculations. We have been over that. In some thread I actually listed every single card and explained why.
Here are the actual Topps now cards the Red Sox have actually gotten to this year
Two of the players you mentioned have appeared on one Topps Now Card, but unfortunately they were on a dual card together and it was for a defensive moment.
Teak, says Narvaez may be in line for a spotlight. I don't know much about how he has been playing but I'll keep my fingers crossed for you.
Red Sox have the 4th most legends and flashbacks in the game as of yesterday. How would you feel if a Yankee, Dodger or Cub fan started complaining that they didn't get a card in some series or another. That's how fans of other teams probably feel about you complaining about this.
Also, your team has 6 cards rated 90 or above. That is more cards in that range than 19 other teams have.
Stop acting like the Red Sox have been treated as poorly as the Rockies all season.
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@nymets1987_PSN said in Card Reveals for Friday June 6th (4th Inning and Spotlight):
Thanks, I find it strange they let the MLB announce that ahead of their Stream or Announcement.
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Well thats an odd choice, they havent done a pitcher in a few years, right?
Should have swapped with Wood
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Not a fan of those jerseys. Don’t know why I think it’s the stripe down the front where the buttons are.
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Waited until noon my time to see if SDS would post a new reveal and they just reposted Skubal.
Off to play some Roadcraft until the stream.
