Friday's Finest Drop #3
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Honestly, solid player program. Feels like the best out of the 3.
My Elly chase card prediction is still looking pretty good.He has already been announced as a Collection Reward.
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I still believe that every team should have been represented in the drops.
33 Program Cards
25 Pack CardsAbsolutely no reason the Reds and Mets should not have been included with an extra card each.
33 program cards should be one each for 30 teams, with the 'bosses' being extra
I also feel they could have thrown teams like Texas and Stl a bone and had a second guy that wasnt their all star card too. If Morejon is finest worthy than so is Gordon Graceffo
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I still believe that every team should have been represented in the drops.
33 Program Cards
25 Pack CardsAbsolutely no reason the Reds and Mets should not have been included with an extra card each.
33 program cards should be one each for 30 teams, with the 'bosses' being extra
I also feel they could have thrown teams like Texas and Stl a bone and had a second guy that wasnt their all star card too. If Morejon is finest worthy than so is Gordon Graceffo
I agree with both statements. It is one thing to monetize team affinity drops but then to not provide every team with a unique finest like has been provided in years past is not very player friendly.
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I still believe that every team should have been represented in the drops.
33 Program Cards
25 Pack CardsAbsolutely no reason the Reds and Mets should not have been included with an extra card each.
33 program cards should be one each for 30 teams, with the 'bosses' being extra
I also feel they could have thrown teams like Texas and Stl a bone and had a second guy that wasnt their all star card too. If Morejon is finest worthy than so is Gordon Graceffo
I'm fine with the choice of Walker but it is the second year the Cardinals have only received a single card.
I'd be all for them helping out the Rangers
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@Dolenz_PSN As a Rangers fan, going from the longest card-release drought of any team to getting a 3rd Latz card in the last 4 months honestly made me chuckle.
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I still believe that every team should have been represented in the drops.
33 Program Cards
25 Pack CardsAbsolutely no reason the Reds and Mets should not have been included with an extra card each.
33 program cards should be one each for 30 teams, with the 'bosses' being extra
I also feel they could have thrown teams like Texas and Stl a bone and had a second guy that wasnt their all star card too. If Morejon is finest worthy than so is Gordon Graceffo
I'm fine with the choice of Walker but it is the second year the Cardinals have only received a single card.
I'd be all for them helping out the Rangers
Yeah, I was thinking in addition to Walker (who does deserve a later 99).
It needs to make sense, dont want to be giving Finests to people with a 4.50 ERA but I did like 23 when they got a lot more people involved
Overall though, it is certainly the best Finest since 2023 in my mind so its nit picking here.
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Marte, Skubal, yordan and Albie’s, ones gotta be henchman, one finest collection reward, one a Chase pack and one replaces dingler?
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Marte, Skubal, yordan and Albie’s, ones gotta be henchman, one finest collection reward, one a Chase pack and one replaces dingler?
Yordan is in the player program, which is a pleasant surprise.
Marte fits the chase card profile. Switch hitter that everyone loves. -
I will say that other than Chris Sale they did a good job avoiding giving out too many duplicate 99s.
I am not sure why Atlanta needed a 4th card when Sale just got a nice 99 for the Wildcard series(Okay I get it. Sales other 99 was as a CP)
2026 FINEST PLAYERS WHO ALREADY HAD A 99 OVR CARD
Brice Turang
Spotlight — August 5, 2026Byron Buxton
2026 All-Star — July 9, 2026Chris Sale
2026 Postseason — October 2, 2026CJ Abrams
Spotlight — August 5, 2026Jackson Merrill
Spotlight — August 5, 2026Jordan Walker
2026 Home Run Derby — July 13, 2026Kyle Schwarber
Field of Dreams — August 14, 2026Shohei Ohtani
2026 All-Star — July 9, 2026Yordan Alvarez
2026 All-Star — July 9, 2026TOTAL: 9 players out of 67 Finest cards (13.4%)
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New Hader anyone? bout time. Sale should be good too but can't use his reliever card then.
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Marte, Skubal, yordan and Albie’s, ones gotta be henchman, one finest collection reward, one a Chase pack and one replaces dingler?
Albies probably doesnt deserve a Finest, especially considering how well represented the Braves are. His 98 is fine for 2026 representation.
Skubal is probably better handled in a Tigers Flashback card, does a SP with 62 innings for his team deserve a Finest for that team? New Threads is good enough for the Dodgers 99.
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I’ve found it interesting of the really good cards are in the program and the collection fodder in the packs
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I kind of like is reliever card way better because it’s harder to get used to release and speed differential in 1 inning compared to 6 or 7 innings
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Just as an FYI, over the last 2 years (2025 Finest and 2026 Finest) only 3 teams have had a single card each year.
The Cardinals, The Marlins, The Reds
The Reds have it worst due to the Elly situation.
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They have Taken down the Drop 3 Post, I assume to fix the Dillon Dingler duplication.
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Replacing him with a Satander finest
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@virusts_PSN yea I p5d that Sale Card with quickness
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Rangers and reds fans rejected
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They simply removed Dingler from the graphic. No card took his place.
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In the some people are never satisfied column. There is a Brewers fan on Reddit complaining that the brewers did not receive more cards.
You know the Brewers, the team that just received eleven 99 Postseason cards in the last month and still got two Finest cards, more than 11 other teams.
