<![CDATA[Weekend Classic Cards = Your First Look at 2026 Finest Cards]]>Inage Captured from a short video whose primary purpose seemed to be chowing off the slight sparkle/glitter effect the cards have.

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@Teak2112_MLBTS said:

Also sucks that I can't even earn my team's Finest. Have to buy it. I hate this model so much.

It doubt it is the only finest the team gets. Last year all but 9 teams got multiples, with some getting 5 or 6

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/782505https://forums.theshow.com/post/782505Fri, 23 Oct 2026 17:44:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Weekend Classic Cards = Your First Look at 2026 Finest Cards on Fri, 23 Oct 2026 17:32:38 GMT]]>Also sucks that I can't even earn my team's Finest. Have to buy it. I hate this model so much.

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/782503https://forums.theshow.com/post/782503Fri, 23 Oct 2026 17:32:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Weekend Classic Cards = Your First Look at 2026 Finest Cards on Fri, 23 Oct 2026 17:31:01 GMT]]>Reynolds had a high WAR, but WAR rewards having a decent walk rate which is absolutely meaningless to DD stats. Still, he probably deserves it more than O'Hearn and Cruz. And Lowe has a 99. You could make a case for Montgomery but he has a high diamond too.

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/782502https://forums.theshow.com/post/782502Fri, 23 Oct 2026 17:31:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Weekend Classic Cards = Your First Look at 2026 Finest Cards on Fri, 23 Oct 2026 16:50:41 GMT]]>He is picked for two major reasons...

Luckily for him, he has a great swing in the game and
He is a switch hitter

With most of the focus being on the fact that He is a switch hitter

Did I mention, he is a switch hitter.... because that's all that matters this year

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@virusts_PSN said:

I am wondering if people think Bryan Reynolds is warranted to have a finest card or do they think they put him in because of being a fan favorite switch hitting bat?

I'm guessing "the latter".

I love the Pirates, and I love Bryan, but "Finest"? He did play all 162 games.

Brandon Lowe got a 99 Spotlight in September, but he would have been my first choice.

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/782492https://forums.theshow.com/post/782492Fri, 23 Oct 2026 16:25:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Weekend Classic Cards = Your First Look at 2026 Finest Cards on Fri, 23 Oct 2026 16:12:19 GMT]]>Card art is great as always. I still think 2025 is my recent favorite though, but biased because of how many Mariners there were.

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/782489https://forums.theshow.com/post/782489Fri, 23 Oct 2026 16:12:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Weekend Classic Cards = Your First Look at 2026 Finest Cards on Fri, 23 Oct 2026 15:49:27 GMT]]>Or as I saw in another post somewhere, it's time for Reynolds to get his yearly Mickey Mantle reskin

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@virusts_PSN said:

I am wondering if people think Bryan Reynolds is warranted to have a finest card or do they think they put him in because of being a fan favorite switch hitting bat? I could go either way. His WAR is pretty good for a guy who’s average to below average in the field

Tough call. There are two other guys on the team that had better averages and more HRS (O'Neil Cruz and Ryan O'Hearn). Reynolds did lead the entire league in Doubles though.

My final verdict? It is because he is a fan favorite switch hitter. Ryan O'Hearn seems to have been the obvious choice. I would have said Brandon Lowe but he got a 99 last month.

But it will probably be like last year when some teams get multiple cards and other teams are stuck with a single card.

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/782483https://forums.theshow.com/post/782483Fri, 23 Oct 2026 15:44:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Weekend Classic Cards = Your First Look at 2026 Finest Cards on Fri, 23 Oct 2026 15:34:44 GMT]]>I am wondering if people think Bryan Reynolds is warranted to have a finest card or do they think they put him in because of being a fan favorite switch hitting bat? I could go either way. His WAR is pretty good for a guy who’s average to below average in the field

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