HOME RUN DERBY LEGENDS!
-
@jonnyb2117 said in HOME RUN DERBY LEGENDS!:
Of all the players currently in the game, these have won home run derbies before. If I were making cards, I would start there:
Dave Parker 1985
Andre Dawson 1987
Eric Davis 1989
Ryne Sandberg 1990
Cal Ripken 1991
Ken Griffey Jr. 1994, 1998, 1999
Frank Thomas 1995
Tino Martinez 1997
Luis Gonzalez 2001
Jason Giambi 2002
Garret Anderson 2003
Vladimir Guerrero 2007
David Ortiz 2010
Robinson Cano 2011
Yoenis Cespedes 2013, 2014
Tod Frazier 2015
Giancarlo Stanton 2016
Aaron Judge 2017
Bryce Harper 2018
Pete Alonzo 2019Out of these it would be nice to see
Thomas
Giambi
Vlad
Martinez
Griffey
Davis
Stanton
Cano
Cespedes
Parker
Frazier
and Harper -
Griffey Jr w/ 120 power and a backwards hat quirk would be sweet!
-
@samguenther1987 said in HOME RUN DERBY LEGENDS!:
I would have to assume that
Harper
Alonso
Guerrero Jr
Schwarber
Muncy
Judge
Pederson
AcunaWould all be locks. That leaves 4 spots open.
Gallo but he already had 3 cards...
HR Derby winners in Game:
Todd Frazier, Papi, Eric Davis, Cespedes (x2) Luis Gonzalez, Cano, Garrett Anderson, Andre Dawson, Sandberg, Dave Parker, Junior (x3), Giambi, Tina Martinez, Cal Ripken, Vlad Sr., Big Frank, Stanton -
Beat me to it Dragon
-
@RonnieGant1992 said in HOME RUN DERBY LEGENDS!:
@samguenther1987 said in HOME RUN DERBY LEGENDS!:
I would have to assume that
Harper
Alonso
Guerrero Jr
Schwarber
Muncy
Judge
Pederson
AcunaWould all be locks. That leaves 4 spots open.
Gallo but he already had 3 cards...
HR Derby winners in Game:
Todd Frazier, Papi, Eric Davis, Cespedes (x2) Luis Gonzalez, Cano, Garrett Anderson, Andre Dawson, Sandberg, Dave Parker, Junior (x3), Giambi, Tina Martinez, Cal Ripken, Vlad Sr., Big Frank, StantonGallo has never even participated in the homerun derby so 3 cards or not he won’t get one
-
My guesses
Cal Ripken Jr
Frank Thomas
Luis Gonzalez
Garrett Anderson
Vlad Sr
Robby Cano
Cespedes
Toddfather
Judge
Harper
Alonso
Vlad Jr.4 legends and 8 flashbacks. This is taking into consideration cards already in the game: Griffey has a 95 WS reward, Martinez has a 92 WS reward, Giambi has a 92 collection reward.
There’s also the excitement factor, of which the earliest guys have little to no excitement around their derbies. That’s pretty much the first 4 or 5 years (Dawson, Davis, Sandberg, Parker). Of course, Griffey would be the most exciting guy but like I said with the 95 in the game they probably won’t want to lower the price on him.
EDIT: I actually made it 5 legends and 7 flashbacks, but I still think these predictions make the most sense.
-
@Original_Quad said in HOME RUN DERBY LEGENDS!:
My guesses
Cal Ripken Jr
Frank Thomas
Luis Gonzalez
Garrett Anderson
Vlad Sr
Robby Cano
Cespedes
Toddfather
Judge
Harper
Alonso
Vlad Jr.4 legends and 8 flashbacks. This is taking into consideration cards already in the game: Griffey has a 95 WS reward, Martinez has a 92 WS reward, Giambi has a 92 collection reward.
There’s also the excitement factor, of which the earliest guys have little to no excitement around their derbies. That’s pretty much the first 4 or 5 years (Dawson, Davis, Sandberg, Parker). Of course, Griffey would be the most exciting guy but like I said with the 95 in the game they probably won’t want to lower the price on him.
The only one I don't really want off this list is Ripken because of his stance and swing. I can never hit with him. Love batting with Gonzalez/Thomas/Vlad Sr and Cano though.
-
Where was this announced? The stream yesterday?
-
@KommanderNKeef9 said in HOME RUN DERBY LEGENDS!:
Where was this announced? The stream yesterday?
Yep. It’s also on the schedule.
-
@samguenther1987 said in HOME RUN DERBY LEGENDS!:
@Original_Quad said in HOME RUN DERBY LEGENDS!:
My guesses
Cal Ripken Jr
Frank Thomas
Luis Gonzalez
Garrett Anderson
Vlad Sr
Robby Cano
Cespedes
Toddfather
Judge
Harper
Alonso
Vlad Jr.4 legends and 8 flashbacks. This is taking into consideration cards already in the game: Griffey has a 95 WS reward, Martinez has a 92 WS reward, Giambi has a 92 collection reward.
There’s also the excitement factor, of which the earliest guys have little to no excitement around their derbies. That’s pretty much the first 4 or 5 years (Dawson, Davis, Sandberg, Parker). Of course, Griffey would be the most exciting guy but like I said with the 95 in the game they probably won’t want to lower the price on him.
The only one I don't really want off this list is Ripken because of his stance and swing. I can never hit with him. Love batting with Gonzalez/Thomas/Vlad Sr and Cano though.
The reason I included Ripken is because he was one of the first to absolutely dominate the derby, and because there aren’t too many more recent guys. Could swap Stanton in for him.
-
@Original_Quad said in HOME RUN DERBY LEGENDS!:
@samguenther1987 said in HOME RUN DERBY LEGENDS!:
@Original_Quad said in HOME RUN DERBY LEGENDS!:
My guesses
Cal Ripken Jr
Frank Thomas
Luis Gonzalez
Garrett Anderson
Vlad Sr
Robby Cano
Cespedes
Toddfather
Judge
Harper
Alonso
Vlad Jr.4 legends and 8 flashbacks. This is taking into consideration cards already in the game: Griffey has a 95 WS reward, Martinez has a 92 WS reward, Giambi has a 92 collection reward.
There’s also the excitement factor, of which the earliest guys have little to no excitement around their derbies. That’s pretty much the first 4 or 5 years (Dawson, Davis, Sandberg, Parker). Of course, Griffey would be the most exciting guy but like I said with the 95 in the game they probably won’t want to lower the price on him.
The only one I don't really want off this list is Ripken because of his stance and swing. I can never hit with him. Love batting with Gonzalez/Thomas/Vlad Sr and Cano though.
The reason I included Ripken is because he was one of the first to absolutely dominate the derby, and because there aren’t too many more recent guys. Could swap Stanton in for him.
I can't argue that he was amazing irl, I just can't hit with him. He deserves a spot though.
-
Cespedes would be nice.
-
@jonnyb2117 said in HOME RUN DERBY LEGENDS!:
Of all the players currently in the game, these have won home run derbies before. If I were making cards, I would start there:
Dave Parker 1985
Andre Dawson 1987
Eric Davis 1989
Ryne Sandberg 1990
Cal Ripken 1991
Ken Griffey Jr. 1994, 1998, 1999
Frank Thomas 1995
Tino Martinez 1997
Luis Gonzalez 2001
Jason Giambi 2002
Garret Anderson 2003
Vladimir Guerrero 2007
David Ortiz 2010
Robinson Cano 2011
Yoenis Cespedes 2013, 2014
Tod Frazier 2015
Giancarlo Stanton 2016
Aaron Judge 2017
Bryce Harper 2018
Pete Alonzo 2019How about a Vladdy Jr 2019 he was cruising until last round
-
I assume Todd Frazier, because he is not likely to get any other type of FB card, certainly not one like that.
I want a Prime or SS Eric Davis, but a juiced up HRD version would be very nice indeed.
-
Just give my Ken Griffey fn Jr an I'm happy
-
I would love to see some of the Home Run Derby OGs
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Run_Derby_(TV_series)
It’s about time we get a usable Mays.
-
Because of popularity, I expect the collection reward to either be Gallo or Alonso. So 11 cards, and the 12th is a collection.
They could also do a tiered collection like they did with prospects.
-
I think we have to look past just winners of the HRD like Joc
Guys who had great HRD but came up short in the final round
-
@lucas8181 said in HOME RUN DERBY LEGENDS!:
Because of popularity, I expect the collection reward to either be Gallo or Alonso. So 11 cards, and the 12th is a collection.
They could also do a tiered collection like they did with prospects.
Like I said in a comment above, Gallo has never participated in the HRD, so a HRD card for him would be more ridiculous than the future stars IMO
