The official 2023 Current players that are "hobby good" thread

[MoreToppsPlease]

Does Beckett still publish the different tiers and the players in them right after the price guide?

[imbluestreak23]

Originally Posted by MyckKabongo

That kinda proves my point though. There's clear separation (for now, I agree hes probably going to slip further) between Judge and the 2nd tier. He's not in the peloton.

I'm befuddled that people are claiming Betts is hobby good. His RCs are scarce but his vet stuff doesn't do well. When you look at his career WAR and accolades he's a clear example of being more baseball good than hobbybgood.

It doesn't help that he doesn't sign autos anymore. He doesn't have any "cool" big "hit" cards being made.

Imagine a GU patch auto Teddy Ballgame/Betts, or Ortiz/Betts dual auto, or sprinkle in some Fish. I honestly have forgotten to look for him unless it's along the search term 2014.

[oldgoldy97]

Originally Posted by MyckKabongo

That kinda proves my point though. There's clear separation (for now, I agree hes probably going to slip further) between Judge and the 2nd tier. He's not in the peloton.

I'm befuddled that people are claiming Betts is hobby good. His RCs are scarce but his vet stuff doesn't do well. When you look at his career WAR and accolades he's a clear example of being more baseball good than hobbybgood.

I skimmed this post for curiosity but came back for befuddled.

[seanrs1]

At the half way point of the season, and thought it would be a good idea to update this thread. I made some changes based on my observations. I wanted to invite more of a discussion to see what other people are observing in the hobby.

[StateEx]

Originally Posted by seanrs1

At the half way point of the season, and thought it would be a good idea to update this thread. I made some changes based on my observations. I wanted to invite more of a discussion to see what other people are observing in the hobby.

I'm not sure Scherzer belongs in the "HOF/NG" bucket. I'm biased, but from my experience, decent Scherzers are hard to find (e.g., not mass produced all-star inserts).