@Talkingben9558_XBL said in Finest Card previews for the 11/11 Program:
I dont really get the Ben Rice selection. He was not that good this year. .234 batting average, 2.3 WAR, not really deserving of an extra finest card
He got his feet wet last year, but 2025 was his first real opportunity to get consistent ABs and he definitely had a breakout season.
.255/26 HR while also splitting time behind the plate. Advanced metrics rank Rice in the top percentile in many key offensive categories such as exit velocity/barrel rate/hard hit % and when you dive deeper you'll find out that he was actually one of the league's unluckiest hitters with how many balls he hit directly at defenders. His expected batting average and expected weighted on-base average were significantly higher than his actual numbers.
I understand the Yanks have a lot of cards and that annoys people, but I will not stand for this Ben Rice slander.