Contest Winners and Prize Instructions

 

Home Runs plus Steals:  Shohei Ohtani (or Ohtani Shohei)

RBI plus Runs:  Ohtani Shohei (or Shohei Ohtani)

Wins plus Saves:  Yoshinobu Yamamoto (or Yamamoto Yoshinobu)

World Series MVP:  Yamamoto Yoshinobu (or Yoshinobu Yamamoto)

There was a tie for first with 1 point.  If your name is on this list, you get a prize:

Brett Alan

Bo

Johnny's Trading Spot

RJ Sahl

Fuji

I have Fuji's address.

I have a Bo in Oceanside.

I have a Brett in Hackettstown.

I have a Randy in Pease. 

I don't seem to have an address for Johnny's Trading Spot. 

morganyud at protonmail dot com for corrections or if you're JTS

Here are your options:

2025 Topps

2025 Topps Holiday

2025 Topps Heritage

2024 Topps

2024 Topps Holiday

2023 Topps

Mascots

Minor Leaguers Who Became Major Leaguers

Team Cards

League Leaders / Award Winners

Mystery Pack

The named sets are commons, so you should only pick one of those if you're building the set.

The last couple have the best players.  

So go ahead and reply below with what you want.  Maybe post your top two or three options.  Especially if you were one of the later entries, as I'll be going in order.  

World Series I Guess

 

U.S. addresses only.

Entry Deadline:  First pitch of the first game.

Playing for a PWE of baseball cards.

Pick the following:

1.  Leader in Home Runs plus Steals

2.  Leader in RBI plus Runs Scored.

3.  Leader in Wins plus Saves.

4.  Official MVP of the World Series.  

Time Traveling

 

Another trade with Matty K.

 

-  3x All-Star.  3 Gold Gloves.

-  Phillies legend.  3x All-Star.  16 Gold Gloves.  Hall of Famer.

-  19x All-Star.  2x AL MVP.  2 Gold Gloves.  8 Silver Sluggers.  Hall of Famer.  

Casting My Ballots

 

My top three for each MVP and Cy Young Award.  

A.L. MVP

  

-  Judge shouldn't cause much controversy.

-  Julio Rodriguez, Bobby Witt Jr., and Jose Ramirez all had cases for the third spot.  Julio wasn't the most valuable player on his own team, so I bumped him.  Witt vs Ramirez was a tough one, but I went with the better WAR over the guy who made the playoffs. 

A.L. Cy Young Award

 

-  This was the opposite of the A.L. MVP Award.  Skubal edged out Crochet by a nose.  But I thought Brown was the obvious choice for third. 

N.L. MVP

-  This season was a mess in the N.L.  A pitcher finished with the highest WAR.  A guy who mostly played DH was second.  Third, fourth, fifth, and sixth didn't make the playoffs.  

-  I went with Ohtani over the Phillies legend.  Still not a fan of voting for a pitcher to be MVP.  DH isn't much better, but Ohtani also pitched 47 innings with a 2.87 ERA.

-  The Diamondbacks, Braves, and Pirates finished with losing records, so that eliminated Geraldo Perdomo, Matt Olson, and Paul Skenes.  Hoerner and PCA kind of cancelled each other out. Juan Soto had a better OPS while Tatis was better defensively.  It shook out to Soto having a slightly higher WAR but Tatis made the playoffs while the former was part of an epic collapse.

N.L. Cy Young Award

  

 

-  Skenes in ERA.  Sanchez in QS, W-L, Innings, WAR, and meaningful games.  I'll take heat because I'm a Phillies fan, but it is what it is. 

-  Andrew Abbott and Freddy Peralta failed to meet the QS standard, so Pivetta takes third.

National League Contender Tolerance Rankings

Phillies

World Series Wins:  2

Most Recent:  2008

World Series Appearances:  8

Most Recent:  2022

Cubs 

World Series Wins:  3

Most Recent:  2016

World Series Appearances:  17

Most Recent:  2016

Brewers

World Series Wins:  0

World Series Appearances:  1

Most Recent:  1982

Reds

World Series Wins:  5

Most Recent:  1990

World Series Appearances:  9

Most Recent:  1990

Players to Watch:

Padres

World Series Wins:  0

World Series Appearances:  2

Most Recent:  1998

Dodgers

World Series Wins:  8

Most Recent:  2024

World Series Appearances:  25

Most Recent:  2024

-  The only problem team here is the Dodgers.

American League Contender Tolerance Rankings

Seattle Mariners

World Series Wins:  0

World Series Appearances: 0

Players to Watch:

Detroit Tigers

World Series Wins:  4

Most Recent:  1984

World Series Appearances:  11

Most Recent:  2012

Players to Watch:

Cleveland Guardians 

World Series Wins:  2

Most Recent:  1948

World Series Appearances:  6

Most Recent:  2016

Players to Watch:

  

Boston Red Sox

World Series Wins:  9

Most Recent:  2018

World Series Appearances:  14

Most Recent:  2018

Players to Watch:

New York Yankees

World Series Wins:  27

Most Recent:  2009

World Series Appearances:  41

Most Recent:  2024

Players to Watch:

Toronto Blue Jays

World Series Wins:  2*

Most Recent:  1993*

World Series Appearances:  2

Most Recent:  1993

Players to Watch:

-  There's a chasm between the top three and the bottom three.      

Scoring from My Dealer

 

I bought a blaster of 2025 Score Football at Barnes & Noble.  

Let's look at some highlights.

-  Not the best season for a Burrow card.  Oh well. 

-  Still weird seeing Jacobs in a Packers uniform, but okay I guess.

-  Carter's an excellent player.  Also, a bit of a moron. 

-  Jones is an excellent player.  Also, a bit of a moron.

-  Excellent agent.

-  I prefer the Houston throwbacks for Tennessee over the Dallas throwbacks for Sucksville. 

-  Super Bowl Champion.

-  Up there with Raquel Welch and Joe Gibbs on the list of notable Aztecs.

-  Also:  A Budda Baker Lava parallel (SN799) and a Zach Charbonnet relic card.