[Westheim]

Subtle changes for the Raccoons, who get back to Perfect after three years in Diamond. We completed the Senators/Twins missions on Sunday, yielding not only Perfect Johan, but also a diamond pack that popped a half-decent card in PEAK Brooks Robinson. I have put it in my head that Brooks will be the new shortstop for this team, training up from absolute zero. That’s gonna go so well! Tatis jr. got the axe to make room on the roster. I might actually sell him… anybody interested in a Tatis jr. that is fully trained to 71 DEF at second base?

Also new on the Coons is Joe Nathan, for whom I bled 22k to complete the Johan missions in the first place. None of the other actual reward cards made the roster, but we could use a centerfielder… Special Edition Torii Hunter isn’t gonna be it, though.

The Rebels’ toil continues in the swamps of Diamond League. Mingori and Hiura are new this week, replacing Cingrani and Stanton. I would like to pull an actual rightfield slugger, but no such luck…

The Accountants also had some doors revolving. Longtime infielders Ken Boyer and Red Schoendienst were written off with the release of the Cardinals missions to make a quick buck. The Johnny Sain experiment ended after parts of two seasons, and silver holdout Arodys Vizcaino was also replaced. New are Max Lanier, Ken Giles, George Brett (not the fancy one), and Jesse Crain.

Crain’s card claims he was a pretty good player in this decade, yet I have zero recollection of him.

I am also listing Jeff McNeil’s broken card with a 4k value now, which would be at least quicksell value and not some gold price he had 17 weeks ago… I flipped one for about 5.5k last week, but what gives…