Remember the 2011 Mets set? (If not, look it up on the blog.) They have a bunch of high-OB, low-power bats. The Orioles are the exact opposite. Only one card is 9 OB; the rest are 7’s with power. Most Showdown players I know prefer higher On Base, but there are draftable cards in this lineup.
Matt Wieters, for example, is a lock to be picked due to his C+12 defense. J.J. Hardy may get picked up by someone who values infield for a similar reason. Matt Reynolds doesn’t have the defense going for him, but he’s a 7 OB, B-Speed, 15-20 homer card for just 240.
The foil is the best card on the team: the sharp-looking reliever Koji Uehara. He’s a tier-0 with no doubles for a hefty 350 points, but he might be worth it. The rest of the pitching is a near-unmitigated disaster.
The final card to be posted, fittingly, is an In Memoriam foil of the great Brooks Robinson, who passed in 2023. He’d be the best bat on the team in 2011, with his 1964 Super Season chart. RIP to all the greats we lost in 2023…
Foils: Brooks Robinson (IM), Koji Uehara
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