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With the calendar turned to October and the MLB Postseason in full-swing, we are now well into the back-half of The Show 20's life-cycle and with that, we will soon see the final stage of the Team Affinity programs roll out.
It has been heavily speculated that Team Affinity 4 will likely be Finest Series cards, as the Team Affinity setup lends itself very well to how they've done the Finest Series in the past.
One thing I'd really like to see is similar to how Stage 1 had gold Prospects Series at about halfway to the diamond Face of the Franchise cards, I'm hoping they do the same except instead of golds, give us high-80s/low-90s diamonds. They could be All-Star, Veteran, traditional Postseason, and Breakout series cards -- maybe even a few Primes/SS, too. For simplicity's sake, I'm going to refer to these cards as "henchmen."
So, with all that in mind, I'm going to do my predictions for each team's Finest card, as well as the midway point card. Without further ado, I hope ya'll enjoy and we can spark a discussion on who deserves a card and which players you'd just like to see get one.
Baltimore Orioles Finest: Anthony Santander, RF / 98 OVR Henchman: Nick Markakis, RF / 93 OVR / Breakout Series
Boston Red Sox Finest: Alex Verdugo, RF / 99 OVR Henchman: Andrew Benintendi, LF / 95 OVR / Classic Future Stars Series
New York Yankees Finest:Gerrit Cole, SP / 99 OVR Henchman: David Robertson, CP / 95 OVR / 2011 Prime Series
Tampa Bay Rays Finest: Brandon Lowe, 2B / 99 OVR Henchman: Kevin Kiermaier, CF / 93 OVR / Awards (2015 Gold Glove) Series
Toronto Blue Jays Finest: Hyun-Jin Ryu, SP / 99 OVR Henchman: Vladimir Guerrero Jr., 3B / 95 OVR Classic Future Stars Series
Chicago White Sox Finest: Eloy Jimenez, LF / 99 OVR Henchman: Yoan Moncada, 2B / 96 OVR / Classic Future Stars
Cleveland Indians Finest: Francisco Lindor, SS / 99 OVR Henchman: Omar Vizquel, SS / 96 OVR / Signature Series
Detroit Tigers Finest: Jeimer Candelairio, 3B / 99 OVR Henchman: Jack Morris, SP / 94 OVR / Prime Series
Kansas City Royals Finest: Brad Keller, SP / 98 OVR Henchman: Eric Hosmer, 1B / 94 OVR / Prime Series
Minnesota Twins Finest: Kenta Maeda / SP / 99 OVR Henchman: Jose Berrios / SP / 93 OVR / Classic Future Stars
Los Angeles Angels Finest: Dylan Bundy, SP / 99 OVR Henchman: Howie Kendrick, 2B / 93 OVR / Signature Series
Oakland Athletics Finest: Ramon Laureano, CF / 99 OVR Henchman: Marcus Semien, SS / 95 OVR / 2019 Breakout Series
Seattle Mariners Finest: Kyle Lewis, CF / 98 OVR Henchman: Edgar Martinez, 3B / 96 OVR / 1995 Silver Slugger Awards Series
Texas Rangers Finest: Lance Lynn, SP / 99 OVR Henchman: Fergie Jenkins, SP / 95 OVR / 1974 Veteran Series
Houston Astros Finest: George Springer, CF / 99 OVR Henchman: Alex Bregman, 3B / 96 OVR / 2019 Silver Slugger Awards Series
Atlanta Braves Finest: Freddie Freeman, 1B / 99 OVR Henchman: Warren Spahn, SP / 96 OVR / 1957 Cy Young Awards Series
Miami Marlins Finest: Miguel Rojas, SS / 99 OVR Henchman: Cliff Floyd, LF / 96 OVR / Signature Series
New York Mets Finest: Dominic Smith, 1B / 99 OVR Henchman: Matt Harvey, SP / 95 OVR / 2013 Prime Series
Philadelphia Phillies Finest: Zack Wheeler, SP / 99 OVR Henchman: Richie Ashburn, CF / 96 OVR / Signature Series
Washington Nationals Finest: Trea Turner, SS / 99 OVR Henchman: Ryan Zimmermann, 3B / 94 OVR / *Signature Series
Chicago Cubs Finest: Yu Darvish, SP / 99 OVR Henchman: Jake Arrieta, SP / 96 OVR / 2015 Cy Young Awards Series
Cincinnati Reds Finest: Luis Castillo, SP / 99 OVR Henchman: Adam Dunn, LF / 93 OVR / Prime Series
Milwaukee Brewers Finest: Brandon Woodruff, SP / 99 OVR Henchman: Ryan Braun, LF / 96 OVR / 2011 Prime Series
Pittsburgh Pirates Finest: Colin Moran, 3B / 98 OVR Henchman: Willie Stargell, LF / 96 OVR / 1972 Prime Series
St. Louis Cardinals Finest: Kwang Hyun Kim, SP / 98 OVR Henchman: Enos Slaughter, RF / 95 OVR / Signature Series
Arizona Diamondbacks Finest: Zac Gallen, SP / 99 OVR Henchman: A.J. Pollock, CF / 95 OVR / 2015 Gold Glove Awards Series
Colorado Rockies Finest: Nolan Arenado, 3B / 99 OVR Henchman: Carlos Gonzalez, RF / 96 OVR / 2013 Prime Series
Los Angeles Dodgers: Finest: Corey Seager. SS / 99 OVR Henchman: Max Muncy, 1B / 94 OVR / 2018 Breakout Series
San Diego Padres Finest: Dinelson Lamet, SP / 99 OVR Henchman: Kirby Yates, CP / 95 OVR / 2018 Prime Series
San Francisco Giants Finest: Mike Yastrzemski, RF / 99 OVR Henchman: Brandon Crawford, SS / 94 OVR / 2016 Gold Glove Awards Series
FINEST TOP PLAYERS AT EACH POSITION
SP1 - Shane Bieber (CLE / 99 OVR) SP2 - Jacob deGrom (NYM / 99 OVR) SP3 - Trevor Bauer (CIN / 99 OVR) SP4 - Dallas Keuchel (CHW / 99 OVR) SP5 - Aaron Nola (PHI / 99 OVR)
RP1 - Liam Hendriks (OAK / 99 OVR) RP2 - Nick Anderson (TB / 99 OVR) RP3 - Devin Williams (MIL / 99 OVR)
CATCHER - J.T. Realmuto (PHI / 99 OVR) 1B(1) - Luke Voit (NYY / 99 OVR) 1B(2) - Jose Abreu (CHW / 99 OVR) 2B - D.J. Lemahieu (NYY / 99 OVR) SS(1) - Tim Anderson (CHW / 99 OVR) SS(2) - Xander Bogaerts (BOS / 99 OVR) 3B - Manny Machado (SD / 99 OVR) OF1 - Mookie Betts (LAD / 99 OVR) OF2 - Juan Soto (WSH / 99 OVR) OF3 - Ronald Acuna Jr. (ATL / 99 OVR) DH - Marcell Ozuna (ATL / 99 OVR)
Didn't we just get a Whitey Ford?
@ekhyatt said in My Team Affinity: Stage 4 Predictions:
Lol, my first thought too
I love this idea and I hope Arrieta is a part of the cubs, been waiting for that card all year. I can't believe there isn't even a firm date for TA4 yet, hopefully it comes before the end of the month.
I think we need MORE JRAM CARDS. There are no where near enough this year!
P.S. I do love JRAM.
@BodamEscapePlan said in My Team Affinity: Stage 4 Predictions:
my predictions for each team's Finest card, as well as the midway point card.
Thank you for this list, BTW. Nice job.
Whoops! My bad, I thought I changed that but I guess it didn't make my final version. Anyway, I'm going to change that to either Rookie Series Masahiro Tanaka or Prime David Robertson.
For selfish reasons, I think I'm going to go with Robertson for my all-time White Sox team.
@arvcpa said in My Team Affinity: Stage 4 Predictions:
I think we need MORE JRAM CARDS. There are no where near enough this year! P.S. I do love JRAM.
It was "tough" to leave him off here... ya know, that way he has a third 99 overall card! (lmao)
@djpearl23 said in My Team Affinity: Stage 4 Predictions:
You and me both, man!
I'm a White Sox fan and even I look forward to that card every year. He's one of the lower overall cards I always find myself having a difficult time taking them out of my lineup. I know it'd be the same this year, too.
I think the Braves will be ozuna and Freddie freeman will get the top 1B seeing that he will likely be the NL MVP
@Crimson_Monk said in My Team Affinity: Stage 4 Predictions:
You're likely right. I can't remember if we got the top DH last year.
Considering Abreu has a 98 overall Topps Now, he may not get a Finest card, unfortunately.
Great work, man. Appreciate all the effort put into this and I hope this is similar to what they give us.
@MikeForbes101 said in My Team Affinity: Stage 4 Predictions:
I echo this sentiment. Well done OP!
@Crimson_Monk said in My Team Affinity: Stage 4 Predictions: I think the Braves will be ozuna and Freddie freeman will get the top 1B seeing that he will likely be the NL MVP You're likely right. I can't remember if we got the top DH last year. Considering Abreu has a 98 overall Topps Now, he may not get a Finest card, unfortunately.
Good list tho, I don’t have to the time to think about every tam lol. I hope you’re right about the henchman, I like that idea.
Tim Anderson has to be for the WhiteSox
Really nice. This theory is why I'm avoiding locking in any of the current extended collections that dropped last week.
I hope you’re wrong on Kim. His stuff doesn’t translate to a usable card, even a high 90s. Also on Cards, I don’t believe they have Slaughter’s rights this year. No cards yet.
Great work overall. I just hope it isn’t finest. Too many of those players already have cards in the 90s. Not sure any would even make my team at this point.
@lazy_toast said in My Team Affinity: Stage 4 Predictions:
Why not Jose Abreu? He is in the running for MVP. I agree it's either him or Tim Anderson.
this would be incredible, if they also inlcuded Henchman!!!
This would be a cool way to clan up some of the legends we haven’t gotten such as Morris, Dunn, Slaughter, Spahn, and Ashburn. Really nice list. Only criticism is that they aren’t going to be releasing 90+ overall breakout cards at this stage. Almost all of them would probably be signature, Prime, or awards IMO
