Sunday, February 10, 2019

Probably the Last Series 1 Blaster for Me

Yeesh.  I think I'm done buying packs of Series 1.  I have pulled tons of doubles, and just not that many Red Sox cards.  I have managed to pull just seven base cards and one insert so far, way off the mark with what I have pulled for other teams.  No idea why that is.  And it is frustrating.  

So here are the Red Sox cards.  Technically I pulled three, but one was the Jackie Bradley Jr. card that I already owned.
1.  Rick Porcello.  Porcello will likely go down as one of the more baffling Cy Young choices in recent years.  Oh well.  He is still just one of four Red Sox to win the award so far.
2.  Mookie Betts LL.  Betts is the first Red Sox player to win the batting title since Bill Mueller in 2003.  That is actually a very lengthy gap.  The Red Sox have had at least one batting title every decade since the 1930's.

Here is the tradebait.  If anyone wants something, let me know what you have for Red Sox.

And here is the team-by-team breakdown:
ATLANTA BRAVES: 6
LOS ANGELES ANGELS: 5
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS: 5
ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS: 4
CHICAGO WHITE SOX: 4
CHICAGO CUBS: 4
CLEVELAND INDIANS: 4
DETROIT TIGERS: 4
KANSAS CITY ROYALS: 4
LOS ANGELES DODGERS: 4
SEATTLE MARINERS: 4
WASHINGTON NATIONALS/MONTREAL EXPOS: 4
BOSTON RED SOX: 3
CINCINNATI REDS: 3
HOUSTON ASTROS: 3
MIAMI MARLINS: 3
MILWAUKEE BREWERS: 3
MINNESOTA TWINS: 3
NEW YORK METS: 3
NEW YORK YANKEES: 3
SAN DIEGO PADRES: 3
TAMPA BAY RAYS: 3
TEXAS RANGERS: 3
TORONTO BLUE JAYS: 3
BALTIMORE ORIOLES: 2
OAKLAND ATHLETICS: 2
PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES: 2
PITTSBURGH PIRATES: 2
SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS: 2
COLORADO ROCKIES: 1

Once again, not a good showing for the Red Sox. 

And here is the updated 2019 numbers so far:
ATLANTA BRAVES: 18
CLEVELAND INDIANS: 16
LOS ANGELES ANGELS: 16
CHICAGO CUBS: 15
NEW YORK YANKEES: 14
HOUSTON ASTROS: 12
LOS ANGELES DODGERS: 12
ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS: 11
TORONTO BLUE JAYS: 11
KANSAS CITY ROYALS: 11
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS: 11
SEATTLE MARINERS: 11
BALTIMORE ORIOLES: 10
MILWAUKEE BREWERS: 10
WASHINGTON NATIONALS/MONTREAL EXPOS: 10 (9 Nationals/1 Expo)
BOSTON RED SOX: 9
DETROIT TIGERS: 9
TAMPA BAY RAYS: 9
COLORADO ROCKIES: 8
MINNESOTA TWINS: 8
PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES: 8
TEXAS RANGERS: 8
CHICAGO WHITE SOX: 7
NEW YORK METS: 7
OAKLAND ATHLETICS: 7
PITTSBURGH PIRATES: 7
SAN DIEGO PADRES: 7
CINCINNATI REDS: 6
SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS: 5
MIAMI MARLINS: 4

The Red Sox are falling well off the pace.  This is annoying.  Not sure how it is so hard to add cards of the reigning World Champs, but wow.

5 comments:

  1. I pulled the same cards of the same players over and over. Between two blasters and a hanger, I got 3 of some Yankees players and 0 of others. Mostly a collation issue, I suppose.

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  2. The Porcello Cy Young choice was a surprise, but he still maintained a solid ERA and won a ton of games. Even as a Red Sox fan, Verlander would've been my choice.

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  3. I could use the Ripken, Brett and Molina Grapefruit cards and the Carew reprint and the Greinke insert. Trying to build all the insert sets. I will dig up some Sox for you. Shoot me an email at arpsmith At Aol Dot Com

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    1. I will put those together for you and send out an email. Thanks.

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  4. I haven’t bought a pack in yrs and don’t think I will in the future, I picked up a master set of Redsox from Series one

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