Have a great and celebratory long weekend all those neighbours to the south celebrating. A perfect day to (finally) open a new blaster of cards and why not be something that would be more for you than me. No interest in the product, but the box was less than $10 when I picked it up so I figure, why not?
As Panini is apt to do, they make scoring these a bit harder as I have to figure out odds or a best guess for inserts. At least I am not expecting anything to be kept since it's all minor leaguer related, and that's not my jam.
So, I have no need to keep any of the packs for my unopened pack collection, but this is what the ylook like if you haven't seen them...
Let's take a first pack today and go from there.
Maddux Bruns - floating around the minors, not made it to the bigs yet.
Mason Black - In 2024, made it to the MLB with 9 games and a record of 1-5 for the Giants.
Micah Ottenbreit - still floating around the majors, not yet making it to the majors.
Andy Thomas - Made it to Double-A so far, and that's it.
John's in double-A ball with Texas this year and doing well so will see if he stands out enough to keep moving along.
Well, five cards, and one that has made it to the majors. I have a feeling that's likely going to be at or above the odds for the product. I'm guessing the Draft Standout isn't that unusual of an insert as far as rates go, but will wait and judge such things maybe once the packs are all opened.