PITCHERS: Official Thread of the Hobby’s Outcast Position

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It’s no secret that pitchers receive little love in the hobby. That’s despite the top free-agent hurlers getting paid like Fortune 500 CEOs.

Collecting pitchers is a thing, though, even if it’s more niche than, say, collecting Trout or Jeter. And threads do exist here in the Forum for individual pitchers. But let’s face it: if surefire Hall-of-Famers Scherzer, Kershaw and Verlander can’t carry a lively thread, how can we expect an up-and-comer with a few hundred strikeouts (Sandy Alcantara) to do so?

We can’t. But if we grouped them altogether, kinda like a pitching staff (BO style), then maybe—just maybe—we can have an ongoing dialogue about the stars of the mound and the great cards we’re collecting of them (or begrudgingly pulling from packs.)

Here are some highlights of my recent pickups. Now let’s see what you got! (And maybe later we can debate whether Scherzer’s 2008 Stadium Club auto is the most overlooked card of any active player.)










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