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@Andrew_FBB I have Caminero at third and Wetherholt at 2nd but I mean I love the future of baseball

Players who I think will be the best at their position in 3 years: C: Drake Baldwin 1B: Nick Kurtz 2B: Travis Bazzana SS: Elly De La Cruz 3B: Kevin McGonigle OF: Juan Soto OF: Corbin Carroll OF: Jackson Chourio SP: Paul Skenes SP: Chase Burns SP: Cam Schlittler

@HughJupside @notgaetti @baseball_ref @CodifyBaseball @theaceofspaeder @TheWARmonger_ @JessicaDBrand @JackFritzWIP @PhillyFrontO @2008Philz @extrastats @BigLeagueDigest This may be the dumbest argument on X. Congrats on that.

Schwarber career in Plate Appearances when he does NOT homer: .168 BA .518 OPS Now add: Horrifying Defense / No Defense (DH) In other words, Schwarber - when he doesn't HR - is the worst player in MLB history. Let's say he gets to 500 HR. 500 bombs is obviously Huge. Is it enough to make Schwarber HOF worthy, given his MASSIVE deficiencies in EVERY other part of the game? The answer, emphatically is NO.

Kyle Schwarber's HOF case is unique and fascinating. We never really got to test the automatic nature of 500 non-PED homers opening the doors to Cooperstown for an otherwise one-dimensional player because Dave Kingman and Adam Dunn both fell short. But it's looking more and more like Schwarber won't. Now, while some of You People™ regularly mention Schwarber and Kingman in the same breath, I think most folks with multiple brain cells can agree that Dunn and Schwarber are vastly superior hitters (not to mention more popular human beings) than Kingman. Their batting averages are all in the .230s, Kingman trails the other two by about 70 points of OPS, which is significant. I continue to think that Dunn would have been the first player to truly test the automatic nature of 500 homers. He couldn't run, he couldn't field, he couldn't hit for average, and he was constantly in record-setting strikeout territory. And yet, it would be completely unprecedented to keep someone out of Cooperstown that hit 500 homers without the benefit of steroids. Now here comes Schwarber, who has all of the same limitations as Dunn –– can't run, can't field, can't hit for average, strikes out 200 times a year –– but he feels different. He's wildly popular and a team leader in Philadelphia, and perhaps MOST importantly, he has the benefit of the Universal DH. He's still hitting bombs like it's his job (because it is) and he's the face of this generation of Phillies. His postseason slash line (.234/.361/.545, .907 OPS over 73 games) is consistent with his career production and intangibles further buoy his candidacy. I think he reaches 500 homers. And I think he gets his plaque.

Marcell Ozuna told Cristopher Sánchez he was going to homer off him on Saturday, per @destiny_lugardo: Ozuna vs. Sánchez K K K K

@GrandSalamiSC @WaxMetrix I’ve had some great blasters

Stream of consciousness Day 2 thoughts on 2026 Bowman: (1) They put all the SSPs in blasters! We knew this ahead of time thanks to @WaxMetrix's work on the odds, but this is probably the biggest change to the Bowman landscape year-over-year IMO. Tough to hit in hobby configurations. (2) Delight boxes are down to 2 autos from 3, but the ratio of base:numbered is refreshing. Very very few 2 base auto boxes. Those 3 base auto delights last year were just so killer. (3) Centering on hits appears to be a little bit worse compared to recent Bowman releases (4) Rookie autos are very hard to hit, and there are very clearly some volume signers on the base rookie autos (5) Bit surprised Holliday edging out Florentino on auto prices. Wonder how long that lasts. (6) Secondary market has been following the recent trend. Peak prices day before release, and then cooling fast throughout release day. Seems like the flippers for the most part skipped the Topps dot com release (not enough margin for them) (7) I love Bowman. It's such a fun ride. Strap in. Going to be a lot of change in player prices over the next few weeks/months as these guys get more MiLB at bats and some of these top prosects are graduating.

@JonPgh Greg Maddux

Your luckiest pitcher of the 2026 season (by a mile): Michael McGreevy ERA: 2.18 SIERA: 3.96 xFIP: 3.68 FIP: 3.75 wOBA allowed: .241 xwOBA allowed: .349 BA allowed: .184 xBA allowed: .272

@WaxMetrix Value boxes have been fire. Opened 4 and got 1 auto and a plethora of numbered cards and valuable chromes

2026 Bowman Mega Boxes and Updated Base Numbers Big shoutout to Lids for releasing Megas 2 weeks early. A couple legends were cool enough to post their Mega rips online already. That's all the Squatch needs. This gives us enough data to publish numbers on Mega Boxes. For transparency, I made a run to my local Lids today to “verify findings”, for science. Walk in ready to join the party and shelves were wiped. Apparently a company-wide memo came down telling stores to yank Megas and sit on them until release day. Gotta love when random retail spots try to cosplay as an LCS, even though they haven't the faintest idea when it comes to sports cards. Our big questions were: 1) One Mojo per pack or two? Answer: 2.. Win for us. 2) 1st Bowman Autos? Answer: still cloudy. I have not seen any yet, but still possible. This will not affect any numbers. But it will affect actual value of the format. Total production of Megas: 713,325 boxes (35,666 cases) YOY +18.9% Of course, we already knew production numbers. Really the only thing this changes for us is Mojo Base calculations and Hit Rates. Mega Box Hit rates: 1 auto per 5.4 boxes (3.7 autos/case) 16.3 parallels/box, 1.4 inserts/box. 0.8 numbered cards/box Base Mojos Print Run: ~71,300 ea So how does this news affect Mega Values? Adding more Mojo refractors than expected is definitely a good thing. Sure, the print run is a little higher. Up from ~49,200 ea last year, this represents a 45% increase year over year. But I doubt this will affect values much. Counting base Mojos as parallels, this brings the parallels per Mega box up to 16.3. This is solid. And by far the lowest $ per parallel of any format for Bowman. Second behind only Value Boxes in numbered cards as well. Overall, Megas are a better buy than originally anticipated. If we find out, by some small chance, that there are also 1st Bowman Autos in Megas (I'd be shocked, but still technically possible), they would be a no-brainer buy. As is, they're still a solid format for floor value, probably slightly behind Value Boxes due to the lack of rare insert potential. Now on to everyone's favorite... Base Card Print Runs Until now, all I had was a total for all base cards. This included Paper Base, Paper Prospects, and Chrome Prospect Base. Now, using pack dynamics, we are able to delineate those totals and come close to base print runs for each. Base Paper: ~375,000 ea Base Paper Prospects: ~255,000 ea Base Chrome Prospects: ~192,000 ea This should put a bow on 2026 Bowman. If you’ve been following, you already know where the Squatch has stood since odds dropped...Value Boxes. The name actually means something this time. And now that real world rips are rolling in, it’s not just a theory anymore. I honestly can’t remember another release where $100+ cards popped out of Value Boxes this consistently. Hobby how you hobby… but if I see them in the wild, I’m not walking by without grabbing what I can. This is one call I'm happy to be right about. Good luck out there. #thehobby #SlabSquatchAnalytics #2026BowmanisaBeast

Lol

@BenStiller Fock you!

Sixers let’s go

@BookitWithTrent Yesssss

Celtics -7.5 is the mortal of all mega max’s.

It’s 2022 The Eagles are dominating Jalen is an MVP candidate throwing it to AJ Brown They’re up by so much, Kelce is wearing Batman masks on the sideline Phillies are on a magic carpet ride “How many more wins Topper?!” Dancing On My Own playing at every Philly bar

Porter Martone #StanleyCup

@JonPgh Sick. Got 2 of those.

Blow Up Ready SPs SPs with Ball% above 34%, GB% below 45%, and Stuff+ Below 97 Above 70% owned to filter out the guys we already know are bad 1. Edward Cabrera 2. Bryce Elder 3. Joey Cantillo 4. Noah Cameron 5. Reynaldo Lopez

@TheHerd @colincowherd Hurts

"If you're building a franchise... in the NFC what quarterback do you take over Sam Darnold? Nobody's taking Brock Purdy... Nobody's taking Jalen Hurts over Sam Darnold." Where does Darnold rank after the Super Bowl win? @colincowherd weighs in

@DannyPhantom24 You. Are. An. Idiot.

You'd think all that borrowed money would at least get you out of the first round. Nope. The Eagles gambled this season and pushed a lot of their expenses into void years, and it did not go as planned. That's a shame.

@roymustang1895 @WhatGoingDowney Hahahah you’re an idiot.

They've won 2 Super Bowls in 5 years I think their money-management has MORE than paid off

@rgold69 @AyooTexanNation Yup

@AyooTexanNation Not only is he better but Kamari Lassiter is closer to adoree Jackson than Quinton Mitchell

Popularity contest cause Quinyon Mitchell IS NOT better than Kamari Lassiter

@Ihartitz Herbert still stinks

Playoff offenses ranks in team PFF pass blocking and run blocking grade

I asked Jalen Hurts about how much the offense has evolved and changed this year, trying to find the things that work and if it’s normal for this much adjustment during a season. OC Kevin Patullo praised Jalen for his willingness to try new things and concepts on offense. “It’s not necessarily normal. You find a rhythm and ideally you put the reps in for what you’re gonna do throughout the season. That’s what the offseason and training camp is for. That’s what’s been kind of different. Because we have evolved and we have seen different iterations of what we have been able to do. I think that’s a dangerous and a good thing because we are versatile and we’re able to attack people in different ways. I think that’s a positive of where we are as an offense. I think what we need to continue to improve on is building in those areas and being able to sequence and put things together the way they’re supposed to be, so we can go out there and operate in a way that we’re capable of and proud of. Obviously there’s a lot of opportunity out there for us. Every year is its own year. It brings its own different challenges, sometimes new coaches, new thoughts, new ideas, new versions of leadership. And ways that I assert myself. I embrace that.”

Josh Allen fans are nervous bc they know they don't have the "refs are rigging it for Mahomes/Chiefs" excuse if they lose this year. And there really is no excuse for Allen. Especially with the NFL's LEADING RUSHER in his backfield. If Jalen Hurts can do it, why can't Allen?