The past 3 weeks we saw a slight hiccup in volume because of the release of flagship product – 2018 Topps Baseball. Because of that we gave the data an extra week…which helped with averages and legitimate volume. Over the last few days volume has come on strong mainly because BASEBALL IS BACK! Spring Training cures all of the collector doldrums. Let’s dive into this weeks MLB Prospect report!
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Week from 2/2 – 2/23
Overall Average Base Auto Sales Price = $18.38
Change from Week Prior = -16.6%
(SOLD ITEM VOLUME increased by 6%!)
Quick Thoughts:
- 34 Prospects moved up in the rankings in this weeks report.
- Pavin Smith I wondered when we’d start to see him move up the charts… he climbed up to #7 this week. He is one of my faves.
- 22 Prospects OVER $10 avg This still holds true…and it’s incredible.
- Volume is key We saw a HUGE uptick in volume the last week…and sold items actually increased 6% week over week. Great sign.
#1 – Jo Adell
Average Base Auto Sold Price = $267.38
Change from week prior = -4.4%
Last Week Rank: #1
eBay: CLICK HERE to see his AUTO’s ending now.
#2 – Royce Lewis
Average Base Auto Sold Price = $88.64
Change from week prior = 7.4%
Last Week Rank: #2
eBay: CLICK HERE to see his AUTO’s ending now.
#3 – Heliot Ramos
Average Base Auto Sold Price = $82.84
Change from week prior = +0.2%
Last Week Rank: #3
eBay: CLICK HERE to see his AUTO’s ending now.
#4 – Brendan McKay
Average Base Auto Sold Price = $64.88
Change from week prior = +11.2%
Last Week Rank: #4
eBay: CLICK HERE to see his AUTO’s ending now.
#5 – Keston Hiura
Average Base Auto Sold Price = $38.00
Change from week prior = +8.3%
Last Week Rank: #6
eBay: CLICK HERE to see his AUTO’s ending now.
#6 – MacKenzie Gore
Average Base Auto Sold Price = $36.98
Change from week prior = -16.7%
Last Week Rank: #5
eBay: CLICK HERE to see his AUTO’s ending now.
#7 – Pavin Smith
Average Base Auto Sold Price = $29.39
Change from week prior = +15.5%
Last Week Rank: #10
eBay: CLICK HERE to see his AUTO’s ending now.
#8 – Brent Rooker
Average Base Auto Sold Price = $28.24
Change from week prior = +3.6%
Last Week Rank: #8
eBay: CLICK HERE to see his AUTO’s ending now.
#9 – Austin Beck
Average Base Auto Sold Price = $26.88
Change from week prior = -9.0%
Last Week Rank: #7
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#10 – Bubba Thompson
Average Base Auto Sold Price = $24.35
Change from week prior = -8.0%
Last Week Rank: #9
eBay: CLICK HERE to see his AUTO’s ending now.
Dropped out of Top 10: NO ONE
BIGGEST MOVERS
Here are the two biggest movers this week (positive & negative)
UP — Tanner Houck
Average Base Auto Sold Price = $9.52
Change from week prior = +103.9%
This Week Rank: #24 (up 15 Spots!)
DOWN – Kevin Smith
Average Base Auto Sold Price = $2.07
Change from week prior = -58.6%
This Week Rank: #69 (dropped 33 spots!)
Overall Ranking
Here are the last two weeks of pricing for all rookies.
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Criteria
We run reports on all prospects’ Bowman Draft BASE AUTO sales for a given period. We exclude any variation, auto, insert, graded, or memorabilia prices to make sure you are getting a good representation of the actual base auto pricing. We use Base Auto prices as a baseline because they are considered by many to be the de facto standard for “base” prospect cards for MLB players. We also do our best to remove the countless MISLABELED listings for players, but there is always a chance a random auction can slightly skew the #’s. We’ll keep a close eye.
We will run a separate MLB RC price tracker after Topps Series 1 is released.
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