Rafael Devers - Page 221

pewe · 07-08-2022, 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by MiamiMarlinsFan

Looks like a reoccurrence of his lower back issues. He just puts so much torque in his swings that he keeps hurting himself.

Way over swinging

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MRSPORTSCARD · 07-08-2022, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by pewe

Way over swinging

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Hope he feels better.

girv · 07-08-2022, 10:32 PM

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Originally Posted by MRSPORTSCARD

Hope he feels better.

Report is he hurt it hitting the railing chasing a foul ball

pewe · 07-08-2022, 10:51 PM

Sad he'll miss tomorrow's game, as we will be there. My son will be frustrated to hear we won't get to see him play.

MiamiMarlinsFan · 07-09-2022, 01:26 AM

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Originally Posted by pewe

Sad he'll miss tomorrow's game, as we will be there. My son will be frustrated to hear we won't get to see him play.

I’ll be surprised if he plays Sunday.

rwperu34 · 07-09-2022, 02:01 AM

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Originally Posted by spuds1961

When do his card prices meet up with his performance level.

All it took for Mookie Betts was to get out of Boston....

rwperu34 · 07-09-2022, 02:08 AM

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Originally Posted by MiamiMarlinsFan

Devers has quietly been a solid blue chip player to collect. He’s never seen a huge “to the moon” jump, but he also hasn’t seen any major dips. If you’ve been consistently buying Devers at current market value, you’re good. There’s a lot of nervous Tatis collectors out there who bought at peak Covid anxiously awaiting his return to the field.

This has been true over the last couple of years, but 2019 was a wild ride for Devers. He had the big 1st half and his cards nearly tripled. Then the slow 2nd half saw him give over 40% of that bac, ending just under 50% up on the year. Then despite the 2020 market boom Devers was flat, so he was massively undervalued going in to last year.

Since then he has been steadily gaining relative to the market...to the point that he's now only slightly undervalued. He was one of only a handful to be up from the April peak last year to November and he's up again in a down market this year.

MiamiMarlinsFan · 07-09-2022, 08:58 PM

Devers will be out Sunday and Monday too, for anyone who needs to make backup plans for Fantasy.

pewe · 07-11-2022, 02:08 PM

Another day with Devers out of the lineup

cnewby · 07-11-2022, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by pewe

Another day with Devers out of the lineup

staying healthy is quite important to MVP aspirations.

fulltritty · 07-11-2022, 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by cnewby

staying healthy is quite important to MVP aspirations.

pewe · 07-11-2022, 02:11 PM

MLB.com giving him some love: https://www.mlb.com/news/why-rafael-...rs-in-baseball

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pewe · 07-11-2022, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by cnewby

staying healthy is quite important to MVP aspirations.

I guess that is a good argument to take the extra day of rest.

Fortunately the team didn’t need him the last couple days

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cnewby · 07-11-2022, 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by pewe

I guess that is a good argument to take the extra day of rest.

Fortunately the team didn’t need him the last couple days

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doing a decent job of staying ahead of Baltimore.

pewe · 07-11-2022, 02:17 PM

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doing a decent job of staying ahead of Baltimore.

No doubt, it's always nice to outperform the teams that are doing well. Builds confidence.

cnewby · 07-11-2022, 02:18 PM

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No doubt, it's always nice to outperform the teams that are doing well. Builds confidence.

Should suit them well as they scratch and claw at the chance to eek into the playoffs.

pewe · 07-11-2022, 02:22 PM

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Should suit them well as they scratch and claw at the chance to eek into the playoffs.

"never sell beyond the close" is what I've been told

cnewby · 07-11-2022, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by pewe

"never sell beyond the close" is what I've been told

good strategy, ride it right to the bottom.

pewe · 07-11-2022, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by cnewby

good strategy, ride it right to the bottom.

When the top and the bottom are the same thing, its success all around

CP10 · 07-14-2022, 03:44 AM

Good to see Devers back in the lineup and doubling off one of the toughest lefties in the game.

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pewe · 07-14-2022, 07:09 PM

That’s a bomb!!!

103mph and 393’

https://twitter.com/redsox/status/15...HO0Zbj1EGKX_0g

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Hail2TheVictors · 07-14-2022, 07:10 PM

Rafaaaaaaaaaellllllllllllllllllllllllllll

Bassman2014 · 07-14-2022, 07:11 PM

#20...

BAHoopla · 07-14-2022, 07:25 PM

Looking like his back is fine!

soicanbefree · 07-15-2022, 08:36 AM

Devers Results

I've been selling a lot of Devers and thought I would share the results.

I am mainly selling for exogenous macroeconomic reasons and actually believe if there is a player to hold medium to long term from the 2018 class Devers is one of the best choices. He is durable, young, still growing as a player, large market team etc. I still think he is relatively cheap compared to his peers and a good buy.

I sold a big batch of cards I acquired as graded during spring training. I mostly lost money here through a combination of paying too much initially and selling in a 7 day auction format when some of the cards were probably better suited to being offered it a buy it now/make an offer format.

I mostly made money buying raw then grading. The second batch did benefit from him performing this year but overall the lesson learned is to mostly avoid buying graded cards unless they are known to be particularly condition sensitive. (paper, acetate, etc). Other lessons are of course to buy low serial numbered or image variations... core brands performed best. Topps Chrome, Heritage, Bowman Chrome. Flagship paper seems to be falling out of favor.

Biggest loss: -594.97 on a PSA 10 Heritage Red Ink
Biggest gain: 987.65 on a BGS 9 ROYF Orange I crossed to a PSA 10

I sold a PSA 10 Heritage Blue for 476 on 3/21 and one for 720 on 7/12. Implies we are up about 50% from Spring Training which feels correct across the Devers market.

07-14-2022, 03:44 AM	#5520
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07-14-2022, 07:09 PM	#5521
pewe Member Join Date: Sep 2018 Posts: 26,643	Rafael Devers That’s a bomb!!! 103mph and 393’ https://twitter.com/redsox/status/15...HO0Zbj1EGKX_0g Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Last edited by pewe; 07-14-2022 at 07:41 PM.

07-14-2022, 07:11 PM	#5523
Bassman2014 Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 1,066 bassin2007	#20... __________________ Looking for 2015 Topps Tek to complete the set. Blades (Javier Baez), Chains (Sandy Koufax)

07-14-2022, 07:25 PM	#5524
BAHoopla Member Join Date: Feb 2020 Location: The Moon Posts: 2,924	Looking like his back is fine! __________________

07-08-2022, 10:51 PM	#5504
pewe Member Join Date: Sep 2018 Posts: 26,643	Sad he'll miss tomorrow's game, as we will be there. My son will be frustrated to hear we won't get to see him play.

07-09-2022, 08:58 PM	#5508
MiamiMarlinsFan Member Join Date: Jun 2020 Location: Florida Posts: 13,774	Devers will be out Sunday and Monday too, for anyone who needs to make backup plans for Fantasy.

07-11-2022, 02:08 PM	#5509
pewe Member Join Date: Sep 2018 Posts: 26,643	Another day with Devers out of the lineup

07-11-2022, 02:11 PM	#5512
pewe Member Join Date: Sep 2018 Posts: 26,643	MLB.com giving him some love: https://www.mlb.com/news/why-rafael-...rs-in-baseball Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

07-14-2022, 07:10 PM	#5522
Hail2TheVictors Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 6,500	Rafaaaaaaaaaellllllllllllllllllllllllllll

07-15-2022, 08:36 AM	#5525
soicanbefree Member Join Date: Mar 2020 Posts: 719	Devers Results I've been selling a lot of Devers and thought I would share the results. I am mainly selling for exogenous macroeconomic reasons and actually believe if there is a player to hold medium to long term from the 2018 class Devers is one of the best choices. He is durable, young, still growing as a player, large market team etc. I still think he is relatively cheap compared to his peers and a good buy. I sold a big batch of cards I acquired as graded during spring training. I mostly lost money here through a combination of paying too much initially and selling in a 7 day auction format when some of the cards were probably better suited to being offered it a buy it now/make an offer format. I mostly made money buying raw then grading. The second batch did benefit from him performing this year but overall the lesson learned is to mostly avoid buying graded cards unless they are known to be particularly condition sensitive. (paper, acetate, etc). Other lessons are of course to buy low serial numbered or image variations... core brands performed best. Topps Chrome, Heritage, Bowman Chrome. Flagship paper seems to be falling out of favor. Biggest loss: -594.97 on a PSA 10 Heritage Red Ink Biggest gain: 987.65 on a BGS 9 ROYF Orange I crossed to a PSA 10 I sold a PSA 10 Heritage Blue for 476 on 3/21 and one for 720 on 7/12. Implies we are up about 50% from Spring Training which feels correct across the Devers market.