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@Teak2112_MLBTS said in Brandon Nimmo:
2 grand slams in first week of July
That's worthy of a spotlight card for sure
I dont care if he has a defensive Topps Now flashback, guys like Busch got two cards back to back fairly recently
Im all in
Hopefully Lindor, Pete, and Diaz gets cards for the All Star game too
Soto should be the Lightning player
@GoozeFn_PSN said in June Spotlight Player:
Ketel makes the most sense.
I think Soto does because Lindor will be the Mets AS card
@GoozeFn_PSN said in Yu Darvish program (and evolutions in general):
@nymets1987_PSN I don’t mean in terms of difficulty. I mean make it more of a grind for better cards. These cards are all basically worthless. No one is using them.
While they do a pretty good job of giving us free cards they want us more evidently than ever to buy the best cards
@GoozeFn_PSN said in Yu Darvish program (and evolutions in general):
@Teak2112_MLBTS Make them more difficult/longer and make the final card worth a [censored].
No thanks in the more difficult phase of this
I just had my first one today and got a headliner with a silver high
Thanks SDS
@iBonafideScrub__PSN said in June Spotlight Player:
@YOSHI24_XBL said in June Spotlight Player:
@SavageSteve74_PSN Buxton recently got a collection card and Marte is an All-Star. Being a fan-favourite, I totally see him getting some all-star-collection card … So I doubt, both will be considered in the June spotlight
Andy Pages makes a lot of sense.
No one wants to do a program for Pages when Soto could be the choice 
@yankblan_PSN said in Why are some 90s live series 70k and other 90s 10k etc:
@nymets1987_PSN buy stubs
Yeh that’s not happening lol
@TripleH-4481_PSN said in Why are some 90s live series 70k and other 90s 10k etc:
No problem. Yeah packs are the worst they have ever been, at least since 2020, and it’s not close.
I opened 30 packs last. Night not a single diamond
Seems we are one mission from finishing correct?
I can’t wait to hear one this week and get my free silver card
@Teak2112_MLBTS said in All Star Finalists - Potential All Star Cards:
@Dolenz_PSN said in All Star Finalists - Potential All Star Cards:
@Teak2112_MLBTS said in All Star Finalists - Potential All Star Cards:
@Dolenz_PSN said in All Star Finalists - Potential All Star Cards:
@Teak2112_MLBTS said in All Star Finalists - Potential All Star Cards:
Fantasy relies heavily on counting statistics like R and RBI, which may not be appropriate. Further, and more importantly, it doesnt consider defense.
And in defense of the fans here, only Edman and Teoscar are unworthy, and Edman isnt going to win his vote
So are you trying to tell me that Muncy is more worthy than Eugenio Suarez?
Hes on par with Manny anyway.
And people give the fans [censored] (deservedly), but the players can be just as bad with their voting
First of all I didn't say Manny did I. Although, at least to Manny's credit he leads National League 3B in WAR and Batting Average. Suarez has 25 HRs to Muncy's 13. 67 RBIs to Muncy's 53. Suarez even has the higher batting average.
But now you got me curious
Among NL Shortstops Betts is 7th in War. Behind Masyn Winn. But I am not arguing that Winn is a worthy candidate because the obvious votes are Turner, Lindor and De La Cruz
And there are several NL OF's more worthy than Pages and Teoscar. Corbin Carroll, James Wood, Tatis Jr.
So, you say fantasy league stuff and the stats they use is not a good indicator then please let us know what stats you are using and which you are dismissing to say that Muncy, Betts, Hernandez or Pages belongs?
But, I agree that any voting by any group is going to be biased.
The reason MLB does fan vote is simple. If they let the players with the most votes and popularity start then it is more likely those voters will tune in to the game. And after all that is their main concern Getting people in the stadium and watching on TV.
In the end it does not matter since the game does not determine home field advantage in the WS anymore. It's nothing more than a spectacle.
I take back Betts, his year isnt that great. Great defense, but not the hitter he used to be.
Manny and Muncy are very similar in both WAR and OPS. Manny gets more hits (which also gives him a higher slugging) but Muncy has a higher obp. Of course, people dont watch the all star game to see walks, Manny is going to win that vote and Saurez gets in as a backup
Tatis shows how WAR can be misleading: his defense is really bringing it up for a non premium defensive position. Really his year and Pages are similar in the same way Manny and Muncy are, but they play different positions realistically. tatis walks more, Pages has better avg/slg. Difference is Pages has the better ops too. Hes the better hitter at this stage in the season.
At the end of the day though, Betts, Edman, Teoscar, and Muncy arent going to make it unless they win the vote. Pages will get in because hes the second best CF in the NL this year (someone who can play good CF defense will make it as a backup) and Smith and Freeman will win their votes. Freeman doesnt deserve it over Alonso, but lots of people dislike Pete (for good reason honestly)
What is the good reason to dislike Pete?
@MRAD2010_XBL said in Spotlight Brooks Lee:
@nymets1987_PSN I really want that Pendleton card too. One of the best swings in the game from both sides. How’s Terry been for you so far?
I only play offline so hard for me to tell u
@MRAD2010_XBL said in Spotlight Brooks Lee:
This card is almost Willie Castro at a fraction of the price. Honestly elite hitting numbers and he’s a switch hitting. Only knock on this card is his speed and defense but I still think he’s one of the best middle infield options in the game. For the first time all year I had a little bit of pack luck and I pulled him. Sweet
Me too amazingly and then Pendleton in free Prime pack
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@SakAttack87_PSN said in Sammy Sosa:
The path to unlock him even contains a bunch of XP drops with some good packs.
Though I’m hoping they change the last pack for the spotlight one from may to June
@DemIsE4_XBL said in So if you're awful at showdowns, any hope of ever getting Rolen, Williams, etc.?:
@nymets1987_PSN Yea, no chance you are remotely close to Beltran or Ted if that is the case. It is really pathetic this year. Seems like the game is catered to the elite streamers that can play 6 hours a day. Casuals getting [censored] on.
I open so many packs too but it doesn't matter this year because I am an offline player who's casual
@DemIsE4_XBL said in So if you're awful at showdowns, any hope of ever getting Rolen, Williams, etc.?:
@mietha_MLBTS Collections in general are so bad this year. Every collection behind really paywalls. Most all star cards were in chase packs well over 100k each or in my case the .000001% chance of pulling them. It really is a paywall if you can't pull the card in packs or it takes you a month to get those stubs because the only thing you can pull in 300 packs are 2 85 LS chase packs and 3 of the base models in all the other collections. Spotlight cards and topps now cards the same way. You couldn't play the game and get these. You either needed to get extremely lucky pulling them or pretty much had to buy a lot of them. Ted and Rollins behind these types of cards. Santana and Harper behind the spotlight joke. Beltran and Hodges behind a 650k card. I really hope people hit them in the pocket book next year either by not buying the game or buying a lesser version. In my case the $40 extra dollars I spent on the deluxe version was useless. I could flush $40 down the toilet and get the same return.
I stopped playing this game competitively a few years ago because it is just not worth the headache. I have zero interest in trying to play HOF against clemens, beltran, hodges, castro, santana, harper, ted, mauer, reynolds, posada, randy, baustista, vlad jr, yordan. 300 hours in and I have exactly 1 of these players in clemens. Comical.
If it makes u feel better I pulled Judge week 1 and haven’t pulled a single other card 90 plus from the start date therefore I am not close to finishing even a single division and I play a lot at night and on the weekends
@mietha_MLBTS said in So if you're awful at showdowns, any hope of ever getting Rolen, Williams, etc.?:
No, because SDS wants to lock major COLLECTION rewards behind performance in a single mode, thus defeating the entire point of collections. Easily solvable by making gold cards that came out in March sellable, but they apparently are just going to continue to refuse to do that.
Again and I know this won’t go over well I liked the sets better minus the repeatable cards
Now you have to have certain series to complete major collections and 10000 little collections