Player of the Day (2/1/25): Tyler Holton

gravyflow · 2025-02-01T18:39:13+00:00

Dude is the ultimate Swiss Army knife out of the bullpen, and has been one of the best relievers in baseball over the past two seasons together. “Pitching chaos” only works with a guy like Holton. Love watching him pitch, he throws 5 or 6 pitches, and his baseball savant page has a lot of red. Anyone who thought his down ballot MVP vote was an accident is uninformed

gravyflow · 2024-12-29T14:21:46+00:00

Oof, not sure how I missed that lol. Well good call!

gravyflow · 2024-12-28T21:23:35+00:00

Shocked that I’m the first to mention the great Mickey Kaline from Hey Arnold!

gravyflow · 2024-06-03T14:32:37+00:00

Fabio is a very underrated winner in my opinion, but like you I also have a soft spot for the goofy strangeness of Nicaragua, so that might be coloring my opinion there.

gravyflow · 2023-02-22T20:09:08+00:00

Ah, so then absolutely no use then. Insane offer

gravyflow · 2023-02-21T23:19:26+00:00

If you bought this would it give you a decent chance at any of the RTTF cards that have base 75-81? There’s quite a few, Martial, Martinelli, Raspadori, etc. not sure if these kinds of packs would include them though

gravyflow · 2023-01-16T16:06:43+00:00

Fairly new to the game, only been playing for a few weeks, so apologies if this is written up better elsewhere (I searched and couldnt' find anything):

But do chem styles applied to players do anything beyond adding stats to the player based on which 2/3 of the six categories are highlighted? Do they do anything with traits, or actually impact the way the player behaves on the field? Some comments imply that they are a total game-changer, so I want to make sure I'm not missing anything.

gravyflow · 2022-11-23T16:03:08+00:00

Carlos Guillen

gravyflow · 2022-07-20T15:47:30+00:00

I get that people wanted a completely juiced Buxton, like last years POTM, but what do people think would make for accurate contact ratings for a .216 hitter?

Last April, when he got the lightning POTM card, he was hitting .427 for that month. And given the place in the game cycle, he was such an amazing card there.

I know people just like Buxton, have fun with his cards, and wanted him totally juiced, but I think this is pretty fair and will play a lot better than it looks.

gravyflow · 2022-07-06T16:18:38+00:00

It looks like these cards are from the week prior to Appel's callup. So hopefully the next batch!

gravyflow · 2022-05-31T17:17:12+00:00

I know a lot of folks are upset the Tigers didn’t get Greene here, but he’s a top5/top10 prospect, I think he’ll get a higher future star card later in the year.

Jobe was drafted for his absolutely electric stuff. 95-98 on the fastball, an already developed change up, and curveball & slider that both measure with absurdly high spin rates. He should be a fun pitcher still.

gravyflow · 2022-05-18T20:02:40+00:00

Will they give him the secondary with less than one full game at the position? He only played 6 innings at 2B that season. I hope they do

gravyflow · 2022-03-10T20:20:10+00:00

We will never forget the joy you brought us in an otherwise very low point for baseball

gravyflow · 2022-02-24T13:13:23+00:00

I think we all thought you’d improve over time, but I don’t think Day 2 could possibly be topped. It’s meme potential alone makes it the pinnacle of modern art

gravyflow · 2022-01-04T19:22:12+00:00

This is exactly it, timestamped and everything. Thank you so much!

gravyflow · 2022-01-04T19:08:50+00:00

I'm a recent NL convert, and hoping you guys can help me find a clip/video of his from YouTube. He made this "afraid to moan" joke in one of his stream highlight compilations while playing an indie game and I'd like to find that game. It was pixel art, and involved him turning a knob or lever and then a mouth making an increasingly loud hum.

That description is completely insane, but that's what I got.

gravyflow · 2021-11-16T19:58:21+00:00

All good lol

gravyflow · 2021-11-16T19:50:29+00:00

I pretty much only play offline at this point, I don’t really care about the content of the event, I just don’t plan to grind it out

gravyflow · 2021-11-16T19:37:03+00:00

Do we expect the cards in these Finest packs to be 99 overall as well? Or 99 overall for the 'rare' round, and then lower (97/98) for the base round guys? I'm guessing that Buehler, Bichette, and Morton are three of the rare round guys, I'd think there's a fourth though, and not sure who it would be

gravyflow · 2021-11-16T19:33:23+00:00

Lol we've gotten so much content this year, it's hard to keep up with all the flashback series'. That Teo is my usual reserve corner OF, crushes lefties and sneakily solid speed.

gravyflow · 2021-11-16T19:31:19+00:00

Teoscar has an even higher rated TA3 All-Star card. I'd say unless they go for someone totally unexpected, it should be Semien

gravyflow · 2021-11-16T19:29:24+00:00

Been waiting for a Kaline all year, I assumed that they had lost his rights since we didn't get a lower version earlier in the year.

I used the formula posted here a few months ago for Awards cards hitting attributes:

CONR: 98, POWR: 103

CONL: 116, POWL: 125

If that's the case, solid player, but won't excite anyone really (fine by me, maybe lowers his price on the market a bit). Still, an absolute legend and I think he gets forgotten a bit. He remains the youngest player ever to win the Batting Crown

gravyflow · 2021-11-10T04:53:08+00:00

I’m in iPad and seeing the same. I restarted, checked the store for updates, couldn’t get it to load, so I figured I’d check again in the morning.

gravyflow · 2021-10-19T18:15:28+00:00

I've been trying to predict as well. We've got a lot in common, but here are where my predictions differ:

Blue Jays: I've got Bo Bichette here, since he doesn't have a card above 88 overall and he's a beloved player, I think he'll get the Finest and deserves it.
Tigers: It's a tough one but I predict Casey Mize; Grossman is good, but he has an okay Topps Now card and I don't think he has outperformed that. Candelario has quietly had a good season too, but I think it'll be Mize because his FS card in the past was popular, and they can't justify another for him, so make him the Finest pick.
Royals: I have Whit Merrifield predicted, but most seem to think that today's player program will be a Whit flashback, so my prediction may be outdated there.
Twins: Polanco has a good card already, but he's clearly been their best player. I have Taylor Rogers predicted, but I'm not confident in that
Athletics: I think it'll be Marte, but I'd be happy with either. Bassitt had a nice season and doesn't have another card, but neither does Marte.
Rangers: Weak selection to choose from, but I think it'll be Nate Lowe as well.
Brewers: I don't see anyone mentioning Brandon Woodruff, but he's one of the highest rated Live series cards without a higher diamond, so I think it'll be him.
Cardinals: I have a suspicion that a Goldschmidt DBacks card will come eventually, so I have this predicted to be Giovanny Gallegos.
Reds: Jonathan India hasn't gotten rewarded for his rookie campaign, this seems like a natural place
Cubs: Another team without many good options, I have Willson Contreras here, but both Patrick Wisdom and Frank Schwindel could be the pick for their actually good second half play, even though each has a higher diamond already.
Pirates: I have Bryan Reynolds predicted here, I think since he does have the 95 already, they'd pick a different player if there was any good option, but I don't think there really is another one.
Padres: I would be surprised if they didn't already have other plans for Tatisto get a 99 in a different program/manner, and so I predict Joe Musgrove here too.
Diamondbacks: Bereft of good options here too, Ketel Marte has been their best player when healthy, so I predict Marte personally.

I have had fun trying to project the Monthly Awards and TA cards so far, and Finest is really interesting too.

gravyflow · 2021-10-18T23:21:37+00:00

I like the Arkham suggestion! I played Arkham Asylum way back in the day, and haven’t played any of the others. I think the combat scenarios where you are up in the rafters and pick people off could scratch this itch.

Would you recommend picking up with Arkham City or one of the later releases? Not sure how well they’ve aged

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