Mostly leans on a plus low to mid 90's fastball with arm-side run and rise coupled with a plus sweeping slider. Normally this type of back end starter/bullpen arm would be a Tier None player, but given the strength of his changeup and his willingness to deploy it any time anywhere, he gets pushed into the bottom of Tier 3. McCade Brown - RHP (Rockies, 1st Base and Auto, 79/94) - The Rockies third-round pick is the epitome of one of the major archetypes of the Tier 3 pitcher - upside with physical projection and potential plus pitches that should equal a mid-rotation starter or better but lacking command and control to harness those talents. Ben Kudrna - RHP (Royals, 1st Base only, 43/31) - While the Royals went way underslot with their first-round pick, Frank Mozzicato, they went way overslot with their second-round pick in Ben Kudrna. Owen Kellington - RHP (Pirates, 1st Base only, 102/NR) - The prep right-handed pitcher dominated the not-so-hotbed of the Vermont prep ranks. Vintage cards of all-time greats like Honus Wagner and Mickey Mantle have sold for some of the highest prices in hobby history while more recent stars like Ken Griffey Jr. and . Solid player, but no carrying tools. He has all the look of a spot starter/middle relief bullpen arm with a ceiling of an SP5 which is why he is firmly in Tier None. Until he starts to implement plus game power, Cowser will be a Tier 2 player, but if he does so successfully, watch out. Won't run much, but probably gets a few chip-in steals. I didn't see anyone fully square up his fastball, but I also saw a ton of contact and very few times where it caused a swing and miss. A short strider thats more geared towards contact than power but will put the ball over the fence on occasion. While he lead the Big Ten in strikeouts in 2021, the big (6'5") lefty from the University of Michigan has a collection of average to above-average pitches. He's a switch hitter and the video from the Complex is already promising with what the Mariners are doing. The right-hander was a starter in college with a mid-90's fastball that can top out close to 99 and three secondaries with the slider being the best of them followed by a curveball. Changeup wasn't great and he has trouble commanding it in the looks I had. Doesn't have a slam dunk home on the infield, but should be able to play both second and third base as well as shortstop in a pinch. Mid rotation floor featuring a high-spin slider as his swing and miss pitch. Had some command issues and got touched up a bit on the circuit, but righted the ship in the spring and got a ton of strikeouts. Plus max velo numbers at the Complex level and a top 10 player in our hitting RoboScout for the Complex level. Diamondbacks are also one of the lesser collectible teams, another potential minor drag on his hobby value. And while that may be the case, he hasn't shown the dominant stuff you would imagine when looking at him at 6'6" and 235 pounds. Was lacking a lot of command and control in some looks, at others he was a zone pounder. All in all, a defense-first Tier None player that will need to take big strides with the bat in his hand to move up the Tiers. 2021 Bowman Draft Marcelo Mayer 1st Prospect #BD-174 Red Sox PSA 10 GEM (19) $12.50 + $4.75 shipping. His command needs a fair amount of work, but he lived all around the edges of the zone even when he was missing which is promising. Maddux Bruns - LHP (Dodgers, 1st Base and Auto, 29/68) - Ideal landing spot for Bruns as he gets into a top dev org. The Alabama prep lefty throws a low to mid 90s fastball with a hard slider and a decent curveball. There is a lot of hand movement going on pre-swing and through the swing motion that I would like to see cleaned up. Joe Rock - LHP (Rockies, 1st Base and Auto, 68/101) - The highest pick ever at Ohio University, the 6'6" lefty has some projection left as he barely tips the scales at 200 pounds. In 22 games at the Complex so far, he put together average contact and max velo numbers, but had double plus walk and chase percentages leading to a top 15 ranking in our Data Driven Top 500 along with a top ranking for Complex Level RoboScout ranking. NR stands for Not Ranked in our Top 600. In baseball terms, it's better if they can, and in hobby terms, it's better if they can't. 2021 Bowman Chrome Draft Brendan Beck 1st Sky Blue Refractor Prospect #BDC-118 | Sports Mem, Cards & Fan Shop, Sports Trading Cards, Trading Card Singles | eBay! I have broken down these 1st prospects into four tiers based on a combination of my perception of hobby interest and my own personal long-term hobby outlook. Potential for a good player as a table setter or bottom of the order bat, but there's better than an outside chance that he settles into pro ball and justifies a Tier 3 ranking in the future. Jacob Steinmetz - RHP (Diamondbacks, 1st Base and Auto, 77/134) - Steinmetz is a tall (6'5") prep right-hander out of the New York area that I couldn't find many looks of and has barely more than 1 inning of pro ball pitched so far down at the complex. A pitchability righty with a bucket of average offerings starting with a low 90s fastball and a slider, curveball, and changeup as his secondaries. There will likely be some in the hobby taking a shot just for that most unlikeliest of outcomes. Putting him at the bottom half of Tier 3 because he legit could hit .300 and steal 20 bags which is a cut above Tier None for me. Elite SP 1 pitchers (very rare). With his experience and excellent performance in 2021, we don't see any signs of slowing down. Fastball sits mid-90s but can kick up higher with some life on it. Mainly a second baseman, but can provide third base and shortstop depth as well. 2021 Bowman Draft Baseball Set comes in Paper and Chrome versions with multiple parallels for each and features the top picks and prospects all collectors will be hunting! Perhaps he works his way into a high leverage role and generates some value, but it's hard to get excited about a relief-only profile with no elite traits. The fastball appears above average with the horizontal arm side run to it. Plus raw power but an average hit tool that currently caps his ceiling. A raw, prep right-hander that likely adds more weight, wasn't exactly hitting his spots regularly, and with plenty of development required to really have a good idea of what he will be is going to land in Tier None quite regularly. 32 cards per pack. For now, putting him in the top half of Tier None and keeping an eye on if he continues to show strong bat to ball skills. I remember catching some of those early game highlights and seeing either a lot of out of the zone misses or getting hit hard when in the zone. The athletic Pennsylvania prep outfielder has a plethora of plus tools in power, fielding, and arm while he has double-plus speed. Due to the general lack of information/video and what is likely a raw prep RHP, I am putting him in Tier None and making a note to check him out further in 2022. Athletic and prototypical starting pitcher size at 6'4" and 245 pounds, he was a 3-star quarterback recruit coming out of high school. He has a notorious hitch in his swing and regularly is mentioned in the same breath as Hunter Pence. Definitely a player to watch to see if he can lessen that swing and miss. Hits to all fields, gets the bat through the zone with a nice lofted swing, shows very good plate skills with the ability to take as many walks as he does strikeouts. Easy Tier None choice for me. Ryan Webb - LHP (Guardians, 1st Base and Auto, 125/77) - The left-hander out of the University of Georgia was primarily used as a reliever until the past season given the strength of the starting rotation in previous years. Tier 3 - May have some hobby interest due to a single factor such as prospect pedigree, team interest, general hobby hype, an interesting carrying tool, etc. A competent shortstop, he was being considered in round 1 but ultimately fell to the Braves in round 2 on an underslot deal. You've probably heard the term "five-tool player" used to describe top prospects. Throws strikes and has an effective three-pitch mix. I've seen him smoke balls, but the power is a lesser part of his game and is more gap-oriented than over the fence. A two-way player approach would have significant negative to his development if recent history is our judge. Set Links - Overview - Checklist - Teams - Errors / Variations - Hall of Famers . But for now, he's a pitchability backend starter with a safe floor and not a ton of ceiling, which is a standard Tier None call. Eric Silva - RHP (Giants, 1st Base only, 115/162) - Giants took the Kyle Harrison approach again with taking a prep arm and paying him overslot money - in Silva's case, a million dollars over slot. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for (20) 2021 BOWMAN DRAFT JORDAN LAWLAR (LAWLER) RCS-#11 MLB PROSPECT/MT/AA @ 20 at the best online prices at eBay! Due to previous lower half injury issues, he isn't likely to be able to bounce out to the outfield, limiting his positional value. Andrew Painter - RHP (Phillies, 1st Base and Auto, 13/25) - Came into the year as potentially the top prep arm for the 2021 draft and ended up as the third prep arm drafted which isn't that far of a fall. Watching video and literally every swinging strikeout I see is either the slider or the fastball. A potential front of the rotation starter if everything lines up and there is a good chance it does. I saw him struggle a lot with pitches up in the zone. Slider is his main secondary with plus spin to the tune of 2800+. Top Members Top Searches Top Sets User Lists. At this point it seems all but certain 2022 will be his rookie season. He also wont steal many bases. Mason Black - RHP (Giants, 1st Base and Auto, 85/90) - Right-hander out of mid-major school Lehigh taken by the Giants in the third round to continue their pitching-focused draft. On the smaller side at the moment, you hope he adds just a bit more size to really cement his ability to stick at short, but 2B is a definite long-term possibility. Cade Povich - LHP (Twins, 1st Base and Auto, 98/537) - Not sure how many times we will hear the joke that Maury is not his father, but I am here for all of them. For now, a backend rotation role is the most likely outcome, but physically their is potential for a solid mid-rotation arm. Literally making the hitters look foolish. With just two pitches and some injury history, the relief risk is real. Changeup is his third pitch with above average potential, but hasn't thrown it much. March 2, 2023. The slider is best when it is more of a 12-6 with glove side bite as it seems to tunnel better, but it can get sweepy as well. Lite Hobby box - no guaranteed hit, but guaranteed 5 Lite-exclusive Black & White RayWave refractor parallels and is roughly $150 pre-sale per box. This is purely a prospect product. 24 packs per box. The fastball doesnt get as many swings and misses as you would hope given the velocity. Development project that could land either in the rotation or the bullpen. Outside of the 1st Bowman prospects above, you will also get plenty of base and autos from non-1st Bowman prospects. Hit tool is his best asset with the bat but will have some unexpected power - at the moment it's mostly doubles gap power. Add in that previously mentioned personality (as Pitching Ninja said, "Nikhazy rhymes with crazy") and you get a Tier 3 pitcher as opposed to a Tier None pitcher. Average to above average skillset with stick in his hands and shows good pitch recognition and approach. Tanner Bibee - RHP (Guardians, 1st Auto only, 156/224) - Fourth-year Senior pitcher out of Cal State Fullerton selected by Cleveland in the fifth year is the classic back-end starter profile. Plus hit tool with a plus plate approach, regularly putting up more walks than strikeouts, and the ability to steal bases at a bit more than just the chip-in steal type are all great ingredients to building a Tier 1 hobby player. Started for A&M in all 14 of his appearances with a healthy amount of strikeouts but not a ton of overall success. But given his size - 6'4" 225 pounds as a teenager - he should have enough natural power to not need to sell out for it as he matures. His plate approach, with that in mind, has been much more contact focused and he shows very strong plate skills regularly walking more than striking out. The curveball has nice shape and snap to it with good spin. The fastball/curveball metrics are plus and Prospects Live MLB Draft Director Joe Doyle has comped him in the mold of Justin Verlander. His main secondary go to was a hard and tight breaker that looked like a slider although I've also seen it referred to as a curve. Plenty of pitchers, catchers, role players, hit tool only bats, defense-first players, etc. Ryan Cusick - RHP (Braves, 1st Base and Auto, 24/24) - The Braves 1st round selection out of Wake Forest throws gas and has all of the under the cover stats to support what is overall a double plus fastball. There is very little video and the two games he did pitch in Visalia this year are not available on MiLB TV. 2021 Bowman Draft Baseball Super Jumbo Hobby Boxes Jumbo Hobby: 384 Cards, 3 Autographs Super Jumbo Hobby: 600 Cards, 5 Autographs Lite: 160 Cards, 5 Black & White RayWave Refractors Asia: TBD Jumbo Hobby: 8 Boxes, 3072 Cards, 24 Autographs Super Jumbo Hobby: 6 Boxes, 3600 Cards, 30 Autographs I seriously went back and forth here on which side of the fence to put Zavala because I like the offensive profile quite a bit. He's a top Tier 3 guy that I am going to watch closely to see if he can develop the hit tool to match the power and vault into Tier 2. Gavin Williams - RHP (Guardians, 1st Base and Auto, 23/14) - Fourth-year senior pitchers always start as a Tier None player and have to battle a strong current for me to move them up the Tiers. Does 2021 Bowman Draft live up to those expectations? The Giants probably saw the plus spin and extension numbers with the fastball ride and see a future starter's arsenal with a lot of development. While he spins the fastball, it's not as effective as one would think, and his tall, lanky frame (6'5") has mechanical/delivery concerns. A lot of the strikeouts I saw were of the called strike variety rather than the more desirable swing and miss variety. A bottom of Tier 2 guy for me, but it's a bit like Lucy putting the football down again and asking me to kick the ball. Hopefully, Painter doesn't snatch the ball away from me at the last moment and make me regret putting him up this high. Bryce Miller - RHP (Mariners, 1st Base and Auto, 113/122) - In general a profile like Miller's would be an easy Tier None call. He went from a low 90s fastball that looked relatively straight in 2020 to a 93-94 with movement. The fastball often ends up on the glove side of the plate, given an appearance of some left to right movement on the fastball for the hitter. Average fastball with a plus curveball and above average slider and changeup, but the curveball and slider can have the lines blurred depending on how well his command is running. 2021 Bowman is a 100-card set, supplemented by a 150-card Prospects set, tentatively scheduled for release April 28th. Look for 1 autograph per box! Another player to keep an eye on. Perhaps capitalizing on that, the Brewers traded him, David Hamilton, and Jackie Bradley Jr. to the Red Sox for Hunter Renfroe (Binelas is in a Brewers uniform/listed as on the Brewers in the product). Free shipping for many products! It doesnt help that the first overall pick in 2021 was a catcher and that almost half of the first round of the 2021 MLB draft were pitchers (and the Angels went full on hobby troll mode by having an entire draft of pitchers). A double plus slider with 12-6 break can be thrown for strikes in the zone are down in the zone for easy swing and misses. If the Nats can follow the Dodgers development model of drafting hitters and adding the pop through swing adjustments, Boissiere becomes a much more interesting player. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for 2018 Panini Honors 2017 Orange Prizm Patrick Mahomes II RC AUTO /4 BGS 9.5 w/ 10 at the best online prices at eBay! Would like to see if that is a consistent thing and perhaps an adjustment can be made or if that was just the short video I saw. Gunnar Hoglund - RHP (Blue Jays, 1st Base and Auto, 19/15) - Had Tommy John surgery back in May. Given his small sample size Complex league showing not being the best with a 34 K%, I am going to hold off on a Tier 1 ranking. Hill is truly a low-floor high ceiling player here - injury concerns and one of the worst orgs to develop in and big league parks to call home but with serious front-line stuff potential. Lots of raw stuff with big spin to get excited about lead by a mid-90's fastball and a swing and miss slider when he has it working. That's a typical Tier None player. Coming from the Texas prep ranks, the potential five-tool shortstop should be able to stick at the position. This is a hobby lottery ticket assuming he is cheap. Austin Love - RHP (Cardinals, 1st Base and Auto, 90/168) - The Friday night starter for the Tar Heels in 2021 was drafted in the third round by the Cardinals and will likely be given a shot to continue to start before he most likely gets pushed to the bullpen. On the plus side, Mozzicato has one of the best curveballs in the draft with an easy delivery and an athletic projectability. Struck out a lot at the Complex as his long levers that give him that power at 6'3" were taken advantage of. Has shown a bit of hit tool regression in the spring and at the Complex as he was once considered the top prep catcher in the class and a 1st rounder. I am going with the bottom of Tier 3 for him but would caution anyone interested here to be very aware of the downside. The big draw here is the fact that this represents some of the. The 2021 Bowman Draft set will offer several autographs for collectors. Bowman Update Sets: Draft Picks & Prospects: 2000 - 2001 . Spencer Schwellenbach - RHP (Braves, 1st Base and Auto, 59/56) - The two-way player at Nebraska finally got back to pitching in his final season in college, albeit all out of the bullpen, following arm surgery after high school. Has the skill set to stick behind the plate, but given his athletic profile, it is regularly speculated that he ends up somewhere else on the field by the time he gets to the big league. The St. Louis Cardinals selected Bowman in the 2015 Rule 5 draft. The second new parallel is exclusive to the Lite boxes and is the Black & White RayWave refractor. Unfortunately one of those Tier 1 players, Brady House, doesnt have any autographed cards, severely limiting the chase for his cards. The product isnt terrible and there are plenty of players I like and would love to own their cards. I wouldnt be surprised if theyre more desirable than the wave refractors in the short and long term. A bullpen floor, but I think we also have a good likelihood that he ends up as that backend starter the Padres probably drafted him for. JT Schwartz - 1B (Mets, 1st Base only, 111/232) - Mets 4th round first baseman out of UCLA was a sought after prep but stuck with his college commitment. Fills up the zone and gets a lot of strikeouts. The right side of the plate was more promising as he seemed to have a more natural, hit over power swing. The lefty has a mid-90s fastball that he mostly throws to the arm-side of the plate and struggles to get it to the glove side, making it tough to keep right-handers from crowding the plate. Has a changeup as his third pitch in the arsenal that shows promise but has a long way to go. While the data shows he is slightly above average in his Chase %, the majority of video I watched showed more chasing than I like. 2019 Bowman Platinum Wal-Mart Top Prospects Wander Franco RC #TOP-9; . I considered putting him into Tier 3, but all of the negatives cap his ceiling for the moment, even if his floor seems somewhat safe. And then we came to find out that was because he had to go under the knife for Tommy John surgery. A top half of Tier None guy but with the Dodger development magic, I wouldn't be surprised if he belongs in Tier 3 as soon as next year. Slider and changeup would flash but also were part of his command woes.