My normal procedure with trades is to let them come to me. It's sometimes a little difficult to decide on just one card that I want. Every once in awhile though, I will be the one starting the deal. This trade today was one of those occasions. I like the Prizm set lately because of the retired players. And they have included Dom DiMaggio and Johnny Pesky recently, two players I tend to grab as many cards as I can.
1. Dom DiMaggio. This was the card that started the proposal for me. DiMaggio is a favorite, even though I never saw him play. He didn't look like a star athlete, he was 5'9" and less than 170 lbs. and he wore glasses. Yet, he was a seven-time All Star and hit .298/.383/.419 in his career, spent entirely in Boston.
2. Rafael Devers. Devers has been having a rough start in San Francisco, but I see no reason he won't eventually come around. Hopefully at least one of the players Boston got in the trade will come through.
3. Carl Yastrzemski. I also still love getting cards of Yaz.
4. Jack Lopez. Who? Exactly. Lopez played in seven games in 2021 even though he was never on the 40-man roster. This is because Boston called him up when several players were placed on the COVID restricted list and they didn't have enough players, a rule used just in those two seasons. Lopez hit a couple of doubles. He played a little more with the Angels last season.
5. Masataka Yoshida/Alex Verdugo/Justin Turner/Jarren Duran. Turner is a future One-Year Wonder post. Maybe when I get close to catching up on my card posts, I can do a few of my series posts. The One-Year Wonder posts in particular have a lot of candidates to do. Turner had a very good year his one year in Boston.
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