[ryancholden]

Case #1, Box #4

Blue /499: Brandon Laird
Auto: Travis Harrison

Grade: F
Comments: Brutal streak. The orange auto isn’t powerful enough to sustain three consecutive bad boxes.
Tentative contest winner card: Brandon Nimmo

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Where did Rizzo go? This is news to me.

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Yes, I'll need to request a replacement for the missing hit. They'll send whichever scrub they gave minimum wage to sign an extra 1000 copies.

He's a Cubbie!

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Nice Barnes card! Well done!

[natejeffries]

Very nice - Looks like the Kansas St lineman had a concussion on that last play. I think the Arkansas QB may have been hurt too.

[pyweed]

He's a Cubbie!

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Wow, nice!

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Case #1, Box #8

Blue /499: Blake Tekotte
Gold refractor /50: Salvador Perez
Auto: Brandon Nimmo

Grade: C
Comments: Solid base auto, good color support.

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Case #1, Box #9

Blue /499: Jed Bradley
Blue /499: Alan Johnson
Blue refractor /199: Joe Panik
Auto: Daniel Vogelbach

Grade: D
Comments: Nice blue refractor.

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Case #1, Box #10

Blue /499: Michael Fulmer
Blue /499: Rubby De La Rosa
Auto: Tyler Anderson

Grade: F
Comments: Ouch. Telattt needs to hold on for two more boxes.
Tentative contest winner card: Matt Barnes / telattt

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Case #1, Box #11

Blue /499: Trevor Clifton
Blue refractor /199: Daniel Moskos
Refractor auto /500: Trevor Bauer

Grade: B
Comments: Bauer has strong cash value at the moment. This one is poorly centered, but I’ll take it. Last chance for a gold refractor auto or better!
Tentative contest winner card: Matt Barnes / telattt

[pyweed]

Case #1, Box #12

Blue /499: Harold Martinez
Blue /499: Logan Forsythe
Blue refractor /199: Dante Bichette
Auto: Jake Hager

Grade: C-
Comments: Really nice blue refractor; terrible auto.
Contest winner: Matt Barnes / telattt

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Case #1 Summary

Grade: C
Comments: The case hit and the contest winner were both the gold auto of Matt Barnes. That, plus a couple excellent USA auto parallels represented the value in this case. There were some low points, but overall I’m satisfied with the break of the first case. Congratulations to telattt, who was able to foresee the presence of the Matt Barnes. His next big challenge now will be patience, as it may be two full weeks before I’m done with the break and able to offer him a menu of autos from which to choose. Hang tight, telatt!

The break will resume Saturday, and the next contest probably won’t begin until after the weekend.

[Patrick_cpg]

Very cool contest. Thank you for allowing participation in this. Good luck with the rest of the break.

[bustin 5 knots]

Dang, how did I miss this?

[chessder58]

Man both of my thoughts were wrong lol! Congrats to the winner! and have a great day everyone!

[pyweed]

Case #2, Box #1

Blue /499: Alex Dickerson
Orange refractor /25: Christian Pelaez
Auto: Tyler Goeddel

Grade: D
Comments: I like the Pelaez orange a lot, but I’m not sure how to value it. There’s an auto version available, so I think the non-auto version isn’t likely to be popular.

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Case #2, Box #2

Blue /499: Joe Tuschak
Blue refractor /199: Francisco Lindor
Auto: Taylor Guerrieri

Grade: D
Comments: FWIW, I sort of like the black bordered base cards. I know that’s a minority opinion because of their vulnerability, but the aesthetics are appealing to me.

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Case #2, Box #3 22

Blue /499: Joseph Musgrove
Blue /499: Vinnoe Pestano
Blue refractor /199: Brandon Kintzler
Auto: Blake Snell

Grade: F
Comments: Yikes. All base autos so far.

[pyweed]

Case #2, Box #4

Blue /499: Nathan Eovaldi
Blue /499: Keegan Thompson
Gold refractor /50: Tim Collins
Magenta Printing Plate Auto /1: Robert Stephenson

Grade: A
Comments: Very nice. I had forgotten that the plates had sticker autos – or maybe that’s new. Either way it’s a nice card. It’s hard to beat the color of the magenta plates. That auto almost brings me back to even on this case.

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Case #2, Box #5

Blue /499: George Springer
Blue refractor /199: Juan Nicasio
Auto: Sonny Gray

Grade: F
Comments: Ouch.

[pyweed]

Case #2, Box #6

Blue /499: Christian Pelaez
Gold refractor /50: Brandon Martin
Auto: Kevin Matthews

Grade: D-
Comments: One of six boxes have been good in this case.

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Case #2, Box #7

Blue /499: Cody Eppley
Blue /499: Travis Harrison
Refractor auto /500: Blake Swihart

Grade: D
Comments: Nice auto, but the base doesn’t make up the difference in a $51 box.

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Case #2, Box #8

Blue /499: Jose Altuve
Blue refractor /199: Lance Jeffries
Auto: Brandon Martin

Grade: F
Comments: Another ugly streak.

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Case #2, Box #9

Blue /499: Dylan Bundy
Blue refractor /199: Steve Cishek
Refractor auto /500: Jake Hager
USA auto: Dany Toussaint

Grade: D+
Comments: Getting beat up here.