Unfortunately cards have still been hard to come across in retail stores around me. So, I grab them when they are available. I was lucky to find a blaster of Gypsy Queen at one point last year.
It was a reasonably successful break, yielding four Red Sox cards. All base cards, but still. Two of them were rookie cards, so there is that. Both Tanner Houck and Bobby Dalbec made appearances. And the other two were the big, homegrown stars.
Houck bounced between the majors and minors all year, but seemed to nail down a permanent spot by the end of the season, even if he still alternated between the rotation and bullpen. He finished with a record of 1-5, but had a 3.52 ERA with 87 strikeouts and 21 walks in 69 innings pitched.
Bogaerts and Devers had their usual huge seasons. Bogaerts was an All Star and hit .295/.370/.493 with 23 home runs and 79 RBIs. As good as he was, Devers was better. Devers hit .279/.352/.538 with team-leading 38 home runs and 113 RBIs. He was also an All Star.
Dalbec struggled at times and strikes out way too much, but had a couple months where he was on fine. He ended up hitting .240/.298/.494 with 25 home runs and 78 RBIs.
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