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| Pedro Alvarez 2013 Post Season Relic Patch 72/100 |
Earlier in the year, Topps produced a series of jersey relics called Post Season Relics. The Pirates were represented by NL MVP Andrew McCutchen and Pedro Alvarez. Alvarez became the first player in baseball history to collect an RBI in each of his first 6 postseason games. Unfortunately he wasn't able to knock in the tying run in Game 5 when he struck out on an Adam Wainwright breaking ball.
It was just announced today that El Toro will likely be out for the rest of the season. Its unclear what his future with the Pirates is and with the emergence of Josh Harrison this year, the decline of Alvarez at 3B, and having a variety of cheaper options at 1B (Davis, Sanchez, Lambo, Bell) he could be non tendered.
One of my ongoing goals that started in 2013 was to acquire jersey relics of my favorite Bucs with a piece of the Jolly Roger sleeve patch. This is my first Pedro Alvarez logoman relic. You can see my others by clicking on the name below
Tony Sanchez Bradenton Marauders Jumbo Patch
Jason Bay
Joel Hanrahan
Neil Walker
Starling Marte
Andrew McCutchen
Andrew McCutchen, Freddy Sanchez, and Jose Tabata
Love the patch piece! Congrats!
ReplyDeleteI think the will trade or non tender Ike Davis. Just don't see them selling on Pedro at his absolute lowest point.
ReplyDeleteOn that note, how crazy is it that Josh Harrison might win the batting title. What a great story.
I think non-tendering Davis is the most likely move. I can't see him having much/any trade value after putting up numbers that were literally identical to last season.
ReplyDeleteI think Pedro and Ike are largely similar players at this point - Ike probably offers better defense and fewer K's, while Pedro has that potential for game-changing power. But OPS wise, I think they're going to be pretty similar.
Either way I think the great search for Lefty McThump at first base continues.