Thursday, October 11, 2018

2018 Clubhouse: Milwaukee Brewers


76. Chase Anderson
77. Orlando Arcia

78. Lorenzo Cain

79. Eric Thames

80. Christian Yelich

What a season for the Brewers. I'd really love to see them beat the Dodgers and make it to the World Series but they've already had an amazing run. Orlando Arcia looks really out of place here but really, who anticipated Travis Shaw or Jesús Aguilar having the seasons they had?

In addition to Lorenzo Cain, I had Arcia on the auto list as well. Oopsy.

Here's the Yelich gold parallel. I'm curious if he'll come away with MVP or not. If I had a vote, I'd probably have to give it to him. Regardless, the gold looks good on the Brewers.

Wednesday, October 10, 2018

2018 Clubhouse: Miami Marlins


71. Justin Bour

72. Lewis Brinson

73. Starlin Castro

74. J.T. Realmuto

75. Jose Ureña


Depending on what happens in the offseason, next year's checklist makers will have a hard time for the Marlins. Bour is gone, (the multi-dimensional*) Brinson had a horrible season and Ureña is persona non grata for a lot of baseball fans. Brian Anderson will be a good add for 2019 cards.

* MLB The Show fans will get this.

Realmuto was an absolutely necessity as an auto subject. Ureña is the other subject.

Until they embrace the teal again, Marlins parallels will probably look best in blue.

Tuesday, October 9, 2018

2018 Clubhouse: Los Angeles Dodgers


66. Cody Bellinger

67. Clayon Kershaw

68. Yasiel Puig

69. Corey Seager

70. Justin Turner

This looks kinda weird at this point since Corey Seager was out for the whole year. I suppose Chris Taylor would've been the next guy up, or maybe Kenley Jansen.


Picking Bellinger as an signer looked a lot better heading into the season that it does now. Maybe he'll bounce back next year. The Justin Turner autograph is actually pretty nice looking.


The parallel here is the Kershaw Luster, 10/10.

Monday, October 8, 2018

2018 Clubhouse: Los Angeles Angels


61. Zack Cozart

62. Ian Kinsler

63. Shohei Ohtani (RC)

64. Andrelton Simmons

65. Mike Trout

Cozart and Kinsler are kinda iffy here but I thought they'd be good since they were new offseason acquisitions. I'd probably swap  Cozart out for Justin Upton if doing it at this point.

Mike Trout and Cozart are the auto subjects here. I figured adding Ohtani into the mix with Trout would be totally unfair


Here's the purple Ohtani as a consolation.

Friday, September 21, 2018

2018 Clubhouse: Kansas City Royals


56. Danny Duffy

57. Kelvin Herrera

58. Whit Merrifield

59. Mike Moustakas

60. Salvador Pérez 

This Royals roster looks pretty picked over with 40% no longer being on the squad now. It'll be interesting to see who would make the 5-card setlist for next season.


Pérez and Merrifield are the signers for the Royals, so basically the lone remaining face of the franchise and their clear-cut best player, respectively. All things considered, not bad for Royals fans.


Pérez gets the wood parallel here since it'd probably be the most sough-after Royals card in the whole product.

Thursday, September 20, 2018

2018 Clubhouse: Houston Astros


51. José Altuve

52. Alex Bregman 

53. Carlos Correa

54. George Springer

55. Justin Verlander

Finally, my first perfect team set. Nobody to bump, nobody to add :)


Altuve and Springer are the auto subjects. Again, with these 5, any two picks would be solid.


I'm a sucker for orange and black so the black parallel works for me here.

Wednesday, September 19, 2018

2018 Clubhouse: Detroit Tigers


#46. Miguel Cabrera

#47. Nicholas Castellanos

#48. Michael Fulmer

#49. José Iglesias

#50. James McCann

What to say about the Tigers? The fact that they're on pace to just barely eek past 62 wins and that you could reasonably call that exceeding expectations speaks volumes about their roster (and the league at large). Outside of Miggy (who's been hurt for most of the season), there's not a lot of hobby stalwarts on the club. Castellanos has had a slightly better year than last year and is probably the silverest of linings here.


Cabrera HAD to be an autograph subject here. It would be extra cruel to leave him out.


The red parallels aren't the prettiest with the Tigers' orange and navy. But the #5/5 is and eBay 1/1 at least!

Tuesday, September 18, 2018

2018 Clubhouse: Colorado Rockies


#41. Nolan Arenado

#42. Charlie Blackmon

#43. Jon Gray

#44. DJ LeMahieu

#46. Trevor Story

Time for Rockies set. I really have a love/hate relationship with the Rockies. I'd love to see any of these hitters in the Giants lineup but I hate them for everything they do against the Giants. Plus, they've been around for 25 years now and haven't really won anything, so I kinda have a sliver of sympathy for them. Anyway, enough condescension, let's talk about the checklist. I was expecting Jon Gray to have the season Kyle Freeland is having, so his inclusion here looks weird since he's been no better than average. Everything else looks pretty much perfect to me


Arenado getting an auto slot is obviously the best case scenario here. I gave the other to LeMahieu since he seems to be the most under-the-radar of the Rockies hitters. 


We're cycling back around on the parallels as all 8 have been unveiled. Now I'll just be picking out which ones I think look best with the photos or trying to keep them even. The gold looks good on this Blackmon card.