Thanks! So, for Topps you have an equal probability of pulling a regular Ohtani or e.g. a Brusdar Graterol?

Can someone explain how rarity works for baseball cards? I haven't opened a pack since 1992.

Is it like CCGs where you have a certain probability of pulling a common, uncommon, or rare?

Not too surprisingly, a ranked choice format like this is what the Hall of Merit project decided on.

Voters ranked their top eligible players, and the top N players from all ballots were inducted (with N based on the size of the talent pool and the existing HoF).

Also interesting that the hitting greats had runs that mostly didn't overlap. While three of the most dominant pitching runs coincided with the height of the sillyball era.

The dominant runs of the great pitchers were a little less consistent and sometimes a bit shorter (7 years):

Clemens 1986-1992
Maddux 1992-2001
Johnson 1993-2004
Pedro 1997-2003
Kershaw 2011-2017

Bonds is the only one without a single down year in that span.

If you count '99 and '00 as his off years, you can extend his run of dominance from nine years to thirteen (1990-2002) or maybe fifteen (1990-2004).

Looking at Rickey, and I noticed that the fantasy greats each had almost exactly a decade of dominance:

Rickey 1980-1990
Bonds 1990-1998
ARod 1996-2007
Pujols 2001-2011

First round value year-in, year-out, with just 1 or 2 down seasons mixed in.

Sports sims build a solid base of diehard fans, and as a result they stick around a long time.

WhatIfSports is the second example I've seen lately (BaseHit the other) of one of those diehards buying the company to try to keep it going.

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DraftKick's first pass rankings, with just Steamer right now.

I think drafters will come around on Skubal and Skenes in March.