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 . Curveball is above average and he sequences it well with his fastball. He's a top Tier 3 guy that I am going to watch closely to see if he can develop the hit tool to match the power and vault into Tier 2. The right side of the plate was more promising as he seemed to have a more natural, hit over power swing. Ben Kudrna - RHP (Royals, 1st Base only, 43/31) - While the Royals went way underslot with their first-round pick, Frank Mozzicato, they went way overslot with their second-round pick in Ben Kudrna. Another player that is going to be more valued in real baseball and fantasy baseball than in the hobby. 2021 Bowman Draft Marcelo Mayer 1st Prospect #BD-174 Red Sox PSA 10 GEM A right-handed prep pitcher out of Pennsylvania had a tough guy in the All-Star circuit in 2020, but came back strong in the spring. This label is reserved for the cream of the crop. Releases include 2022 Topps Allen & Ginter Chrome, 2022 Bowman Heritage, and 2022 Bowman Inception. Free shipping for many products! If he can develop the other secondaries and improve the command, he ends up at the back end of the rotation. For now, a backend rotation role is the most likely outcome, but physically their is potential for a solid mid-rotation arm. Ad Ad - content continues below For now, he hangs out towards the top of Tier 4. 10 Best Wander Franco Rookie Cards To Buy Now - Gold Card Auctions Spencer Schwellenbach - RHP (Braves, 1st Base and Auto, 59/56) - The two-way player at Nebraska finally got back to pitching in his final season in college, albeit all out of the bullpen, following arm surgery after high school. 2021 Bowman Chrome Draft Connor Norby 1st Prospect Auto #CDA-CN Orioles - E02 | Sports Mem, Cards & Fan Shop, Sports Trading Cards, Trading Card Singles | eBay! You've probably heard the term "five-tool player" used to describe top prospects. Top Baseball Draft Prospects | MLB.com At 6'7", there is some general concern about tall pitchers, but at the moment Painter doesn't seem to exhibit many of those issues. As a prep righty pitcher, he's mid 90's fastball with a slider, curveball and changeup. At this point it seems all but certain 2022 will be his rookie season. If he does, then he becomes a potential high leverage arm. Slider is the out pitch. What we know is that the Braves still intend to develop him as a starting pitcher and has the potential to be a back end rotation piece with a mid-90s fastball, a low 80s slider, and an effective changeup. A very strong final season in Westwood was followed up by a disappointing 25 game sample at Low A in 2021, especially when you were hoping to see some power continue from what he started to show at the end of his stint at UCLA. No plus pitches, but throws four average to above average pitches that all work well with each other. Total Cards: 150. At worst, he is a utility player that is passive at the plate with disappointing bat speed. Chicago-area prospects growing together in DREAM Series. Tier 2 - Bats that may lack in a certain area such as top-end power, three true outcomes players, maybe great real life/fantasy players, but not hobby-elite, or tantalizing raw talents. 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. Easy Tier None choice for me. Still no reason to put him anywhere else but Tier None. Average to above average tools across the board but no standout carrying tool. 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. 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. Lite Hobby box - no guaranteed hit, but guaranteed 5 Lite-exclusive Black & White RayWave refractor parallels and is roughly $150 pre-sale per box. Julio Rodriguez 2019 Bowman Draft . Maddux Bruns - LHP (Dodgers, 1st Base and Auto, 29/68) - Ideal landing spot for Bruns as he gets into a top dev org. Strong floor and very high ceiling. Jordan McCants - SS (Marlins, 1st Base and Auto, 88/152) - Marlins 3rd selection out of the Florida prep ranks is a double plus runner and not much else. I'll slide House into the bottom of Tier One and be cautious with him due to what I see as lower floor than other guys in this Tier, but his ceiling is undeniable. Missing an effective third pitch. Collect the entire 200-card Base Card set, featuring some of the top new names you need to know from the 2021 MLB Draft! Fastball is mid-90's topping out at 98 with some noticeable run on occasion. Going to slot him at the bottom half of Tier 2 because of the ceiling, but wouldn't argue pushing him into Tier 3 given the risk of a mid to back end rotation arm. Silva, though, is more of a slimmer athletic frame and throws from the right-hand side. His fastball is often in the upper half of the zone, which is great for setting up his off-speed, but it lacks top end velocity and deception, which can lead to the pitch being hittable. But, with the Red Sox bump, I could see some short term value in the future in the mold of Nick Maton where he debuts with a hot 3-4 weeks and his 1st Bowmans base autos go for $50+ instead of the $10 they likely should go for long term. An average breaker that sometimes shows as a slider and sometimes as a curve with a fringe changeup completes his arsenal. A competent shortstop, he was being considered in round 1 but ultimately fell to the Braves in round 2 on an underslot deal. Brock Selvidge - LHP (Yankees, 1st Base only, 92/182) - Yankees 3rd round lefty prep arm out of Chandler, Arizona. Top 10 MLB Prospects and Their Rookie Cards to Look Out For - ONE37pm Set Links - Overview - Checklist - Teams - Errors / Variations - Hall of Famers . With power being the most coveted hobby tool, I am going to push Holgate into the bottom half of Tier 2 even with his hit deficiencies. The fastball appears above average with the horizontal arm side run to it. Prices are updated daily based upon 2021 Bowman listings that sold on eBay and our marketplace. 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. 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 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. Checklist Live! An underslot sign in round 1, him and Tommy Mace get off the Cleveland bus together and you imagine it's the Cavaliers and not the Guardians. Drafted to pitch, he's a raw work in progress. He went from a low 90s fastball that looked relatively straight in 2020 to a 93-94 with movement. Has plus power with a really pretty right handed swing when he gets a hold of one. When he did get it put where the catcher wanted it, he did seem to get a fair amount of swing and misses. 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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! I'll drop him into the top of Tier None for now. There is very little video and the two games he did pitch in Visalia this year are not available on MiLB TV. He does relatively well in our RoboScout rankings (Patreon $10 exclusive) with a plus power tool and a swing geared for loft. A low floor super high ceiling bat that for me is a Tier 3 guy currently that should be watched closely to see if he does turn those long levers into an every day power hitter role. I am going to split the difference and slide him into the bottom of Tier 3. A lot of strikeouts in college and in his brief minors exposure this year with both the knuckle curve and fastball. This is a hobby lottery ticket assuming he is cheap. Estimated Release Date: December 29, 2021 Hobby Jumbo Configuration: 32 cards per pack, 12 packs per box, 8 boxes per case A lot of my video looks at him were from the left side and he was pretty aggressive, especially with fastballs. He's got an inverted front leg batting stance that just looks uncomfortable and I wonder over time if that has to be adjusted simply due to the wear and tear on catcher's knees and ankles. Top 100 Baseball Prospects | MLB.com Jay Allen - OF (Reds, 1st Base and Auto, 30/38) - Super athletic three-sport star from the Florida prep ranks who passed up a scholarship offer to play baseball and football at the University of Florida has all the potential. Some people think so given his exit velocity numbers, but a more lofted swing path is likely needed and that may not be worth a potential ding to his high-end hit tool. With more work on his fastball, he could end up as a mid-rotation starter, but this will have to be a wait-and-see game as he had to go under the knife for TJ late in the spring. Middle of Tier None pitcher with the Rockies drag keeping him from Tier 3 consideration. Dustin Saenz - LHP (Nationals, 1st Base only, 112/103) - The National's fourth-round pick out of Texas A&M didn't get drafted in the COVID-shortened 2020 draft. Will regularly throw all three of his secondaries with the slider and curveball being above average to plus offerings. Prototype size at 6'4" 230-ish pounds. A low 90's fastball plays up because of that and it occasionally will show some arm-side run as well. Mostly looks to have average pitches across the board and is a classic back-end SP type. While he exclusively played Center field his past few years in college, his size will likely push him out to left field, putting more pressure on his hit tool, which is much more of a question mark than his prodigious power. Both pitches looked good in college. Baseball Card Price Guide - Sports Card Investor At his best, he is probably more of a hit-over-power second baseman or center fielder with plus speed and a strong on-base approach. 2019 Bowman Platinum Wal-Mart Top Prospects Wander Franco RC #TOP-9; . In 22 games at the Complex so far, he put together average contact and max velo numbers, but had double plus walk and chase percentages leading to a top 15 ranking in our Data Driven Top 500 along with a top ranking for Complex Level RoboScout ranking. Drew Gray - LHP (Cubs, 1st Base and Auto, 93/149) - Cubs third-round pick out of the prep factory IMG Academy who was a two-player there. Dual Draftees: Dual cards featuring top 2013 draft picks from the same franchise. Donta Williams - OF (Orioles, 1st Base only, 106/333) - The Orioles underslot fourth-round pick out of the University of Arizona projects to a second division outfielder or strong side platoon as a lefty bat. An underslot former reliever who only started towards the end of his college career that is mainly a fastball-only guy doesn't often get the bump into Tier 3. He easily ticks all the boxes and seems natural in whatever he does. 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. Sometimes the statline and the fact that he just regularly bangs the ball all over the field speaks louder than tool grades. On the plus side, Mozzicato has one of the best curveballs in the draft with an easy delivery and an athletic projectability. Options include the normal 24-pack boxes and new 50-pack boxes. But without an elite hobby skill, he is on that threshold of Tier None/Tier 3. These include autographed cards for guys like Julio Rodriguez, Spencer Torkelson, Marco Luciano, Jasson Dominguez, Luis Rodriguez, Blaze Jordan, and Yoelqui Cespedes. Jaden Hill - RHP (Rockies, 1st Base and Auto, 68/101) - If Jaden Hill was injury free, he would almost certainly be a Tier 2 arm. 2020 Bowman Draft Baseball Checklist - Breakninja 2013 Bowman Draft Picks & Prospects Baseball Hobby Box Given the prospect pedigree and draft capital spent, Mack gets the benefit of the doubt and slots into the middle of Tier 3. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for (20) 2021 BOWMAN DRAFT JORDAN LAWLAR (LAWLER) RCS-#11 MLB PROSPECT/MT/AA @ 20 at the best online prices at eBay! Not a lot of video available, but what I did see was promising with a short and quick lofted power swing. This will include autos from the Black and White RayWave subset, a 1/1 offering. Bowman Draft Picks & Prospect Die-Cuts: NEW! The big draw here is the fact that this represents some of the. An easy Tier None slot unless there are significant developmental improvements. Both pitches are double plus killers when they are on. Kiper's updated rankings of the top 25 prospects in the 2023 draft class has Murphy ranked as the No. An easy Tier None choice for now, but I can squint and see a potential mid-rotation, Tier 3 starting pitcher at some point in his future. Lacking any further info, I am going to stick him in Tier None and make a point to get more looks at him in 2022 to see if there is a reason he didn't make it into the Prospects Live top 600 draft prospects pre-draft but was taken in the 4th round by the Diamondbacks besides getting a savings of almost $200K. Aaron Zavala - OF (Rangers, 1st Base and Auto, 38/93) - The Pac-12 Player of the Year has a whole lot going for him and I like it. Add in the speed component and an above-average hit tool and you squint and see a five-tool player. If he can figure that out, he gets a lot more interesting as his plus power now becomes dangerous, something we like to see in the hobby. Gap power is probably geared towards putting up home runs in the teens range. . His main secondary is a 12-6 curveball that also gets its fair share of swing and misses and will be thrown in any count, but I've seen him lose the feel for it as he gets deeper into starts. Needs to add in the command and control that most prep arms lack, including Kudrna, and you can project a mid-rotation starter. Slider and changeup alternate between being the more effective secondary to get those desired swings and misses and he'll throw an occasional show me 12-6 curveball. A top half of Tier None guy but with the Dodger development magic, I wouldn't be surprised if he belongs in Tier 3 as soon as next year. The right-hander was a starter in college with a mid-90's fastball that can top out close to 99 and three secondaries with the slider being the best of them followed by a curveball. Draft. I really want to get more eyes on him in 2022 to see how he handles big boy competition, but I think there is serious upside here with his potential plus power lefty swing. Has an average changeup for his third pitch, but doesn't have much faith to throw it regularly. International. Seemed easy for hitters to pick up and put the bat on the ball, even if it wasn't always successful. 2021 Bowman Draft Marcelo Mayer 1st Prospect #BD-174 Red Sox PSA 10 GEM (19) $12.50 + $4.75 shipping. With more comfort throwing his changeup regularly and improved command and control, Petty could step up into the SP1 conversation. If he can go from high teens home run power to high twenties home run power, he starts to get more interesting for Tier 2 consideration. He'll be a Tier None player for me until we see which way his development path trends towards. Another watchlist guy to see if that patience and power materialize to push him out of Tier None. Without it, he has significant reliever risk. As I always say, prospects are the most volatile and highest risk/reward part of the hobby. As he learns how to pitch with an exclusive focus on the mound, I can see Gray jumping up the lists and Tiers, but for now, I will slot him into the top of Tier None. His fastball and slider combo is simply filthy. That potentially becomes a problem with his biggest negative is his lack of power at the moment with bottom tier max velo numbers - not great when power is one of the bigger pre-requisites for first base. Fills up the zone and gets a lot of strikeouts. Add in a highly collectible team in the Red Sox and that makes him the top Tier 1 guy for me. It also seemed like he was a bit over-matched at the complex level. Best Prospects In 2021 Bowman Chrome - CardLines.com The standard Franchise Futures multi-player insert is included and is getting more and more tired every year. When there are more than three or four guys to chase in a product, collectors tend to be relatively happy. Asia Edition Hobby box - one guaranteed auto with exclusive Asia refractors - these have typically been the same thing as the mojo refractors you find in retail Mega boxes of Bowman Baseball and Bowman Chrome. Like Rutschman, Torkelson was also a number 1 draft pick. [citation needed]St. Louis Cardinals. 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. Low 90's fastball needs to add some velocity and a lot of command, but has some nice arm-side horizontal break. Matheu Nelson - C (Reds, 1st Base and Auto, 35/57) - Nelson shot up draft boards in 2021 after a huge season at Florida State which led to his selection by the Reds in the Comp A round at 35th overall. Bowman Draft Picks and Prospects Baseball Sports Trading Cards, . His main secondary that I saw him throwing was a curveball followed by a tight slider. A lot of the concern was with how he underperformed the first half of the year as he struggled with his command, but he closed strong which helped bring his stock back up. I have not seen prices posted anywhere for this, but it is probably between the Lite and Jumbo cost - perhaps in the $200 range if I had to guess. Brendan Beck - RHP (Yankees, 1st Base and Auto, 55/157) - Younger brother of Giants farmhand Tristan Beck was passed over in the COVID shortened 2020 draft and came back to Stanford for his senior season to be the staff ace. In general, Goodman would have at least a partial catcher penalty and a questionable contact ability, but the all important to the hobby plus power with a promising showing at the Complex will have me push Goodman up to the bottom half of Tier 3. 2021 Bowman Draft 1st Edition Baseball Cards Checklist 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. Super athletic with plus speed - love seeing him motor around the bases as it just looks like he is moving fast. 2019 Bowman Chrome PSA 10 x3. Mid-90's fastball that he throws often with good IVB numbers and good location. Ultimately I decided to go the conservative route and push him into Tier None. Changeup gets the most swing and miss and has noticeable run as well as fade. In addition, the Giants dev org, especially with pitching, has taken a Giant leap forward (see what I did there?) Bryce Miller - RHP (Mariners, 1st Base and Auto, 113/122) - In general a profile like Miller's would be an easy Tier None call. Christian Scott - RHP (Mets, 1st Auto only, 142/330) - Two pitch late innings reliever out of the University of Florida. Average low to mid 90's fastball that serve to setup above average to plus slider and changeup. Throws high 90s heat with two plus breaking balls in a slider and a changeup. His fastball sits mid-90s but will lose velocity pretty quickly during his outings. Doesn't have a slam dunk home on the infield, but should be able to play both second and third base as well as shortstop in a pinch. A high-risk Tier 1 player for me given the missing ingredient, but that power speed archetype that Montgomery possesses in spades can be hobby gold. 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. Anthony Solometo - LHP (Pirates, 1st Auto only, 37/34) - Player comps are hard and often wrong which is why I try to stay away from them as much as possible. 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. Has an above-average fastball in the low to mid 90's with plus vertical approach angle that gets a decent amount of swing and misses. 2021 NBA Draft: Top 30 prospect rankings, scouting reports - Sports Big time deceptive delivery from the left side with a big arm swing. Swing and miss stuff across the repertoire as he racked up 136 strikeouts in just over 91 innings in his final year of college ball. His curveball is his best secondary and a swing and miss pitch. Micah Ottenbreit - RHP (Phillies, 1st Base and Auto, 114/155) - Lanky prep right-hander standing 6'4" that looks like a back-end starter that will need a lot of development work to get there. Brady House - SS (Nationals, 1st Base only, 11/6) - One of the more well-known names in this draft class as he's been on the radar and considered as a 1st rounder for quite a while. A variety of different opinions out there on Trimble on whether he can hit for power in the pros, but everyone agrees that he has the speed to steal double-digit bases in the show. The opening Bowman checklist of the season is a fairly strong one. While the hit tool is probably average, he has plus walk and chase percentages and plus power with big time bat speed that brings double plus max velo to the equation. Total Cards: 150 Rating: 8.0 (2 votes) Click here to Rate Throws strikes and has an effective three-pitch mix. Bowman Update Sets: Draft Picks & Prospects: 2000 - 2001 . Brewers dev org likely gets the most out of him, but at his height, a lot has to continue to go right and that has me sliding him into the top of Tier None instead of the bottom of Tier 3. If we see Bednar trending towards relief, he still has an opportunity to be in a high leverage role, but the hobby interest would drop to Tier 3 at best, but most likely to Tier None. Outside of the name and being on the Yankees, you wouldn't think twice about putting him in Tier None. The curveball has nice shape and snap to it with good spin. They have some company, though, in the form of several "prospects" like Wander Franco,. Landon Marceaux - RHP (Angels, 1st Base and Auto, 80/136) - Angels 3rd round right-hander out of LSU is a classic backend SP profile. Struggled against elite competition. Collection of average tools that can go either way on the hit/power pendulum, but probably doesn't have the pure skills to do both at a plus level in the future. He doesn't look to be swinging with any sort of authority with a swing more line drive-oriented than power producing. Yorke was ranked No. 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. He was previously a low 90's fastball that is reportedly getting up to the mid-90s and features 3 different secondaries. Not like Cleveland will need it given their depth at the position. Low to mid 90s fastball that reportedly has started to top out in the upper 90s with a changeup, slider, and curveball that he throws with varying degrees of success for his secondaries. Anyways, mostly a back-end starter looks with some bullpen risk if he can't get the slider to be more consistent. Where Murphy landed in Kiper's latest mock draft Ungraded & graded values for all '21 Bowman Baseball Cards. Top of Tier 3 player that develops anything more than average power and he slides into Tier 2. I've seen some higher on Kudrna than Mozzicato and I wouldn't argue too much against it, but I'd rather bet on the lefty over the righty. Sal Frelick - OF (Brewers, 1st Base and Auto, 15/10) - The Brewers 1st rounder out of Boston College has a really high floor given the strength of his plus hit tool, double plus speed, and strong plate skills.