McCutchen Mailday #34: It's so shiny

Staying the course of adding one new Andrew McCutchen card per day, brings me this incredibly sparkly Sapphire sparkle variant of Cutch's 2013 Update

While not nearly as rare or expensive as the 2013 Topps Update Gold /2013, this card actually features a much lower number (/25)

McCutchen Mailday #33: All-Star Jumbo Patch Autograph /6

I might have the best personal collection of Andrew McCutchen cards available on the internet, but that's not going to slow me down from adding more cards that pop up.

My recent addition is another big hit (similar to the past few Cutch additions in 2016). 

Numbered to only 6 copies and featuring a jumbo All-Star Workout Jersey patch from "L" in National, this 2015 Update All-Star  Jumbo Patch Autograph has a sticker auto of Cutch.

This All-Star game will be memorable for me because it's the year that Cutch hit a HomeRun.

McCutchen Mailday #32: Dual Button Relic w/Adam Jones

This is without a doubt one of the highlights of my Cutch PC now.

I know what my top 5 cards in the collection are and this is in the talks to be in the top 10.

I was very excited when I added a dual button relic of Gerrit Cole and Francisco Liriano last year because I didn't have any Pirates relics with Francisco.  Being able to add this is up there in terms of my excitement. 

Cutch is on a path for a Hall of Fame career and Adam Jones will be an Oriole legend if he finishes his career with them.

Another Mini Rainbow to start

AJ Burnett was one of my favorite players to ever put on a Pirates uniform.  When he announced his retirement after the 2015 season, I was hoping to grab some awesome cards of Batman in his final season.  With all the Cutch cards I was buying last year, I put off buying a lot of AJ cards.  Now that it's the offseason and he's no longer active and likely not Hall of Fame bound, I can refocus on adding some great AJ cards to the PC.

For example this one

Numbered 1/5 and snagged for only $3.50

I also grabbed the black numbered /10, but am still waiting on it's arrival.

McCutchen Mailday #31: My 50th Printing Plate of Cutch

This yellow 1/1 printing plate of Cutch from 2015 Triple Threads first showed up the day the product was released.  After several months of a ridiculously high B-I-N price and not accepting any of my reasonable offers, the seller finally listed the item in an auction.  For $35, I was able to add this nice looking plate to my collection.

It marks my 50th Printing Plate/Press Proof of Cutch that I own.  I'm hoping that by the end of 2017, I can get up into triple digits as Cutch has become the main focus of my collection.

McCutchen Mailday #30: My 8th Cutch Strata Patch

My Cutch Strata collection has gotten another prime patch added to the PC with my recent /25 pickup.

This marks my 8th overall Cutch Strata and my 3rd patch /25.  Only 22 more to track down and win. 

Sick patch from Tyler Glasnow in Immaculate

Immaculate Collection has some incredible patches in their card sets.  The problem with most of the nonstars or prospects is that they aren't game used.  They aren't even event used.  Nope.  Instead they are player worn.  This means that the player put the jersey on while doing a signing for them, quickly took it off, and it got hacked up. 

Some of the recent Austin Meadows, Tyler Glasnow, and Cole Tucker patches that they have put out include patches celebrating the 1979 World Series team or Three Rivers stadium. 

Gorgeous part of an "S" from the Pirates home white jersey

Unfortunately like I said...

Player worn...

Regardless of what the jersey is from, the patch looks incredible and it features the #2 pitching prospect in baseball. Hopefully Tyler can come up midsummer and just dominate hitters as the Pirates look to push for another playoff bound season.