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@Teak2112_MLBTS said:

Did SDS relocate the Rangers to West Texas?

There are no mountains in Arlington. Should have included the Texas Giant, the Oil Derrick, Der Stucka, and JerryWorld.

@go4stros25_PSN said:

So craig biggio. I sat here for 20 minutes trying to buy this card it was selling for 77k buy now. I put an order a 66k immidialty 2 orders 1 stub higher. This happened over and over until I finally put in a order for 70k so the 10% tax wouldnt allow for a profit and the bot backed off.

So you consistently bid and rebid a card immediately?

Huh!

There’s no possible way someone else could have been doing the exact same thing. IMPOSSIBLE!

@GoozeFn_PSN said:

We have no idea what this cityscapes thing is so your guess is as good as mine.

Would a bot have Cut & Pasted Walker Buehler to 2018 and forgotten to replace him with 87 Michael Kopech?

A while back, I was a little bored and did some analysis of the Future Stars from 17-19. I compared how good their cards were compared to the other future stars released that year then looked at their career WAR to see how Future Star-y they actually ended up being.

One day, I'll get around to doing the rest of the years. But for now...

2017 Future Stars:

Best Careers:
43.1 - 89 Alex Bregman (#16 of 42 Future Star cards)
29.8 - 90 Byron Buxton (11)
28.4 - 88 Dansby Swanson (22)
26.7 - 90 Rafael Devers (8)
25.4 - 90 Luis Castillo (9)

Best Cards:
96 Yoan Moncada (14.9 WAR)
95 Andrew Benintendi (16.5)
94 Julio Urias (13.8)
93 Alex Reyes (2.6 OOPS)
92 Walker Buehler (12.3)

Future Stars who weren't Stars:
87 Lewis Brinson (-3.8 WAR)
86 Willi Calhoun (-2.1)
86 Nick Williams (-1.8)
88 Jose DeLeon (-1.6)
88 Frances Martes (-0.9)

Future Stars that didn't get cards:
Matt Chapman (41.8)
Cody Bellinger (30.5)
Max Fried (28.4)

2018 Future Stars:

Best Careers:
43.1 - 91 Shohei Ohtani (#1 of 38) -- hey, they got one right!
28.6 - 91 Ronald Acuna Jr (2) - hey, they got another one right!
27.3- 86 Kyle Tucker (6)
25.1 - 85 Willy Adames (11)
20.1 - 83 Sandy Alcantara (15)

Best Cards:
91 Shohei Ohtani (51.5)
91 Ronald Acuna Jr (28.6)
87 Gleyber Torres (18.7)
93 Alex Reyes (2.6 OOPS)
92 Walker Buehler (12.3)

Future Stars who weren't Stars:
81 Tomas Nido (-1.6 WAR)
83 Dustin Fowler (-1.4)
80 Sam Travis (-1.2)
81 Dawel Lugo (-1)
81 Socrates Brito (-0.8)

Future Stars that didn't get cards:
Juan Soto (42.6)
Jeff McNeil(23)
Corbin Burnes (19.2)
Framber Valdez (18.8)

2019 Future Stars: -- they kind of abandoned the project this year only to come back strong in 2020 with Prospects

Best Careers:
27.2 - 90 Fernando Tatis Jr (3 of
25.9 - 95 Vlad Guerrero Jr (1)
22.5 - 87 Austin Riley (8)
21 - 90 Bo Bichette (5)

Future Stars who weren't Stars:
-3.1 - 90 Nick Senzel (4)
0.9 - 88 Keston Hiura (7)
5.3 - 90 Eloy Jimenez (2)
5.9 - 89 Brendan Rogers (6)

Future Stars that didn't get cards:
Yordan Alvarez (24.3)
Pete Alonso (23.3)
Will Smith (23)
Nico Hoerner (21.8)
Logan Webb (21.3)
Bryan Reynolds (21.1)
Zac Gallen (20.8)
Tommy Edman (19.2)

Future Stars (players who had already debuted in MLB) started in 2017.
Prospects (those who had not yet debuted) began in 2020.
Draft cards started in 2023.

@LadySwampfox_XBL said:

What a slap in the face. What is even the point of repeatable conquest maps if you can't do anything with their rewards. It's stupid, it ruins offline play and the conquest experience.

Make conquest worth grinding and give us REPEATABLE maps, with REPEATABLE and SELLABLE rewards.

As a reminder, the only repeatable map we had last year before the Draft was a 5 pack bundle.

@Dolenz_PSN said:

No, I don't have card release dates for any of the previous years cards. It is not a field that they include. Even though I am pulling it this year it still requires some manual work on my part.

If only I knew someone that did...

Year----# Available at 4/27 -----Non-Sellable ---- %
2021 --- 224 --- 114--- 51%
2022 --- 257 --- 90 --- 35%
2023 --- 474 --- 292 -- 61%
2024 --- 466 --- 265 -- 57%
2025 --- 399 --- 254 -- 63%
2026 -- 523 --- 321 -- 61%

Interesting test of hypothesis. Though, to make it more accurate, is there any way to adjust the results so that the prior year numbers only count cards released as of 4/27 in their respective years?

Given the number of TA cards and LS Collection rewards, I would think earlier in the year you would see a higher % of non-sellable cards as compared to the rest of the year. And as the year continues, the % of non-sellable cards would go down.

There was a roster update Friday.

Going ahead and nominating Skenes for April Lightning card. Take out the Met start (which happened in March) and he's got a 0.95 ERA w/ 29Ks, 5 walks.

12 Categories complete for the 95 Marlins
21 Categories complete for the 99 Tigers

30/60 Jolt
15/18 Egghunt
2/3 Milestone (meaning you have to complete 2 of the following: Angels Collection, Live Series, Jackie)
18/22 Awards
2/2 Cornerstone
12/12 Spotlight
24/24 Topps Now
3/4 Standout
11/12 Veteran
8/8 St. Patricks Day
9/12 Postseason
18/20 Contributors
15/18 2nd Half
39/42 All-STar
17/18 Breakout
6/8 Rookie
WBC Garcia
SB Griffin
NT Bichette
1/2 Last Ride
27/30 Negro Leagues (The Jackie Program cards like Bryant, deGrom, & Dontrelle don't count for this collection. They're in Awards.)

@curleyk_PSN said:

I could be wrong. But left handed third baseman are very rare. Throwing angle.

I know a 3rd Baseman that drank 72 beers on a cross-country flight who would disagree.

SDS is a video game company, not a survey company. Why wouldn't they hire an outside organization to run a survey for them?

One other factor worth considering:

Anyone who's been playing for more than a month was used to running out all-99 lineups. Now that the season has re-started, there's a lot more golds and (dare I say) silvers being used. Maybe, just maybe, the fact you haven't rebuilt the super-team yet is why it seems harder than it did just a few months ago.

@GoozeFn_PSN said:

A new picture posted on X shows Miggy on one side as a Marlin and the other side a Tiger, so maybe the 95 is something else and the 99 will be him as a Tiger.

84 Gold Last Ride as the Conquest Reward.

@Onix_Savage22_PSN said:

Here are some names I came up with.
Just a few I came up with this isn’t even counting teams with orange as a secondary color like the tigers.

Let's hear it for new Legend...