2021 Bowman Draft Baseball Jumbo Box - Blowout Cards Ricky Tiedemann - LHP (Blue Jays, 1st Base and Auto, 91/91) - Left-handed pitching prospect that we didn't get to see much of before the draft but apparently took an uptick in dev during instructs. Has plus power with a really pretty right handed swing when he gets a hold of one. I can squint and see it as well, but I am taking the easy way out and putting him in Tier None as a high-risk prep right-hander that needs to get an effective third pitch before climbing up the Tier rankings. Throw in the round 1 draft pedigree and the Cleveland secret sauce, I am going to slide him into the bottom half of Tier 2. Another righty prep arm that is long and lanky at 6'4" and under 200 pounds. Carter Jensen - C (Royals, 1st Base and Auto, 78/112) - Another risky prep catcher profile and there are some that think Jensen may not stick there. Plus speed and an above-average hit tool at the moment. 2021 Bowman card list & price guide. Read our methodology . Finally Topps, for whatever reason, decided to hold back more players towards the top rounds than I think many of us were used to seeing. An inconsistent backend starter type with command and control issues that lead to bullpen risk is going to end up in Tier None almost every time. Will also throw an average changeup now that he's starting that shows nice arm-side fade when it's on. In the hobby, it is good but not great. A two-way player approach would have significant negative to his development if recent history is our judge. Another righty prep arm that makes sense to start in Tier None until further notice. He'll also throw a changeup occasionally. Given his top 10 draft pedigree and being a top 10 player in our Data Driven Top 500, I feel comfortable slotting Ford into my Tier 2. Plus max velo numbers at the Complex level and a top 10 player in our hitting RoboScout for the Complex level. Low floor given all of the x-factors, but super high ceiling of an SP2 will have me push him into Tier 3. The big draw here is the fact that this represents some of the. I expect this to continue this year with no retail formats. With a full-time focus on baseball, he has the chance to unlock the coveted five-tool player archetype. 2021 Bowman Draft Marcelo Mayer . Michael Morales - RHP (Mariners, 1st Base and Auto, 83/130) - The Vanderbilt commit took an overslot deal to break that commitment as it is one of the harder colleges to get guys away from. The prep righty out of Baltimore was an overslot sign with a low 90s fastball, 12-6 curveball, and a developing changeup. Middle of Tier None pitcher with the Rockies drag keeping him from Tier 3 consideration. 6'4" and all legs which seem to cause issues with consistency in his delivery and command.
2021 NBA Draft: Top 30 prospect rankings, scouting reports - Sports A curveball is there as well, but I rarely saw it. Another in a long line of prep arms in this product that I will be keeping an eye on to see if they can jump up the lists and Tiers, but for now with the risk and rawness inherent to these profiles, he's going to be in Tier None. Used exclusively in relief since his return from TJ and leans heavily on his fastball which sits mid to upper 90s. 15) and has him as the second-best defensive end behind only Texas Tech's Tyree Wilson. Evaluating The Best Prospects In 2021 Bowman Chrome Prospect rankings are based on scouting grades and narrative reports for each player. But like the rest of the guys with this profile, keep tabs on them. He is also a two way player but likely ends up on the bump rather than on the dirt in the long term. There is almost no video out there, so he is a hard-to-evaluate arm at the moment. If you had taken our advice at the time this article was initially written, you would be up between 50% to 100% regarding Wander Franco RC's . Next up is a low to mid 80's sweeping slider with above-average spin and horizontal break which also generates a fair amount of whiffs. For all intents and purposes, he is a one-pitch pitcher. An uptick in velocity topping out at 98 for his fastball and significantly improved command that lead the nation in K/9 were the primary drivers of this. International. Strong plate approach but average hit tool and maybe a chip in steal here or there sums up the rest of the offensive package. Most of the Futures Game stars have. March 2, 2023. Potential for being perennial All-Stars and award winners. Draft. An easy Tier None slotting for the Blue Jays 4th rounder. He was able to put the bat on the ball a lot, but he ended up not really putting up good numbers in his 35 games at Low A this year. Couple that plus fastball with a plus curveball and average to above-average changeup and slider and you have a standard model starter's four-pitch mix. Jacob Steinmetz - RHP (Diamondbacks, 1st Base and Auto, 77/134) - Steinmetz is a tall (6'5") prep right-hander out of the New York area that I couldn't find many looks of and has barely more than 1 inning of pro ball pitched so far down at the complex. A power speed athlete profile at 6'3" 205 that is raw given his focus on football and baseball as well as basketball to a lesser degree. Diamondbacks are also one of the lesser collectible teams, another potential minor drag on his hobby value. Slotting him into the top half of Tier 3; if he does take that next step in his development, he becomes an easy player to jump into Tier 2 with that god-mode fastball. That being said, even with a ceiling of a lights out closer, it's hard to put someone with a single pitch bullpen profile as anything but Tier None. A Tier 3 pitcher that could easily jump into Tier 2 with some consistency and any additional fastball velo bump. Given the injury situation, I'll slot him as a high-risk play at the bottom of Tier Two and see how he looks in 2023. All in all, he has a very high floor with the potential to be a perennial all-star. That alone puts him in the Tier 2 conversation with upside for more, so I'll take the easy way out and stick him in the bottom half of Tier 2. Bowman Draft Picks and Prospects Baseball Sports Trading Cards, Projectable frame with strong command, minus the injury, he would be in consideration for the top of Tier Two as a potential frontline SP. Also will throw a curveball and slider to varying degrees of success - from what I saw, I liked the look of his curveball, so there is definitely something there. And while that may be the case, he hasn't shown the dominant stuff you would imagine when looking at him at 6'6" and 235 pounds. Ended up going in the 4th round to the White Sox on an underslot deal after an up and down final college season including a month of downtime mid-season.
2021 Bowman Chrome Draft Gavin Williams Refractor Prospect #BDC-93 It looked decent and he threw a lot of strikes, but I didn't see anything special that would push him out of the Tier None conversation for now. Never going to steal bases is probably the biggest negative. But given the small sample sizes and lesser competition levels, I am going to put him at the top half of Tier 3 based on his tools. Instead, he lands in a place where the deck is stacked against him and I am having thoughts of pushing him down into Tier None. Three potential plus pitches with the fastball sitting in the high 90's this spring, a 12-6 curveball, and an arm-side fading changeup with a ton of life. Checklist Live! A bottom of Tier 2 guy for me, but it's a bit like Lucy putting the football down again and asking me to kick the ball. The standard Franchise Futures multi-player insert is included and is getting more and more tired every year. Looked to be an uncomfortable at bat for left-handers. Not a lot of mileage on the arm which helps from a health perspective, but on the flip side, may slow his progress as the Dodgers build up his innings. Coming from the Texas prep ranks, the potential five-tool shortstop should be able to stick at the position. The changeup plays well off of it and a tight slider can be effective at times. But back in reality land, Hill had UCL issues as a college freshman and after 29 innings in his 2021 Junior season, had to call it a season and go under the knife for Tommy John surgery. While he lead the Big Ten in strikeouts in 2021, the big (6'5") lefty from the University of Michigan has a collection of average to above-average pitches. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for 2021 Bowman Chrome Draft Andrew Painter 1st Prospect Chrome #BDC-10 Phillies at the best online prices at eBay! As I always say, prospects are the most volatile and highest risk/reward part of the hobby. Calvin Ziegler - RHP (Mets, 1st Base and Auto, 46/180) - Mets 2nd round righty prep arm originally from Canada but pitched in the Florida prep ranks before the draft. New Price eBay. 2021 Bowman marks the official opening of prospect season. Tier None slotting with an outside chance of ticking up to Tier 3. Cooper Bowman - 2B (Yankees, 1st Base only, 122/186) - If you haven't heard them already, get ready to hear them regularly as every breaker and collector who hits a Cooper Bowman card will squeeze whatever jokes are possible out of him being in a Bowman product. 2021 Bowman - Prospects.
2021 Bowman - Prospects Baseball Checklist | Trading Card Database Low 90s velocity on his fastball currently that will need to see an uptick. This is purely a prospect product. Cade Povich - LHP (Twins, 1st Base and Auto, 98/537) - Not sure how many times we will hear the joke that Maury is not his father, but I am here for all of them. For now, he hangs out towards the top of Tier 4. I have broken down these 1st prospects into four tiers based on a combination of my perception of hobby interest and my own personal long-term hobby outlook. He had a fair amount of control with it landing in the zone regularly as well as getting plenty of swings and misses. Dominic Hamel - RHP (Mets, 1st Base and Auto, 81/193) - Mets 3rd round right-hander out of Dallas Baptist has the analytical data on his pitches to backup being a potential mid-rotation starter. He racks up a ton of strikeouts with that slider and it is a thing of beauty to watch. Brock Selvidge - LHP (Yankees, 1st Base only, 92/182) - Yankees 3rd round lefty prep arm out of Chandler, Arizona. Will take a walk as exhibited by the almost identical walks to strikeouts in the Complex this year. Watching video and literally every swinging strikeout I see is either the slider or the fastball. Tier None with a watch label to see if he can tick up the velocity in-game and get more swing and miss when he starts getting pro innings under his belt. This is a high-risk ranking, so buyer beware. With just two pitches and some injury history, the relief risk is real. Still some question marks if he can turn the prep offensive skills into pro ones, but definitely has the all around talent to make it to the show. At the moment he may not have a profile as an everyday regular in some people's eyes, but I can easily see it. He continued to pad his career stats in 2021 hitting .260, with a .234 ISOP, and a 28.3% K rate as a 21-year-old in Triple-A. You will see the players overall drafted position and then their ranking in our Top 600 MLB Draft Prospects - so for Marcelo Mayer, this will be 4/1. This release's 1st Bowman cards are exclusively players from the 2021 MLB Draft. The left-hander is a fit in either role as his pitches tunnel well, he fills up the zones and he gets strikeouts while limiting walks. Tier 2 without a doubt and someone I look forward to watching develop. More than likely a table setting second division regular outcome. I like his compact swing and how he can get it to through the zone for plus pull-side power. Fastball is average but has decent velocity and horizontal break from the left side. The athletic Pennsylvania prep outfielder has a plethora of plus tools in power, fielding, and arm while he has double-plus speed. If Brown had landed in a strong pitching development organization like Cleveland or the Dodgers, I would feel like he should be slotted towards the top of Tier 3 with some thoughts about Tier 2. The new Lite configurations in 2021 for previous products have had exclusive Black & White Mini Diamond refractors, so this will be the first time we see a RayWave refractor. I am taking the upside play here with Allen and placing him in my Tier 2 group. That puts me in a conundrum of whether to bump CES up to Tier 2 based on performance or Tier 3 based on tools. 2021 Bowman Draft Baseball Set comes in Paper and Chrome versions with multiple parallels for each and features the top picks and prospects all collectors will be hunting! Development project that could land either in the rotation or the bullpen. Christian Encarnacion-Strand - 3B (Twins, 1st Base and Auto, 128/177) - The Twins fourth round selection out of Oklahoma State has some questions on whether he can stick at third base which puts further pressure on his offensive profile if he has to kick over to first base or even DH. That has me putting him in Tier None, but I wouldn't fault anyone for thinking that he is more of a Tier 3 pitcher giving the physical projection, strikeout gains, and Cleveland secret sauce. Combination of high-end Hit and Power tools that wont end up as full-time designated hitters. He didn't get a hit, but he actually had the best contact of all of the A's facing Bachman with a sharply hit ground ball to the pull side that he was thrown out on. Like many of the Bowman newcomers, Kahlil Watson has big time upside and is one of the top prospects in a strong Miami Marlins farm system. Both pitches are easily thrown for strikes and get plenty of swing and misses. Plus hit tool with a plus plate approach, regularly putting up more walks than strikeouts, and the ability to steal bases at a bit more than just the chip-in steal type are all great ingredients to building a Tier 1 hobby player. His curveball is plus and his best pitch. Average to above average tools across the board but no standout carrying tool. Given his frame, I would be surprised if he sticks at first base - he has DH written all over him and the Dan Vogelbach/Rowdy Tellez comps are likely going to be a regular occurrence. Profiles best at second base given his size and arm strength, but could play shortstop if needed. No standout tools and already older than his counterparts, he probably ends up as a strong side platoon or 4th outfielder type role.
Baseball Card Price Guide - Sports Card Investor Robert Gasser - LHP (Padres, 1st Base and Auto, 71/108) - The left-hander out of the University of Houston was the Padres Comp B round pick which was evidence of his hard work he has put in to build up from an uninteresting relief arm that's bounced through a couple of stops to a potential back end of the rotation starter. You will find all the major prospects in the 150-card set, including Futures Game MVP Brennen Davis, Jasson Dominguez, Bobby Witt Jr. and Adley Rutschman. Low 90's fastball needs to add some velocity and a lot of command, but has some nice arm-side horizontal break. He went from a low 90s fastball that looked relatively straight in 2020 to a 93-94 with movement. Add in two to three of these guys and we start to get closer to previous years - Jack Leiter, Khalil Watson, Colson Montgomery, Joshua Baez, Max Muncy, Matt McLain, and Trey Sweeney would all be welcome additions. When there are more than three or four guys to chase in a product, collectors tend to be relatively happy. That said, Watson has swing-and-miss concerns (42 K% in Low-A) and slipped in the draft due to make-up and signability concerns. He's a switch hitter and the video from the Complex is already promising with what the Mariners are doing. Henry Davis - C (Pirates, 1st Base and Auto, 1/3) - Going to be very hard to put the top overall draft pick anywhere but Tier 1 or Tier 2 (unless the player's name is Mickey Moniak). A double plus slider with 12-6 break can be thrown for strikes in the zone are down in the zone for easy swing and misses. Has the frame to add good mass. With his experience and excellent performance in 2021, we don't see any signs of slowing down. Mid-90's fastball that he throws often with good IVB numbers and good location. The 2021 Bowman Draft set will offer several autographs for collectors. Tier 1 - Cream of the crop. With the inherent risk of prep righty profiles, he goes into the bucket of similar profiles in Tier None with a firm "watch list" designation. Prep catcher penalty plus hit tool concerns leads me to placing Moller in the middle of Tier 3. Without the general catcher penalty, Davis would likely end up in Tier 1, especially going at 1 overall in the draft. Features a plus fastball in the mid-90s to go with an above-average changeup that has good depth. If he can turn his batting practice power into game power without negatively impacting his contact and plate skills, then he will shoot up the Tiers. Click on any card to see more graded card prices, historic prices, and past sales. And yet, he's managed to work himself all the way to Triple-A.
2019 Bowman Draft Chrome ADLEY RUTSCHMAN 1st RC Prospect PSA 10 GEM Second base is his likely home, but the Rays are known to be creative and I wouldn't be surprised to see Kinney end up playing a multitude of positions to be able to get his bat regularly into games. The product isnt terrible and there are plenty of players I like and would love to own their cards. to be found here. Sold out for pull-side power in the Circuit season which lead to swing and miss concerns, but righted the ship during the spring prep season where I saw him deposit the ball over the fence to centerfield and some opposite-field shots as well. Wander Franco - Tampa Bay Rays, SS. While Binelas has mainly played third base, his lack of arm and athleticism will push him to first base long term, further pressuring his power over hit profile to improve in both areas. Mid-rotation starter ceiling, but definite bullpen risk with his older prep arm that was command challenged. A short strider thats more geared towards contact than power but will put the ball over the fence on occasion. Ethan Wilson - OF (Phillies, 1st Base and Auto, 49/32) - The Phillies second-round pick out of South Alabama showed up big his freshman year but hasn't repeated that peak since.
His splits at the complex appear to back up what I am seeing, hitting both of his home runs from the left-hand side while hitting for better average from the right-hand side. Images of this refractor have started to surface as of Thursday, December 30th and with the Mini Diamonds being very popular, I expect the RayWaves to be as well. Not to mention two of the potential bigger names that ended up not signing in Kumar Rocker and Jud Fabian. Additional fastball velocity and/or increased development of his other secondaries will cement his big league status and I am betting on the Brewers dev org to do just that. Retail formats are never really announced, but Topps has not done retail for Bowman Draft in recent memory, if ever. Hits to all fields, gets the bat through the zone with a nice lofted swing, shows very good plate skills with the ability to take as many walks as he does strikeouts. In 2021, Banks had 59 solo tackles, 69 assists, 128 total tackles, 4 pass deflections, 5.5 sacks, and 1 interception. Above average, potentially plus, hit tool that can sneak in some average power and should be able to reach double-digit steals. This is a classic Tier None profile with very little to interest the hobby. But given his size - 6'4" 225 pounds as a teenager - he should have enough natural power to not need to sell out for it as he matures. Strong floor and very high ceiling. Definitely a player to watch to see if he can lessen that swing and miss. It was a small sample at the Complex in 2021, but he did hit well, which was a nice bonus to see. These 25 players stood out at the DREAM Series. Stats. But the most often cited comp for Solometo is one that is easy to see and one I am quite familiar with in Madison Bumgarner. McCade Brown - RHP (Rockies, 1st Base and Auto, 79/94) - The Rockies third-round pick is the epitome of one of the major archetypes of the Tier 3 pitcher - upside with physical projection and potential plus pitches that should equal a mid-rotation starter or better but lacking command and control to harness those talents. A Tier None profile for now, but given where he started and where he's at now, someone I want to keep an eye on as there may be even more there with the hard work he's shown he is willing to put in. Look for 1 autograph per box! Cooper Kinney - 2B (Rays, 1st Base and Auto, 34/61) - Offense first player that has his biggest questions with the glove on his hand. It doesnt help that the first overall pick in 2021 was a catcher and that almost half of the first round of the 2021 MLB draft were pitchers (and the Angels went full on hobby troll mode by having an entire draft of pitchers). He's a skinny 6'3" - with added mass, you hope that will lead to an increase in velocity which suddenly makes him a much more interesting pitcher given his plus command. Elite SP 1 pitchers (very rare). The 19-year-old has quickly . He easily ticks all the boxes and seems natural in whatever he does. Bowman Draft Picks & Prospect Die-Cuts: NEW! His floor is a high leverage relief arm with an outside shot at a backend rotation guy, but that will take some refinement to get there. Backend starter potential with perhaps some more when added mass leads to increased fastball velocity. The Definitive Guide to First Bowman Cards When it comes to the most sought after cards for today's baseball stars, not much beats the Topps Flagship rookie card. Right now, I can easily see a future high leverage bullpen arm or an SP4.
2018 Panini Honors 2017 Orange Prizm Patrick Mahomes II RC AUTO - eBay Ryan Spikes - SS/2B (Rays, 1st Base and Auto, 100/104) - No elite tools but also no real skill deficiencies for the Georgia prep infielder. In general Topps and Bowman inserts are not great, and for the most part, this axiom holds true in this release as well. Daylen Lile - OF (Nationals, 1st Base only, 47/29) - The ability to field all outfield spots in a pinch, but mostly profiles as a left fielder with underwhelming arm strength.
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