 Hi, everyone, Joe for jaspeaskasebrakes.com coming at you with another HTA choice case of 2021 Bowman Baseball, Bowman Chrome Baseball. This is pick your team number five from jaspeaskasebrakes.com. Very big thanks to everybody here for getting in on the action, appreciate it. Thursday the 23rd. If you have a little rooftop next to your name, that means you won that spot in a filler. And Burke, last spot mojo star next to his name got the Rangers last before we pulled those teams out for that filler. It's a pretty quick break. 12 boxes, three autos a box, all autos and nothing else packed with too many hits here. All right, good luck, ladies and gentlemen. A lot of baseball chatter in the chat tonight, which I really like. Thanks everybody. Like I've seen this post game show twice now for the NFL, maybe go to MLB Network, see what they have going on there. Maybe a little quick pitch, quick pitch blacked out on this channel. Show me Heidi Watney. No? I don't know what's happening with Direct TV. I guess I'll go to, I guess I'll go to Sports Center then. All right, first one out of the gate is David Garcia, catcher for the Rangers. That's going to be for Burke, Thomas, last ball and mojo striking again already 70% of the time. It's 100% of the time, number 18 prospecting the organization. You know, I'm not sure, Chad. I'm going to actually in the next break, which is the hobby break, which is a lot longer and a lot more packs for me to rip. I think that's where I'm going to explore free agency and who the big free agent names are going to be in the off season. Number eight brewers prospect Eduardo Garcia for Bill 17. And then blue mojo, Tanner Murray, 14 out of 150. That goes to Burke and the Rays. Chad was asking who the big starting pitching free agents are this season. Matt Didier saying, oh yeah, Scherzer for sure. I think the Dodgers are going to lock up Scherzer. Strowman, Marcus Strowman on the market too. That could be pretty interesting. Jack Diamond's playing card to hide the hits a little bit. All right, we got Cohen Moreno for the Cubbies. Jay Remington in the Cubs. We've got JD Orr for the fish. That's going to be for Brian Croft. And we've got Elijah Dunham, blue mojo, 115 out of 150 for the Yankees. That's going to go to EA and the Bronx Bombers here in HGA Choice. Picker team number five. Matt Singh, both to the Angels. I don't know if I can see Scherzer going to the Angels. I mean, at this stage of Scherzer's career, you would think that he's ring chasing for sure. Speaking of the Angels, there's Trent DeVoe. I think he's ring chasing. I think he goes back to the Dodgers. There's Trent DeVoe for the Halos. That's going to be for Burke. Strowman though. Angels do need the pitching. And there's Errol Vera. Another Angels autograph. Two out of three Angels in this box. Burke, number eight Angels prospect. And then we've got Milcar Perez. Speckle autograph to $2.99. That's for Mark and the M's. Mark B. Anthony's wondering, this is a good question. I know this is, excuse me, voice drying up a little bit. If the MLB ever expands, what are some possible expansion cities? That's a good question. I feel like everyone from the athletic to sports illustrated, to ESPN, to Redditors and all that sort of stuff have attempted to figure out the perfect formula for, you got to have X amount of people. What are the demographics that go to baseball games, that watch baseball, blah, blah, blah, blah. I feel like at this point, Vegas is now an option. There's Ezekiel Tovar. But I could see the A's moving to Vegas, or a team moving to Vegas before they, or maybe they expand to Vegas. If Oakland ends up getting a stadium, number 27 prospect for the Rocks. That's for Mark. There's Jesus Para for the Brew Crew, Bill 17. But I think Vegas is a big possibility. 15th best prospect right here. And Jose Bouto, 171 out of 250 for the Mets. I've always heard Portland as a possibility too. Jose Bouto for the Mets, that's for Burke, won that spot. Indiana maybe, an indie team. I feel like that's still too many, I feel like that area is still dominated by the Cubs, right? That's why I feel like there's not going to be too many teams in like, that's going to battle the Braves for Market Share. That's why you're not going to see like, and a team in like, Mississippi or Alabama, or even Nashville. But I feel like Indianapolis, they've already got Cubs, Reds in that area too. Although I have heard Charlotte as a spot, which I feel like is just outside of that Atlanta Braves fandom. There could be some Market Share to get there. Portland, Charlotte, I've even heard Nashville. Portland, Charlotte, Charlotte's a huge market. A lot of, I think there's like a lot of banking and tech there or something like that. There's Ethan Hearn, number nine Cubs prospect for J Remington. Michael Goldberg for the A's. That's for Oakland, that's going to be for Ed. There you go Edward. Salt Lake could be a possibility. I'm trying to think of like teams that have, or cities that have like two major franchises already. Could they sustain a third? And there's Blue Pedro Leone, nice. 171 out of 150 for the Strohs, Burke Thomas winning the Astros in that filler. But I don't know, is expansion really on the table though? I mean, looking at the standings, there are, the Orioles have lost 104 games. The Twins have lost 85 games. The Texas Rangers might lose 100 games. The Nationals might lose 90 games. Pittsburgh's going to lose 95 games. Arizona already has 104 games. That's lost. I mean, if you add two more teams, I feel like that isn't, is that spreading the talent pool too much? Can baseball actually sustain that? There's Eduardo Fernandez for the Brew Crew. Bill, 17. Number 30 Brewers prospect. Anthony's wondering how hard it would be for some cities apart with their minor league teams. Right. This is Helicris Olivares. I mean, I think a major city would take a professional baseball team over a triple A team. But I think it'd be pretty easy to part with them if that was the choice. If you're the mayor of mid to mid-sized city, X, Y, Z, there's number 11 prospect. And they're like, hey, do you want a professional team or do you want a triple A team? If I'm the mayor, I'd be like, okay, buy triple A team. I'll take the pro team and a heartbeat. There's Pablo Obreu, 199 to 499. A lot of Brewers here. Number 33 prospect for the Brew Crew. Bill, 17. Yeah, MLB team could be a great fit in Indianapolis. I think the only tricky part is that Indianapolis, like there's so many, there's a cluster of teams there already, right? Chicago and Milwaukee to the north, right? To the west, St. Louis, to the east, even closer to Cincinnati, to the northeast is Detroit and Cleveland. I feel like there's just too many baseball teams kind of packed in there already. I would think that it would probably be, I know I said, Charlotte and Nashville has been kicked around, but I would think that it'd make more sense to put a team out west more. So you're taught, I mean, Salt Lake City, Vegas, Portland. You know, because right now that Seattle road trip is pretty brutal for a lot of teams. Going to Seattle, that's a long way to go. There's Ziegotovar, 65 out of 99. So having a Portland team maybe. Vancouver, Ed, yeah, it's a good call. So having a natural Northwest sort of Pacific Northwest rivalry, an extra team there could be helpful. Rockies, Mark Passet. There's Sean Roby for my rivals, the Giants, that's gonna go to Chris Walker. But I wonder if expansion would actually happen. I could see, there's Immanuel Rodriguez to 499. I could almost see, who has the twins? Capola, there you go. I could see a couple teams moving before to those aforementioned markets before expansion actually happens. Maybe that's just me, but I mean, how long? Sorry, no offense to Oakland fans, but what's that situation gonna be like? Raise? I think the raise, if they just move their stadium to where, cause from what I understand from Tampa Bay people is that the raise stadium is in a very awkward place to go. Like the Buccaneers and the Lightning play at like the north part of the Bay where there's more population. It's easier to get to. It's easier for other people to get to. Whereas the raise stadium, Tropicana, is like curled around the Bay or like on the edge. It's like very difficult to get into. Maybe not the nicest part of town. But they're not, that stadium is not where the Buccaneers and the Tampa Bay Lightning play. If that stadium was moved there, a lot of people say that that would make a big difference for Tampa Bay. So I don't think, I think that's what Tampa Bay should do before they even think about moving. But there's Kale, Emsoff for the Royals. I think Oakland is already having sort of stadium issue so they might be on the move. Then Vegas could be a place. There's Tyler Keenan, three out of 50, gold shimmer. Maybe future third baseman for the Mariners, Mark Passet. Mark with the Mariners, your redemption. Prime Chrome signatures, orange refractor parallel to 25. Is T, Texas? Toronto, Toronto, Austin Martin, wow. Still Blue Jays edition here, but very nice. Steve Wright and Toronto, there you go Steve. And a free top loader too. Four boxes go, slew of saying Houston? As what? As a team that would move? I don't think Houston's going anywhere. Right, and Rex you're right. Divisions would have to be figured out as well. They'd have to reconfigure the divisions. That would make it pretty, they have to figure out where to line everybody up there. Now that's more of a headache. It's easier to see where teams are gonna go. I could see teams moving before they expand. Although NBA wants to expand to 32. I don't know if baseball has explicitly mentioned that. Ooh, nice Christian Hernandez, Bowman first autograph for the Coveys, J Remington. I don't know if Major League Baseball has explicitly said 32 is what they want to get to. Now I know NBA, Adam Silver and the NBA have resisted that for a little while as well. Number five prospect in this class. But I think more recently Adam Silver has said, hey, you know what, we are thinking 32. Seattle would probably be one of the big candidates for an expansion team. There's Chi Zhang Liu, Boston Red Sox, Burke Thomas. Number 17, Red Sox prospect. A speckle autograph, Pedro Pineda. 165 out of 2.99. That's Ed with the A's. Nice parallel. All right, nine more autographs to go. Good luck. Coming up after this, more Bowman Chrome. It's gonna be our last case of the night. It's gonna be that hobby case. Oh, oh, oh, I see what you're saying. Interesting. I haven't thought about that. Slough's saying not a move, add a team. New York has two, LA has two teams, Chicago has two teams. Could Houston sustain a second team? I mean, I feel there's Houston and that surrounding suburban area is just exploding. There's Ethan Hearn, 73 out of 99 green autographs. Maybe the Astros could sustain, or maybe Houston could sustain a second team. Number nine, Cubs prospect. That is for Remington. We got Jose Baez, Cleveland. This is for you. Chris Maxwell with the tribe, won that team. The last one here is Tucker Bradley, refractor autograph for the Royals. And here, are you talking hoops? If Seattle gets the bid for the Western Conference, who would the counter be in the East? Yeah, I don't know. I don't know where they're gonna put a second team. I think they wanna put a team in Vegas. But that would be, so maybe Seattle doesn't get a team. They put the team in Vegas. And then, yeah, you'd have to balance out with the East. I don't know where they put a team out East. If they go 32, I don't know where they put that 32nd team. But Adam Silver has actually, explicitly, has made more of a, possibly, we're thinking about it, more than usual. Austin for a baseball team, maybe. Yes, I think the NBA really wants to put a team. There's a Panada, six out of 50. I think they really wanna put a team in Vegas. And they probably wanna bring a team back to Seattle. Look at the dust on that Pedro Panada, Ed. Take care of that. So a few A's there, six out of 50, gold. You know what? You know what you would do, Anthony. You put a team in Seattle and in Vegas, and you move Minnesota to the Eastern Conference. And you would move the Grizzlies to the Eastern Conference. Memphis is still in the West, remember? I picked up two. There's Jordan Diaz, A's, another A for Ed. There you go, Ed. You reckon I have some A's now. And for the Mariners, Taylor Dollard, 231 out of 499. Mariners, Refractor, Autograph, Marcoset. And three right here. Yeah, I think if the NBA could work it out perfectly, I think that's what they would do. They'd put a team in Vegas, they'd put a team in Seattle, and they'd move Memphis and Minnesota to the Eastern Conference. And that should balance everything out, right? You're taking two out of the West and into the East and you're adding two teams to the West. Which I think the Eastern Conference teams probably wouldn't like because teams like the Lakers are getting, and the Warriors are getting two expansion teams in that conference, which might mean easier, maybe even more wins. I don't know, you'd have to figure that part out. But I think that's, if NBA had their druthers, I think that's what they would do. Last box, last three autos, we got Julio Carreras. 55 out of 100, Atomic Autograph for Colorado. That's gonna be for Mark. The set. We got a Tanner Murray Autograph for the Rays. That's gonna be for Burke. Thomas. And last but not least, it's gonna be Armando Cruz. 274 out of 299, Speckle Autograph. Chris Maxwell in the Nets on the board with the Nationals, won that team in the filler. Congrats. Thank you, thanks everybody. I appreciate everybody filling up the breaks. I'll see you next time for the next one. JaspeysCaseRakes.com.