I have not been buying too many packs this year. There have only been a few blasters. I just can't find stuff reliably for some reason. Luckily, I have done okay when I have gotten stuff. For instance, there is this blaster break:
1. Carl Yastrzemski. The MVP series is incomplete. I don't recall whether the series was complete in the original 1975 set or not, but this kind of drives me crazy. Granted it would be difficult to have everyone, but I'm kind of disappointed that Dustin Pedroia and Mo Vaughn don't appear in the set.
2. Fred Lynn. Another MVP card, of course Lynn won the MVP the year of the original set, so it makes sense he is here. Lynn was also the very first player to win the MVP and Rookie of the Year the same season.
3. Wilyer Abreu. Abreu has been on a tear lately. Had he not been injured for awhile, he might be making a bigger name for himself in the Rookie of the Year race. As it is, he is having a very good season but seems to be flying under the radar.
4. Rafael Devers. Devers really seems like he is continuing to get better as he enters his prime seasons. He has recently boosted his OPS above 1.000. He may be having his best season of his career so far and is now just three homers shy of 200 for his career. He is 27 years old and won't turn 28 until after the season.
In any other year Devers would solidly be in the MVP conversation but unfortunately he's been overshadowed by like 3 people having otherworldly seasons in 2024. He'll probably still get votes though.
ReplyDeleteThe 1975 set has every pair of MVPs from Topps' first set in 1951 through 1974. The current Heritage set skips around, presumably based on which players they have the rights to use.
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