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Based off of feedback from the Perfect Team community, there have been some alterations made to the PTCS 9 rewards. The following is the explanation via Content Director Paul Sporer:
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First off, thank y’all so much for the detailed, well thought out feedback on the 6 prizes. There was lots of love for Jackie and Gore, but concerns that some of the lower tier rewards maybe didn’t have much room to carve out their space in the meta. It’s a lot of work to grind through 4 weeks and qualify for the PTCS, let alone then winning any of the prizes. I respect that grind and commitment to the game and as such want y’all to have cards that can immediately enter your lineups/rotations after you win them.

With that, here is a rundown of the changes made to the PTCS 9 rewards:

97 RF Kyle Tucker will be replaced by 98 SS J.P. Crawford
The OF landscape at diamond has had an excellent infusion of talent recently, including PTE Evan Carter, BRefs Andrew McCutchen & Chuck Klein, and Tourney Edition Vlad Sr. to name a few. Tucker isn’t obviously better than any of them and raising his ratings to steamroll one or more of those four feels unnecessary especially when other positions could use some love, including shortstop.

Crawford is a former Top 10 prospect who enjoyed a breakout season at age-28 that included a career-high 19 HRs (previous high was 9) and an AL-best 94 walks. Capable-but-not-elite shortstop defense plus eligibility at 3B in order to improve his value in the current landscape (it hearkens back to his early career when Philly put him at the hot corner a bit) rounds out this Eye/BABIP-focused card.

92 SP Jesus Luzardo has been buffed
Luzardo was close but not quite there for the low diamond landscape. He did lose a little spice on his Stuff, down 4 pts to 136, but it’s a worthy trade with +3 HR, +4 pBABIP, and the coup de grace: a sharp 17-point jump in CON. This wasn’t just a for-funsies boost, he deserved better off rip. I sold his 7% BB rate a bit short, he made legitimate improvements from the 10% mark we saw in 2021-22 from him. The Lizard King is now ready for your low diamond rotation!

86 Don Drysdale had his year shifted to add a new dynamic to his profile
The original Drysdale wasn’t too bad, especially in a HR suppressing era and/or park, but in talking with some folks from the community, we landed on a really fun aspect for him which is to highlight his standout hitting from 1965. His 29 HRs (7 in ’65) were the most for a pitcher over his career (min. 800 PA), 8 clear of Warren Spahn (in 315 more PA, though, so Spahn is pretty close on a rate basis). His bat offers a 96 PWR (incl. 118 vL) and 95 BABIP. This improved bat adds a dynamic angle of playability in no-DH tournaments without costing him a ton in pitching. He does lose a decent bit of STF (-19) but in exchange for +5 HR, +2 pBABIP, and +4 CON.