 Hi everyone, Joe for Jasper's casebreaks.com. Happy Wednesday coming at you with 2022 Bowman Chrome Baseball Hobby Edition. Pick your team number 18. Right here, big thanks to, there's the printout out of my printer, big thanks to this group, hot off the presses for getting into the action. You're on Wednesday, December 7th. Mark, you ended up with Last Spot Mojo with the Tigers. If you have a rooftop next to your name, that means you won that spot in the team random. Thanks everybody for getting in. Appreciate it. We got another case in the store right now. So there's the fresh case right here and another hobby case in the store. We don't have any more HTA at the moment. I'm sure we're on the hunt for more of that. 12 box break and another 12 boxes in the store right now. We also have, if you're into this, we also have a double header. Two hobby cases on Jasper's casebreaks.com if you want to get into that. Alright, now anybody actually in this break watching live? What's up Rex? What's going on? Alright, we got Mark here. Mark L is here. He's got the Tigers. He's got Last Spot Mojo. 70% of the time. Last Spot Mojo hits 100% of the time. Yeah, we'll find some torques in here. Grace, can't wait for Flaws football. Me too. We're just five spots away from unlocking that break. Hopefully we can get that last filler done. It could be right after this break if you want it to be. First time is Last Spot Mojo. Alright. Let's see how it works out for you. Kind of feels like a Bowman Cromew release day, ladies and gentlemen. We did a double header earlier tonight. We did an HTA case and now we're doing another hobby case. Remember these are not numbered so we're breezing by these and we're gonna start off with Jeremy Vargas, Joshua with the Brewers and we will do an autograph recap along with any other low numbered cards at the end of the break. So if you're rewatching this video and you don't want to watch the whole thing, you don't have to. Just fast forward towards the end of the video. It's Henry Davis to 150, former number one overall pick. Pirates will get another number one overall pick too. Again, this upcoming draft. Here's Christian Vasquez for Joshua and the Nationals. Got Jason Curio for Cleveland also for Josh and Don got the Pirates. It's the shades of greatness atomic refractor and nice orange auto Ricardo Cabrera 16 out of 25. It'll be for the red legs. That's gonna go to Dan. There you go Dan. Sal Freelik for the Brewers to 125. Joshua with the Brew Crew. Alright, one box down. Let's go with another box. Mark, what do you got? You got Celtic Sun as well. In fact, I may change Celtic Suns. How's that game going? I might have to change this channel here. I was watching Lakers at Toronto. No LeBron, no Anthony Davis. So you can guess as to what happened. The ESPN game is Atlanta and the Knicks. That's almost done. Oh, that game's coming up. Yeah, coming up next. Boston at Phoenix. Oh, okay. Yeah, Knicks are gonna, Knicks are winning comfortably here. Sorry, camera. Knicks are winning comfortably 108 to 83. Do you think Judge surprised a lot of people not signing with the Giants? What was I saying? All offseason long. I was like, everyone was saying, hey, that there's the, there's the home narrative. He's gonna go back home narrative. And I said, I don't know. Take that with a grain of salt. That home narrative doesn't always, always work out. No way that, no way that Yankees are just gonna let him, let him walk or low ball him. It'd be bad for the Yankees as a team, bad for Yankees PR. A lot of people had it in their heads. He's gonna go back home. He was a Giants fan. And all offseason long, I was saying, listen, going back home is a blessing and a curse. Sure, you go back home, but a lot of people come out of the woodwork. Where's tickets? Sign this, sign that. Hey, help my restaurant out. Come stop by. And, you know, the money. Yankees definitely had to, definitely Yankees definitely had to, you know, put a lot of money down for him. Give him the exact years he wanted. Outbid the Giants as Willie Fannis, 237 to 299, Speckle. That's for the Mets. That'll be for Joshua. Steven Kwan for Cleveland to 250. That will be for Joshua as well. Yeah, I guess a good amount of people were surprised, but the people who know baseball, I don't think, I don't think they were too surprised. It was Jorge Barosa, Joshua with the dime of X. Now, Kenley Jansen, signing a two-year, $32 million deal. That was a little surprising. There's Yankees Fernandez. He's going to Boston to 299. It's a nice prospect going to Joshua and the Rockies. Right, yeah, no one in New England thought the judge was leaving. They were hoping, but no. I mean, no one thought he was leaving. I feel like the ones who made the biggest noise were were were optimistic Giants fans. Yeah, what's the latest from New England mark on Xander Bogars? The reports that I'm seeing are that they are making some progress in retaining Xander Bogars. And how do you feel about that Japanese outfielder? I think outfielder, I think, that you guys signed? Yeah, Masataka Yoshida, five-year deal. Maybe we finally chased him away, Rex. Five years, 85, maybe a little no, five-year, $90 million deal. No options, no opt-out clauses. And he only had just been posted this week. And then he's picked up pretty quickly. I guess the Red Sox has already been scouting him, already had a relationship with him, but give you some outfield help. One of the most accomplished hitters in Japan for the past few seasons. He appeared in the Nippon Professional Baseball League for the last seven years, carries a 327-421-539 slash line. Gets on base a lot, more than 40% of his plate appearances. Topped 1,000 OPS for the first time in 2022, exceptional bat to ball skills, walking more that he struck out, etc., etc., etc. Maybe get a little power from him, maybe get some good defense from him. All right, next box. Got Samuel Zavala, 156 out of 199. And there's another Asian hitter here. This one's Korean, Won Bin Cho. He also seems to have a decent ceiling, too. I think one of the rare Asian players I think selected out of, shortly out of high school. It's Vlad Guerrero Jr. to 75, yellow parallel. And that's going to go to Joshua and Toronto. Won Bin will go to Michael and the Cardinals. Randy Arasuranya, refractor for Jacob and the Reyes. And there's Evan Lee, Joshua with the Nationals. Yeah, I'm not sure what his outfield position is. It seems to be suggested, not in this MLB traderumours.com article, but I think I read in another article that, that a center field with Verdugo and Kike flanking him on either side is what I thought I saw. There's a torque for you, Mark, hopefully first of many. Jason Curio refractor, nice, 113 out of 499. It's for Joshua Cleveland. And Wander Franco, that'll be for Jacob and the Reyes. First quarter of the break done. Second quarter underway. And then first quarter of Celtic Suns underway. It's like full-strength lineups for both teams. Except for the Sun, I think they're starting Tori Cregg. I think Cameron Johnson or Cameron Payne is injured. I think Tori Cregg is getting that start in that slot. I don't know, what other news is happening here? Twins, this is just speculation here, but twins among teams with interest in Danity Swanson. Sure, a lot of teams are. Braves acquired Joe Jimenez from the Tigers. A sign of Ledney's Diaz. Rex, how do you feel about the Wilson Contreras? Rex is a big Cubs fan. Wilson Contreras to the Cardinals, your rivals, for a five-year deal. Averaging about 17 million a year. Met signing Jose Quintana to a two-year deal. Yeah, Wilson Contreras will be in St. Louis five years, 87 and a half million dollars. I think Rex at one point was about to give him 150 million dollars. But that sounds about right for Wilson Contreras. Alright, there's a Julio Rodriguez rookie card in Eric Hernandez to 250 purple shimmer for the White Sox. Joshua with the Mariners. It's a bummer. It is what it is. Sounds right, yeah. There's Anthony Pinheiro. Joshua with the Brew Crew. Francisco Alvarez, 88 out of 99 for the Metz. Joshua with the Metz as well. Yeah, well, sure, if it could have been a 10-year deal, yeah, but no one's paying a 30-year-old catcher. No one's giving him a 10-year deal. 31 by the time the season starts. 155 out of 299, Byron Buxton, twins. That's gonna be four Peter and a Quincy Hamilton. I thought the Astros are gonna be really in on Wilson Contreras. I don't know. I wonder how close they got. 161 to 499. Anthony with the Stroze. Edison Polinio to 499 for the Red Sox. That will be four Joshua and Boston. Alright, another box. Yeah, no one thought Turner would get 11. And Judge, well, Judge still only got nine, right? But that's a completely different position from the catcher position. Wilson Contreras was five years younger. Anyone think Judge would get more than eight? Yeah, I think everybody. Because the reports were Aaron Judge looking for a nine-year deal. And Aaron, and what Aaron Judge wants Aaron Judge gets. I mean, what and that's such a unique position for a player like him to have the season he had in a walk-ear. No, definitely nine. Yankees, Aaron Judge, agree to a nine-year deal, which is what he was looking for. One of the few times a free agent of his caliber could just dictate terms like that. Basically it was nine years, minimum $300 million, and then let the bidding war ensue. It was Liam Spence, speckled autograph to $299. But yeah, Aaron Judge maybe last week had said, or the reports were saying, at his camp, the judge camp looking for nine years. And he got it. Now, the back end of that deal could look really ugly, but that's what you had to do. You had to add those ear to secure his services. Lagro Jr. to $99, Joshua with the Blue Jays. As Rikero for Josh and the Nats, and Josh also has Cleveland gets the Jason Cruel. Matt Chapman, Blue Jays to $499, Refractor. And Andy Thomas, it's for Joshua and the M's. When I start ripping the next box, I got a little teaser headline for you. Where'd it go? I lost the article. Oh, so a corner mlbtraders.com headline, Padres made strong offer for Aaron Judge. It was Roberto Campos to $499. Padres are really, hundreds are really trying to spend money. I think they made a big offer for a trade turner. A bigger offer than at least dollar wise, a bigger offer than the Phillies. Trade turner always had his eyes looking east though. And they made a strong offer for Aaron Judge. So this morning, the report was earlier this morning, the Aaron Judge bidding was widely believed to be a two team battle between the Yankees and the Giants. In the end, the judges returned to the Bronx. But there was a surprise 13 that sat down at the table. We were talking about this mystery 13. Who would that be? And apparently it was the Padres, according to Jeff Passon. Padres came in with a quote significant offer. And there were and John Marosi saying that judge turned out higher offers elsewhere to return to the Yankees. So for Padres, they're shooting their shot. No one wants to dance with them. Trade turner was offered $342 million by the Padres. And then he ended up signing with the Phillies for $300. And a later report, Bob Nightingale reporting at the Padres offer was $400 million over 10 years. And then later in the afternoon, Ken Rosenthal reporting that the team did not offer Judge $400 million. And Judge is reported to get a nine-year deal for $360 million with the Yankees. Pending physical, blah, blah, blah, blah. Yeah, no, no, I don't see anything on that yet. At least not in corn to mlbtraderoomers.com. No word on what the Giants ended up offering. And we scan through this article really quick. Doesn't seem to say. Well, Padres want to spend money. Now where is that money going to go? Everyone knows they have $300 plus million that they're willing to spend. There's Francisco Alvarez, Oren Shimmer to 25. I mean, Carlos Correa, the next the next person to chase in this free agent market, which is actually not super deep in terms of superstar players. There's Yossir Mercedes for the twins, will be for Peter. And nice, a Roderick Arias autograph. Joshua with the Yankees. Haven't seen one of his autos in a minute or two. There you go, Joshua got in at the right time. Box dust, top lever dust here, but I think that could be easily cleaned up. There's Rosemary Quintana to 150, 50 out of 150. Yeah, that's got to be the record for a position player, right? It's $40 million a year. I think only, I think only Verlander and Scherzer probably make more on an average annual value basis. But I think you're right, Rick. I think position player, I think it's the, I think it's, because it's more than trout, right? I think trout was like maybe 37-ish, 38-ish million dollars a year. There's Roiland Machandi for Houston, that's for Anthony. And Jackson Job, 7 out of 75 for the Tigers. That'll be for Mark and another Yankees Fernandez. Halfway through this case, now entering the third quarter of the break. I think a lot of people are wondering if Aaron Judge would be the first $400 million contract player though. Didn't quite get there. It's going to happen someday. I mean, does Otani get $400 million? How old is Otani again? He's 28, turns 29 in the middle of the season next year. That's right, Rick. You know what, Rick? I even reported that days earlier than nobetraders.com. I think the Dodgers front off is wary of re-signing Carlos Correa because of the history. And I don't know if Carlos Correa would even want to sign here because the first time he goes 0 for 4, you know, he had the bell wanting to ring. The first day he goes 0 for 4, he's getting booed by fans. I'm almost guaranteeing that. He's not getting Freddie Chance like Freddie Freeman. But I think more than that, I think that that's the headline that's gonna get the clicks, right? The real reason is the Dodgers are not willing to sign really long-term deals. I think Correa is looking for a longer-term deal. I think he already tried the short-term deal with the options with Minnesota. There's a cleaner top loader here. I think he opted out because he wants to get a crack at a long-term deal here. 108 out of 250 purple chrome, autographed Brewers, Joshua, Wander Franco for Jacob and the Rays. Oh, that's why the bell wanted to ring. Leonardo Bell, because I didn't even notice this. The bell knows all. The bell has the power of foresight. The bell can see into the future, ladies and gentlemen. The time bell. Red parallel for the reds. Nice little color match. Dan bought the Cincinnati Reds straight up out of fives and under, get the train whistle. All aboard the Big Hit Express. Your number 27 Reds prospect, corner baseball America. The all-knowing bell. Bell's like, hey, I got something to say. That's what the bell was saying. I got something to say, Joe. There's a Wander Franco. Magenta, 107 out of 2.99. That's nice. That will be for Jacob and the Tampa Bay Rays. This could be a $400 million guy right here, believe it or not. Could Bobby McJr. be a $400 million? Darren Judge didn't quite get there. Didn't quite get to being a $400 million man. There's Daniel McElvenny to going to Joshua and the Red Sox. Blaze Jordan, blazing trails here out of $4.99. And here is your one per case, Bowman Ascensions insert. Hedbert Perez for the Brew crew. Joshua Edelitz. Sometimes we've seen two, generally one per case. All right, another box. Yeah, Otani is going to be 29 in July, next July. Is he going to be a $400 million man? I think there are a lot of concerns privately that at some point in the near future, in the next three to five seasons, maybe a little bit more, maybe a little bit less, who knows. A lot of scouts think he's gonna have to pick a side. He's gonna have to pick one. You have to be a pitcher or a hitter. You know that at some point you have to pick one. You know, he's not gonna be 39 years old. You know, I mean, maybe he could, but there might be more, there might be more rest days available that you'd have to do, which, again, devalues that contract. He's not not playing every day like he's doing now. But to make him a $400 million man, 29 years old, signing him into a 10 year deal, $40 million a year, something like that, be eight or nine years, but at a higher average annual value, just to get to $400. Could he be a $400 million man? I guess any team that's making a pitch to him, I guess, would feel like they'd have to draw out a plan of here's what we're gonna do and why for the next 10 years. Yeah, because you could shift him over to be right. Exactly. The 30 year old pitcher is not gonna get, are they gonna get a 10 year deal? I don't know how many 10 year deals being handed out to top pitchers, but Dale and Leal to $4.99. Washington, Joshua, but you could shift Otani over to one side or the other. Mark with the White Sox with the Jake Berger, Colton Couser, different notes, just refractor. Garrett Cole got a nine year deal when he was 29. Those are some of the might be a rare exception though. Javier Baez to $4.99. Ricardo Cabrera, Reds, that's gonna be for Dan. Javier Baez to $4.99 that's for Detroit. That'll be for Mark. And Randy Arozareña, 111 out of 199 Tampa Bay Rays. That'll be for Jacob. Got a Celtics at Phoenix on the background, Boston up early 30 to 19. 40 seconds left in the first quarter. This is the last box of the third quarter of this break. So what what other free agents are are left? Right? They think the best catcher on the board was Wilson Contreras. There's some others on on on the free agent list. But that was the best catcher. He's off the board Rizzo first base signed, re signed with the Yankees pretty early on. Trey Mancini is a free agent. Will Myers for you, Miguel Sanon, it's some free agents there. I think too exciting on the second base side of things. Right. So then it's just Xander Bogarts, who's looking more like the Red Sox are going to resign him. But Xander Bogarts is still technically out there and then Danesby Swanson, Carlos Correa. I guess if the Xander Domino falls, then that'll pretty much set the tone for Carlos Correa to sign. And then there'll be Danesby Swanson after that. Going down the list, third base, nothing too crazy on the third base side of things. Justin Turner still out there Dodgers might have to resign him for like a quick little year deal and his career as a Dodger. I actually think JD Martinez is still out there, right? That's not a huge name, but a well known name. He's still out there. Maybe a couple international names kind of coming through the ranks. Yeah, that's that's that's about it. There's A's is Max Muncie 53 out of 99. They just had to get another Max Muncie back. Matthew with the A's color match with the green shimmer and JT Schwartz 50 out of 75. Yeah, it did. I agree that that free agent baseball free and see went pretty quickly. The big names just getting knocked down by by, you know, by the winter meetings. It sounds like some of the other deals for like Correa and Xander that might be wrapped up by this weekend. Big names off the board just like that. And then after that, it'll just be just kind of kind of filling in roster spots and getting some of the the old veterans on short deals kind of kind of things. There's Alexander Suarez for the Giants Joshua. Here's Ryan Duncone 2299. Torkelson. Also Xander Boecker. See now I'm wondering, it's clear that the Giants and the Padres are looking to spend big money. And Padres missed out on Trey Turner. Here comes the fourth quarter of this case. Clearly lost out on Trey Turner and Aaron Judge. Giants missed out on Aaron Judge. Those are two West Coast teams right there looking to spend big money. You know, are like, are the Padres going to try to swoop in, mess up that Xander Bogart seal for the Red Sox? We're going to chase after Carlos Correa. Giants, Giants or Giants or the Padres might do that. Dan's be swans and still hanging around. You know Rex with free agent. See, moving along as quickly as it is. I wonder if that's going to open up more trades in the offseason as well. I wonder if all the big free agents get off the board pretty quickly. Then maybe this earlier, you know, then maybe we'll start to see more trades happening maybe in January or something like that. Once all the name free and sort of have been exhausted, something to look at. Got a Magenta Mookie Betts. Nice. 159 out of 299. For my Dodgers, that goes to Joshua and some gold for the Royals. Five out of 50. Daniel Vasquez. Joshua with Kansas City. Number 19 Royals prospect. Javier Baez Aqua Lava 105 out of 199. Tiger that'll be for Mark. Mark misses Mookie Betts. So Roger Arias, Bobby with Junior and Anthony Gutierrez 12 out of 499 Rangers auto for Joshua. There's Adrian Placencia 32 out of 75 for the Halos. That'll be for Josh. Mookie Betts already one of the more popular players on the Dodgers already. I have to be honest with you, Mark. I kind of miss Kike and Alex Verdugo. Kind of feel like that and Jock Peterson. I think the the energy those guys brought, maybe I wish the bats were a little bit better, but I think the the energy that they had when they were on the Dodgers was maybe missing a little bit. How is a how is Jeter Downs doing? Like it wasn't Jeter Downs like the big prospect centerpiece of that deal. In addition to Verdugo, I guess was sort of in sort of in prospect stage as well. I think Kike is an excellent fielder. Utility guy can play anywhere on the diamond. I think the only position he hasn't played is Ketcher. But and back could be a little hot and cold. Kike is bad, but but he's also he's a smart and generally a clutch hitter. He can be pretty clutch. He can put he can make the right hit with the bat when he when you ask him to and I think Verdugo is really solid too. I think he's just going to be a solid kind of everyday guy should be everyday guy for years to come. Maybe knock out some All-Starks here and there. Jason Dominguez 160 out of 199. Joshua with the Yankees. Gilo, what's going on? What do I think about Jansen, Kenley Jansen going to the Red Sox? I was I was a little surprised at the amount of money he got. I think his he's been he's been racking up the saves for sure. But the, you know, his fast balls, not as fast like you can see all the measurables tick down a little bit. Joshua with the Rangers 250 Kettle Marte. How do you feel about the how do we feel about the Wilson Contreras going to the Cardinals that deal? Gilo is asking we were just talking about that a little bit earlier. Obviously, if you're a Cubs fan like Rex, I think Cubs fans are terribly happy about that. Having to Wilson Contreras is going to look weird in a Cardinals uniform. But I mean, we saw we saw the speculation a lot as a lot of arrows were pointing to Wilson Contreras maybe being looked at by the Astros, the Cardinals, some other teams. 003 out of 250 Kade Marlowe. Blue Lava pattern, I think looks really sharp. That will be for Seattle. That'll be for Joshua won that in the team random. Garrett Mitchell. Magenta to 199. It's going to go to Josh and the Brew Crew. Is that right? You've seen a lot of Cardinals. Well, that's yeah, that's true. They've got to get a rival catcher. Right there. I think Cardinals fans are going to be conflicted for sure, right? They're going to get a little more pop from the from that catcher spot. You know, I'm sure an early season walk off Homer to I think will certainly I think will certainly make that transition easier for fans. Yang, what's going on? Will there be another anti soccer break in the future? Maybe. Maybe the one we posted most recently wasn't exactly flying off the shelves. I don't think there was a lot of interest in it. Maybe we'll just have to let those boxes marinate before we reintroduce that again. Yeah, it's going to be worth the Audi gone to. Well, that's the thing. It's just going to be a weird transition because like the first, you know, the first set of defensive miscues or you know, defensive miscues or or a bad game, bad pitch sequencing or something. As soon as that happens, you get so used to Yachty just commanding that that infield and everything and just being captain of that scene. It's a big hole to fill. There could be some booze out there. The first defensive miscue, the first base stolen, you know, something like that. Julio Rodriguez, not that Wilson contrast is a bad fielder, but it's just that Yachty has just been so comfortable there and elite there for such a long time. Final box, first of two autographs, Graham Ashcraft. It was all about Ash. All about that Ashcraft. That goes to Dan and the Reds. 103 out of 299. He's got some Mercedes. No, that's what I'm saying. Contrast not that contrast is bad, but on the defensive side of things or the pitching side of things, it's just that Yachty is just so good for some Cubs fans. You know, I think there's going to be a little jarring for them. George Valera to 250. Looks like the last one's going to be a redemption. Last auto, last redemption. It's going to be four for the Reds. Bowman Chrome Prospects autographed Leonardo Balcazar and that is for Dan and the Red Legs. That's the final auto. I see a blue parallel in that stack. Oh, there's a purple one here too. Robert Hassel to 250. Padres, Joshua and Andrew Vaughn. Blue 93 out of 150 for the White Sox. That'll be for Mark and that my friends is that we got another hobby. Pick your team case loaded up. Just a single case pick your team. We also have dual case, double header, dual case random teams. So a couple of Bowman Chrome hobby options for you ladies and gentlemen. Here's a quick little recap. Thanks my friends for getting into this break. Thanks for watching. Thanks for hanging out with me in the chat. Not the Roderick Arias autograph for the Yankees. It's a lot of nice color on these autographs. Some pretty great stuff. Some orange. Awesome. Thanks everybody. I'm Joe for jashbeescasebreaks.com and I will see you next time for the next break. Bye-bye.