<![CDATA[Sept Spotlight Drop 3 Reveals]]>Did Topps Now stop releasing cards? Were the cards released all for players that high level cards already?

Pavin Smith is the only 2026 Topps now cards the other four are all from 2024

Looking more closely it looks like maybe they just had no Choices. There were a lot of Team based cards, Cards for established stars with good cards already, and even guys like Ethan Salas, who earned a Topps Now card but already have a 99.

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]]>https://forums.theshow.com/topic/84849/sept-spotlight-drop-3-revealsRSS for NodeFri, 25 Sep 2026 02:28:21 GMTThu, 24 Sep 2026 18:00:51 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Sept Spotlight Drop 3 Reveals on Thu, 24 Sep 2026 23:27:24 GMT]]>@rubicante23_PSN ...once they pay the 100k stubs for it.

SDS had a chance to fix the broken meta.
Instead they chose to exploit it for money, deliberately making all the best cards switch hitters hidden behind paywalls, knowing many of their fanbase are desperate for any, even perceived, advantage to the point where they'll continually drop money for the next 'great' switch hitter.

Like I said, utterly shameless.

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/780275https://forums.theshow.com/post/780275Thu, 24 Sep 2026 23:27:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sept Spotlight Drop 3 Reveals on Thu, 24 Sep 2026 23:19:26 GMT]]>That Cole Carrigg card is immediately going on everyones god squad bench.

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@NotesOfJohn_PSN said:

Even with these drops SDS manage to find a cash cow switch hitter to continue their milking of the meta.

Shameless.

I absolutely LOVE when someone plays his other TN card at catcher.

Swith hitter/Speed Meta abuse.

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/780258https://forums.theshow.com/post/780258Thu, 24 Sep 2026 21:18:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sept Spotlight Drop 3 Reveals on Thu, 24 Sep 2026 20:01:40 GMT]]>Even with these drops SDS manage to find a cash cow switch hitter to continue their milking of the meta.

Shameless.

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/780247https://forums.theshow.com/post/780247Thu, 24 Sep 2026 20:01:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sept Spotlight Drop 3 Reveals on Thu, 24 Sep 2026 18:33:24 GMT]]>Hey Mets fans, we wont give you Pete Alonso (or Carlos Delgado) but now you can have a 1B secondary retro Vientos to replace Polanco at 1B.

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@Teak2112_MLBTS said:

Mark Vientos is an odd choice. I don't think hes had a card this year since WBC, but as a Mets fan I wasn't itching for one. Surely there were spotlights they could have done instead?

It's from 2024.

I don't know if they just didn't want to change the card mix and give us Spotlight cards instead of Topps Now or whether they are somehow contractually obligated to release so many Topps Now cards?

It does seem strange. The Ethan Holliday card was the one that threw me off.

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/780232https://forums.theshow.com/post/780232Thu, 24 Sep 2026 18:20:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sept Spotlight Drop 3 Reveals on Thu, 24 Sep 2026 18:19:02 GMT]]>Mark Vientos is an odd choice. I don't think hes had a card this year since WBC, but as a Mets fan I wasn't itching for one. Surely there were spotlights they could have done instead?

Giving Lowe a card here probably indicates they are going to keep Finest a small set, that's a shame. 2023 Finest drop was so great.

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