All in all, a prep catcher that will stick behind the dish with solid but not spectacular hit and power and a plus plate approach is going to be on the borderline of Tier 3 and Tier None. Noah Miller - SS (Twins, 1st Base only, 36/89) - The younger brother of Cleveland's Owen Miller is a switch-hitting prep shortstop out of Wisconsin. He can throw them all for strikes and mixes pitches well. Definitely a player to watch to see if he can lessen that swing and miss. Michael McGreevy - RHP (Cardinals, 1st Base and Auto, 18/62) - The Cardinals 1st round right-hander out of UC Santa Barbara has one of the higher starting pitcher floors in the product and the draft class. He also should work on not throwing the pitch into Jace Jung's wheelhouse - Holy Moly. If you had taken our advice at the time this article was initially written, you would be up between 50% to 100% regarding Wander Franco RC's . No real reliever risk either. Williams turned out to be a pretty strong swimmer as he went from an interesting relief arm to a dominant ace in his senior season at East Carolina. If not for that, he likely doesn't get past the single digits in round 1; in this case, he "fell" to the middle of round 1. Plus speed and an above-average hit tool at the moment. He was fifth overall in our Data Driven Top 500 as well. As such, he's mostly a top of Tier None player, but those eye-popping strikeout numbers in 2021 gave me pause for Tier 3 consideration. 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 a shortstop (and a decent pitcher as well) in the prep ranks, but likely ends up at 2B in the pros given his height (5'9"). The changeup plays well off of it and a tight slider can be effective at times. P Paxton Brooks Over the past 4 seasons, Brooks has been a very accurate . I don't like the back and forth rocking motion for the swing either and hopefully he can quiet the movements to lead to better in zone contact and less swing and miss. Lonnie White Jr. - OF (Pirates, 1st Base and Auto, 64/35) - Along with Chandler, the Pirates used their underslot choice of Henry Davis at 1-1 to steal away a big time football commit with White, a potential star wide receiver headed to Penn State. Matheu Nelson - C (Reds, 1st Base and Auto, 35/57) - Nelson shot up draft boards in 2021 after a huge season at Florida State which led to his selection by the Reds in the Comp A round at 35th overall. A full starter's arsenal with a plus mid-90s fastball and good spin numbers all around. With the hit tool being the only real plus in his arsenal, it relegates him to Tier 3 for the moment. Struck out a lot at the Complex as his long levers that give him that power at 6'3" were taken advantage of. This label is reserved for the cream of the crop. Sometimes the statline and the fact that he just regularly bangs the ball all over the field speaks louder than tool grades. There is a lot of hand movement going on pre-swing and through the swing motion that I would like to see cleaned up. Izaac Pacheco - SS/3B (Tigers, 1st Base and Auto, 39/45) - The prep shortstop out of Texas was an overslot 2nd round draft pick of the Tigers and given his size and profile is highly likely to bump out to third base long term even though he played exclusively at shortstop in his Complex league season. Anthony Solometo - LHP (Pirates, 1st Auto only, 37/34) - Player comps are hard and often wrong which is why I try to stay away from them as much as possible. I really liked seeing him take quite a few pitches that would normally lock up a lefty high and tight and hitting them solidly to right field by easily keeping his arms close to the body with quick hands. Seemed like the biggest challenge with Panzini is the command of his secondaries, and even his fastball in some of the Circuit tape I watched. At 6'7", there is some general concern about tall pitchers, but at the moment Painter doesn't seem to exhibit many of those issues. Will the real Alex Binelas please stand up? Maddux Bruns - LHP (Dodgers, 1st Base and Auto, 29/68) - Ideal landing spot for Bruns as he gets into a top dev org. The Invicta insert is another new one that tries to portray a high-end, classy feel, but looks boring and is a miss for me. Brandon Boissiere - 1B/OF (Nationals, 1st Base and Auto, 82/276) - The 3rd rounder out of the University of Arizona is not your traditional corner power bat. Henry Davis - C (Pirates, 1st Base and Auto, 1/3) - Going to be very hard to put the top overall draft pick anywhere but Tier 1 or Tier 2 (unless the player's name is Mickey Moniak). 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. If youve seen 2021 Bowman Baseball released earlier this year, then you can skip right over this section. The new Lite configurations in 2021 for previous products have had exclusive Black & White Mini Diamond refractors, so this will be the first time we see a RayWave refractor. 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. The profile will depend on how the Orioles push him. Other parallels: Refractor (499) Purple (250) Blue (150) Below is a list of Bowman Baseball Card Sets with Cards . Tier None slotting with an outside chance of ticking up to Tier 3. Cooper Bowman - 2B (Yankees, 1st Base only, 122/186) - If you haven't heard them already, get ready to hear them regularly as every breaker and collector who hits a Cooper Bowman card will squeeze whatever jokes are possible out of him being in a Bowman product. With just two pitches and some injury history, the relief risk is real. Owen Kellington - RHP (Pirates, 1st Base only, 102/NR) - The prep right-handed pitcher dominated the not-so-hotbed of the Vermont prep ranks. Jackson Merrill - SS (Padres, 1st Base only, 27/69) - Off the top with Merrill, be aware that his photo on his card is not him, and is speculated that it is Isaac Frye, a showcase teammate at some point previously (thanks Topps). Brewers dev org likely gets the most out of him, but at his height, a lot has to continue to go right and that has me sliding him into the top of Tier None instead of the bottom of Tier 3. Brand Bowman Draft Picks and Prospects $219.99 Product Details Set Checklist Shop Boxes Product Details User Rating: Rating: 4.5 Rate This Product 2021 Bowman Draft 1st Edition Baseball is a preview set, of sorts, for the MLB prospects in the primary Bowman Draft. 2021 Bowman is a 100-card set, supplemented by a 150-card Prospects set, tentatively scheduled for release April 28th. An inconsistent backend starter type with command and control issues that lead to bullpen risk is going to end up in Tier None almost every time. Not to mention two of the potential bigger names that ended up not signing in Kumar Rocker and Jud Fabian. Anyways, mostly a back-end starter looks with some bullpen risk if he can't get the slider to be more consistent. But the most often cited comp for Solometo is one that is easy to see and one I am quite familiar with in Madison Bumgarner. He started showing significant raw power in 2021 and put up a Division I leading 23 home runs. The Definitive Guide to First Bowman Cards When it comes to the most sought after cards for today's baseball stars, not much beats the Topps Flagship rookie card. An overall good feel for hit and now some plus raw power with the max velo numbers to back that up. A solid all around player that has the tools to stick at shortstop. - Dual Draftee Autographs #'d to 25. Outside of the name and being on the Yankees, you wouldn't think twice about putting him in Tier None. McGreevy's biggest asset is his plus command and control. 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! 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. Command and control is his game and letting hitters make mistakes rather than having a ton of raw stuff. He is a front-end starter if he does. Switch hitter that looks good from both sides but better from the right with a plus player approach. Inconsistent all around on the mound with a bunch of potential plus pitches led by the fastball and curveball but lots of unknowns due to not being focused on pitching and baseball in general. He should have no problem sticking in centerfield even when he likely adds more muscle and mass to his slender 6'4" frame. 32 cards per pack. Still some question marks if he can turn the prep offensive skills into pro ones, but definitely has the all around talent to make it to the show. 2021 Bowman card list & price guide. 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. 6'3" and 190 pounds indicates that there is room to add good muscle to his frame and tick his velocity up from low 90s to mid 90s. With added mass and MLB-driven development to sprinkle in some patience and more pop, you can easily imagine an above-average offensive player to pair with that plus defensive profile. Edwin Arroyo - SS (Mariners, 1st Base only, 48/78) - The Mariners 2nd round pick was one of the youngest players in the draft which translates to a lot of raw potential yet to come. The main concern is command and control along with an inconsistent feel for his secondaries. Trying not to be too optimistic here, but I am going to go out on a limb and I am guessing not many others will be on it with me and put Viars in Tier 2. Struggled against elite competition. This release's 1st Bowman cards are exclusively players from the 2021 MLB Draft. You will see the players overall drafted position and then their ranking in our Top 600 MLB Draft Prospects - so for Marcelo Mayer, this will be 4/1. On the plus side, Mozzicato has one of the best curveballs in the draft with an easy delivery and an athletic projectability. The athletic Pennsylvania prep outfielder has a plethora of plus tools in power, fielding, and arm while he has double-plus speed. The Cardinals 2nd round pick has 40 home run power with double plus max velo but the concern is he will only get the bat to the ball enough to get to 20 of those. Backend starter potential with perhaps some more when added mass leads to increased fastball velocity. [citation needed]St. Louis Cardinals. At the moment he may not have a profile as an everyday regular in some people's eyes, but I can easily see it. 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. For now, without the exit velocity to support pro-level power, he's going to start towards the top of Tier None for me. His main secondary that I saw him throwing was a curveball followed by a tight slider. Hobby lottery tickets where the odds are stacked against you. If he can be a 20/20 guy, then he suddenly jumps into Tier 3 if not Tier 2 depending on how well he can keep up his average. He leads with an eye-popping fastball in the upper 90's that can touch triple digits that lives mostly in the middle to upper half of the zone and has some arm side tail. under Zaidi. Images of this refractor have started to surface as of Thursday, December 30th and with the Mini Diamonds being very popular, I expect the RayWaves to be as well. Click on a Card detail page to see historic prices and values for all different grades. Hits his spots all day long in the video I watched which is what drives the high floor evaluation. Mostly wants to get the ball in play and run which can find some success, but isn't going to drive much hobby interest. He tended to mostly throw this to his arm side and was inconsistent with location from what I saw. This will include autos from the Black and White RayWave subset, a 1/1 offering. The rarely seen, if ever, in baseball tidbit to Steinmetz is that he is an Orthodox Jew, so that will likely get some regular mentions as he works his way up the minors. But like the rest of the guys with this profile, keep tabs on them. While the hit tool is probably average, he has plus walk and chase percentages and plus power with big time bat speed that brings double plus max velo to the equation. Currently playing center field, scouts also think he could move to second base as well, which will increase his positional versatility. Fastball is average but has decent velocity and horizontal break from the left side. Ultimately I decided to go the conservative route and push him into Tier None. In baseball terms, it's better if they can, and in hobby terms, it's better if they can't. If he does that, he easily jumps into Tier 2. Bowman Draft Picks and Prospects Baseball Sports Trading Cards, 20 Size MLB Posters, 20 Size MLB Banners, 20 Size MLB Signs, 20 Size . Those orgs would mold that clay as if he was Demi Moore and they were Patrick Swayze. Prices are updated daily based upon 2021 Bowman listings that sold on eBay and our marketplace. Will regularly throw all three of his secondaries with the slider and curveball being above average to plus offerings. A top 10 player in our Data Driven Top 500 with double plus max velo, BB%, and Chase %, I really want to take a bit of a leap and put him in the bottom of Tier 1. Which is great because there are a lot of them. Jordan Lawlar - SS (Diamondbacks, 1st Base and Auto, 6/2) - The 6th overall pick in the draft had been at play for the top overall pick for quite some time. 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. Current Bid: USD 3.00 . Saw multiple hitters have trouble facing that pitch. With a full-time focus on baseball, he has the chance to unlock the coveted five-tool player archetype. Kevin Kopps - RHP (Padres, 1st Base and Auto, 99/189) - The 6th year Senior out of Arkansas is a high leverage bullpen arm that was an underslot target in round 4. With more info and video, I might consider a plus power bat as a standout tool and in consideration for Tier 3, but the expected DH penalty and the overall profile seems like a Tier None guy to me until I see more. Decent approach, decent hit tool, could show some power, but nothing really to get excited about. Features a plus fastball in the mid-90s to go with an above-average changeup that has good depth. 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. Options include the normal 24-pack boxes and new 50-pack boxes. Right now, I can easily see a future high leverage bullpen arm or an SP4. 2021 Bowman Draft Baseball Jumbo Box Configuration: 12 packs per box. In real life and even more so in fantasy baseball, this profile is money. Top 20 Prospects on the 2021 Bowman Draft Checklist! His command looked to be an issue as he regularly missed his spots in the videos I watched. Collect the entire 200-card Base Card set, featuring some of the top new names you need to know from the 2021 MLB Draft! Aaron Zavala - OF (Rangers, 1st Base and Auto, 38/93) - The Pac-12 Player of the Year has a whole lot going for him and I like it. 2021 Bowman Draft Baseball storms back for another monster offering featuring a fresh crop of Baseball draft picks and emerging prospects! 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. He didn't get a hit, but he actually had the best contact of all of the A's facing Bachman with a sharply hit ground ball to the pull side that he was thrown out on. When there are more than three or four guys to chase in a product, collectors tend to be relatively happy. More than likely a table setting second division regular outcome. Checklist Live! Slider is the out pitch. January 15, 2023. Slider is his main secondary with plus spin to the tune of 2800+. Throw in the round 1 draft pedigree and the Cleveland secret sauce, I am going to slide him into the bottom half of Tier 2. As I always say, prospects are the most volatile and highest risk/reward part of the hobby. He has a four-pitch mix highlighted by a low to mid 90s fastball that plays up with the spin and vertical approach angle with a slider, curveball, and changeup making up the rest of his arsenal. The curveball has nice shape and snap to it with good spin. 2019 Bowman Platinum Wal-Mart Top Prospects Wander Franco RC #TOP-9; . Without it, he has significant reliever risk. Mayo on Mariners' top prospects. Silva, though, is more of a slimmer athletic frame and throws from the right-hand side. He has a low to mid 90's fastball and reportedly can reach back for more and pairs that with average-ish sliders and changeups. Simply put, he's one of the best prospects in baseball by any measure. I think I saw one changeup that missed completely. Sean Burke - RHP (White Sox, 1st Base and Auto, 94/64) - The tall (6'6") righty out of the University of Maryland has an easy delivery for someone as big as he is. Needs to add in the command and control that most prep arms lack, including Kudrna, and you can project a mid-rotation starter. With some velo uptick, I could see McDermott cementing his role as a backend SP, but probably not much more than a mid-rotation SP at best, which keeps him in Tier None for now and possibly a Tier 3 guy at peak. Seemed easy for hitters to pick up and put the bat on the ball, even if it wasn't always successful. 96 on Baseball America's Top 500 draft prospects list entering the 2020 draft, so it looked like a reach when the Red Sox took him 17th overall. There is almost no video out there, so he is a hard-to-evaluate arm at the moment. More often than not, the curveball and slider were either hit hard or taken for a strike middle-middle because the hitters were so geared towards the fastball. Bowman Draft Picks and Prospects Baseball Sports Trading Cards, I like this profile a lot for the hobby and I'm going to go with my gut and put him at the bottom half of Tier 2 even though my head tells me he is more of a top of Tier 3 player with the lack of walks and strikeout tendency. 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). Changeup is his third pitch with above average potential, but hasn't thrown it much. In a small sample size minor league season spent mostly at Low A, Binelas absolutely raked. His curveball is his best secondary and a swing and miss pitch. Big draft riser as he continued to get better every year in college. 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! 4 for being the 4th overall selection in the 2021 MLB Draft and 1 for his ranking in our Top 600. Draft. 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. Above average to plus hit tool with a strong plate approach is brought down by the rest of his average-ish tools. . I've seen him throw it on every pitch count to get swing and misses as well as called strikes when needed. 15) and has him as the second-best defensive end behind only Texas Tech's Tyree Wilson. 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. I'll slide House into the bottom of Tier One and be cautious with him due to what I see as lower floor than other guys in this Tier, but his ceiling is undeniable. Good size at 6'3" and 220 pounds, he is one of the older prep players having turned 20 at the end of this past October. He does relatively well in our RoboScout rankings (Patreon $10 exclusive) with a plus power tool and a swing geared for loft. Power/Speed combo players. Not a ton of video to watch, but he has a swing geared for power and reportedly hit one out almost 500 feet in the Complex league. Raw backend starting pitchers are an obvious Tier None and check back in a few years to see how things have developed. It looked decent and he threw a lot of strikes, but I didn't see anything special that would push him out of the Tier None conversation for now. Tyler Mattison - RHP (Tigers, 1st Base only, 104/NR) - Underslot senior sign in round 4 for the Tigers out of Bryant University. Low to mid 90s fastball that reportedly has started to top out in the upper 90s with a changeup, slider, and curveball that he throws with varying degrees of success for his secondaries. Eric Cerantola - RHP (Royals, 1st Auto only, 139/166) - The super tantalizing Cerantola has a quiver full of flaming arrows that is anyone's best guess if they will hit the bullseye or completely miss the hay bale, let alone the target on it. Matt Mikulski - LHP (Giants, 1st Base and Auto, 50/51) - The lefty arm from Fordham took a huge leap from undrafted in 2020 to be the Giants second rounder in 2021. Without that, he's a mid-rotation guy as the most likely outcome. Diamondbacks are also one of the lesser collectible teams, another potential minor drag on his hobby value. That said, Watson has swing-and-miss concerns (42 K% in Low-A) and slipped in the draft due to make-up and signability concerns. 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. Tyler McDonough - 2B/OF (Red Sox, 1st Base and Auto, 75/207) - No real standout tools but no real deficiencies either. Add in a highly collectible team in the Red Sox and that makes him the top Tier 1 guy for me. Second base is his likely home, but the Rays are known to be creative and I wouldn't be surprised to see Kinney end up playing a multitude of positions to be able to get his bat regularly into games. Elite SP 1 pitchers (very rare). An easy Tier None choice for now, but I can squint and see a potential mid-rotation, Tier 3 starting pitcher at some point in his future. Update June 2021: Wander has arrived. On with the show! Collection of average tools that can go either way on the hit/power pendulum, but probably doesn't have the pure skills to do both at a plus level in the future. He also throws a curveball and a changeup that I saw in his college tape but didn't see at all at the Complex. The fastball/curveball metrics are plus and Prospects Live MLB Draft Director Joe Doyle has comped him in the mold of Justin Verlander. He doesn't profile as ever having more than average power. That being said, even with a ceiling of a lights out closer, it's hard to put someone with a single pitch bullpen profile as anything but Tier None. 2021 Bowman Baseball Hobby Box $ 149.95 Add to Cart Sign-up to earn rewards with this purchase!