Random Wax: 2021 Big League Baseball

2021 BLB:  The forty-one year-old Justin Verlander struggled through 2024.  I haven't heard of any plans for him to step away from playing and has one more year at $35M on his contract with Houston.  With 262 wins, a career 3.30 ERA, 3 Cy Youngs, League MVP and Triple Crown winner he's an easy first ballot hall of famer.

After the 2024 season, Charlie Blackmon hung up his spikes after 14 seasons in the big leagues, all with Colorado.  He had 1800+ hits to go along with a .293 batting average.

Verlander has also won two World Series titles with the Astros.

Shane McClanahan has been a really good starter for the Rays with a 33-16 record and 3.02 ERA.

The back of a League Leader card.  2020 was of course a shortened season (60 games) due to the pandemic so the numbers are not what we expect in a normal season.

Some inserts.  I really like the look of the Wanted cards.  Defensive Wizards isn't bad either.  

It's so easy to forget about Ryan Braun and how good he was.  2020 was his last season but he was a Rookie of the Year, MVP, 6X All-Star and 5X Silver Slugger.

The design on this set is good.  Maybe not great but it's good for what they are which are cards on the lower end of the price spectrum.

Kyle Seager would play one more season, totaling 11 years with Seattle.

These are fun cards and a set I look forward to every year.

BREAKOUT:
36 – Total Cards
7 – RC
3 – League Leaders
3 – Orange Parallel
1 - Wanted
1 – Souvenirs
1 – Defensive Wizards
1 – Award Winners