In our 152nd episode, Mike Couillard and Jeremy Brewer discuss Joshua Baez’s history making debut, the latest round of injuries, and a Japanese star set to come stateside. Then we analyze what players could have an outsized impact on the 2026 Playoffs and are worthy of card purchasing in advance of possible price spikes.
You can find us on bluesky at @cardscategories.bsky.social, @mcouill7.bsky.social, and @jbrewer17.bsky.social. Email the pod at [email protected].
Links to things discussed in the pod:
- Joshua Baez called up, swats three homers in debut
- Ketel Marte placed on restricted list after no-showing in Boston
- Vladimir Guerrero Jr. placed on concussion IL
- Max Fried to IL with elbow bone bruise
- Edwin Diaz back on IL with neck issue
- Hunter Goodman dealing with shoulder strain, placed on IL
- Tyler Soderstrom goes down under the knife due to hip injury
- Davis Martin has been battling blisters, placed on IL
- Oblique injury sends Dansby Swanson to IL
- Colt Emerson lands on IL with wrist issue
- Endy Rodriguez derailed by left hip inflammation
- Toot toot, Tugboat is arriving
- Terauki Sato offseason market already heating up
Upcoming baseball card set release calendar:
- Aug 19: 2026 Topps Chrome Logofractor (already in MLB NYC store)
- Aug 26: 2026 Topps Chrome Sapphire
- Aug 26: 2026 Topps Chrome – Team Japan Samurai Collection
- Sept 2: 2026 Panini Three and Two
- Sept 4: 2026 Panini Prizm
- Sept 9: 2026 Bowman Chrome
- Sept 28: 2026 Topps X KAWS MLB
- TBD: 2026 Topps Museum Collection (Aug 24 preorder)
- TBD: 2026 Topps Cosmic Chrome
Pre-Playoff Card Stashes
- Payton Tolle
- 1st: 2024 Bowman Draft #BDC-63 (autos in product)
- RC: 2026 Topps Series 1 #15 (autos), 2026 Topps Chrome #177 (autos)
- Ian Seymour
- 1st: 2020 Bowman Draft #BD-96 (autos in product)
- RC: 2026 Topps Series 1 #165 (autos), 2026 Topps Chrome retail autos
- Logan Henderson
- 1st: 2021 Bowman Draft #BD-114 (no autos)
- RC: 2025 Topps Update #US137 (autos), 2025 Topps Chrome Update #USC65 (autos)
- Josh Hader
- 1st: 2014 Bowman #BCP69 (autos in product)
- RC: 2017 Topps Update #US209, 2017 Topps Chrome Update #HMT54 (autos)
- Tanner Scott
- 1st: 2017 Bowman PA-TS (auto only)
- RC: 2018 Topps Chrome #RA-TSC (auto only)
- Gage Wood
- 1st: 2025 Bowman Draft #BD-4 (autos in product)
- RC: TBD
- Grant Taylor
- 1st: 2023 Bowman Draft #BD-8 (autos in product)
- RC: 2026 Topps Series 1 #49 (autos), 2026 Topps Chrome #85 (autos)
- Chandler Simpson
- 1st: 2022 Bowman Draft #BD-26 (autos in product)
- RC: 2025 Topps Update #US277 (autos in product), 2025 Topps Chrome Update #USC179 (autos in product, but also in basic Topps Chrome)
- Sebastian Walcott
- 1st: 2023 Bowman Chrome #BCP-189 (no autos)
- RC: TBD
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