In our 31st episode, Mike Couillard and Jeremy Brewer overview the NL Central to wrap our 2024 divisional preview series. Over the past six weeks weeks, we analyzed our favorite buys and identified sells on each team in a given division. However, before the NL Central preview, we open discussing the biggest baseball card release of the year - 2024 Topps Series 1! The 2024 baseball card products have officially launched so tune in for a deep dive on this release, available for purchase on Feb. 14.

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Links to things discussed in the pod:

Cards Discussion

• 2024 Topps Series One checklist and overview
  • New Gold Mirror SSP design with gold back
  • Odds/cost breakdown of each parallel by product type
  • 2024 production run totals
  • Previous recent year production run totals
  • Fanatics-exclusive value boxes
  • Link to podcast with our previous discussion on 2024 Series One design

Upcoming baseball card releases:

• 2/14: Topps Series 1
• 2/21: 2023 Topps Five Star
• 5/8: Bowman

Players discussed in our NL Central preview:

• Chicago Cubs
  • Buy: Cade Horton, Matt Shaw
  • Sell: Nico Hoerner, Justin Steele
• Cincinnati Reds
  • Buy: Nick Lodolo, Jeimer Candelario
  • Sell: Elly De La Cruz, Spencer Steer
• Milwaukee Brewers
  • Buy: Tyler Black, Robert Gasser
  • Sell: Rhys Hoskins, Sal Frelick
• Pittsburgh Pirates
  • Buy: Ke'Bryan Hayes, Andrew McCutchen
  • Sell: Oneil Cruz, Mitch Keller
• St. Louis Cardinals
  • Buy: Sonny Gray, Lars Nootbaar
  • Sell: Ryan Helsley, Tommy Edman