Riiip with Brody the Kid #27 Mint Collective, WWE Prizm, MLB Awards Picks and More!
Riiip with Brody the Kid
What’s up everyone, it’s Brody The Kid here back with another edition of Riiip. There has been a lot of news lately so let’s go right to it!
The Mint Collective was crazy out in Las Vegas!! There were a lot of people down there for this crazy event. Fanatics had a huge role in this with Josh Luber doing a speech on the main stage. The hobby is going to be changing a lot in the future with things like direct to consumer, changing the packaging and more.
Panini Prizm Wrestling is here, and Panini struck gold with it as their first WWE product! It will be the same configuration as UFC Prizm with 12 packs, 12 cards per pack and 2 autographs! They started out at $750 a box but has since increased, and this has been one of the most hyped up and expensive WWE releases of all time. Singles on the secondary market have been going wild!
Speaking of WWE, Fanatics has purchased the rights to WWE! This is interesting news after Topps had just lost the license to Panini. There are a few things that could happen here that would make this work with Panini making products… Fanatics could be purchasing Panini in the future or Panini will not have this license for very long. It’ll be interesting to see what happens!!
Drake and Ken Goldin did a huge break all night long!! They ripped a box of 86-87 fleer to start and pulled 3 Jordan rookies and 3 Jordan stickers! Think about this for a second, that was the first box or pack of cards Drake had ever opened! Logan Paul called in as well and shot the viewers up to 20,000! This was awesome seeing someone as big as Drake chilling with one of the smartest people in The Hobby.
MLB is here!! I’m so excited for this season, I can’t wait for the year to play out. These are my predictions for Cy Young, ROTY and MVP. And I’ll tell you a card that you need to own of each player.
AL Cy Young- Dylan Cease- Dylan Cease had a solid year last year with about a 4.00 era but a little bit of a high WHIP. So why Cy Young? Cease is a strikeout machine, and with work on accuracy of his pitches, he will become a star. 2020 Topps Chrome Rookie Auto
AL MVP- Mike Trout- Mike Trout is Mike Trout. I don’t think I need to explain anything else.
I would collect every single card Mike has 😂.
AL ROTY- Julio Rodriguez- Julio Rodriguez is a stud. Bobby Witt, Jr is a stud. I went with Julio on this one just because of the home runs we have seen him hit. Bobby has had some awesome homers as well, so this is a very hard pick. I think either could win it and there could be sneakers included as well throughout the race. 2019 Bowman Chrome
NL Cy Young- Logan Webb- Logan Webb is very talented like we talk about in the power rankings, and I think Peralta could fight for this but Webb just seems to be in a great place in San Fran. 2020 Topps RC
NL MVP- Juan Soto- Juan Soto finished 3rd last year in the MVP voting but this kid is getting better and better every day. He is ready to add this award to his World Series ring. 2018 Topps Update base
NL ROTY- Hunter Greene – Hunter Greene is back from injury and finally ready to throw GAS. This kid can throw it into 3 digits with nasty off-speed mixed in, so I’m stoked to see him in the majors. 2018 Bowman Chrome Prospects
There you have it for my picks! Who do you have winning the awards? While we’re talking MLB, let’s do my top 5 teams and a guy from each team that I think is going to have a breakout year!
- Dodgers- Gavin Lux. Gavin Lux has shown signs of greatness but hasn’t fully been able to put it together. I think this is his time and he will be very good this year for the Dodgers.
- White Sox- Andrew Vaughn. Andrew Vaughn had a very solid rookie season last year and he is ready for a big push. He can hit it deep and destroys southpaws.
- Blue Jays- Cavan Biggio. Cavan Biggio has been the one of the 3 sons of former players on the Blue Jays who hasn’t been able to put his talent fully together due to injury. I think he will have a solid year this year showing that he wasn’t a bust. He has power and that Blue Jays lineup is stacked.
- Brewers- Freddy Peralta (already really good, but I think will make a huge jump and compete for Cy Young). Freddy Peralta is the 3rd starter on the Brewers and is still incredible. He has very good break on his pitches and will get it up in velocity, too. He is set around really good players and pitching staff, I think he gives Logan Webb a run for his money at Cy Young.
- Giants- Logan Webb (again). Logan Webb has extreme movement on his pitches and high velocity and has been very good controlling it.
There we go! I’m so excited for the baseball season and for more lists that I will do in future blogs!
That’s it for this month everybody! Let me know who your picks are for this year?
See you at the next Riiip!
Peace Out!
Riiip,
-Brody The Kid
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