hits delivering that breaking hobby news directly to your ears you want to know those hot drops from the car shop we've got you covered with Newman hello everybody out there welcome to episode 196 of hobby quick hits today we are going to tackle the top 10 player graded list uh you you know the top 10 players being graded uh or sent in for grading uh I'm going to go through the list kind of give my thoughts for those of you that may not know I mean um I am SGC bulk suburbs and uh usually one or two orders per month uh in the hundreds uh to SGC I think we're up to like 6 or 7,000 cards submitted uh since I started I will kind of throw in my own observation some being in the trenches of grading submissions as well I sub to obviously SGC and PSA uh and so I'll kind of give my own take who was on the list thoughts about that maybe some snubs not necessarily snubs it's it's by count you know by by how many are are being submitted but maybe some that I'm surprised aren't higher up I'll just kind of throw in my two cents there so that's today's topic we've we've never done this before but I think it might be something not going to overdo it but every once in a while we'll kind of tackle these uh these kind of L okay now a quick word from our great sponsor followed by the new product release schedule then we'll go around the hobby verse to tell you all the latest hobby happenings and news then we'll tackle today's topic of discussion hi this is Pat Hughes Cubs Announcer coming to you from the sports card shop in beautiful New Buffalo Michigan the goer family has built an incredible place here for collectors to buy sell and trade cards and memorabilia be sure to stop by and let them show you around the sportscard shop.com connecting Sports athletes The Hobby and collectors around the world hi this is Alan pinket and I'm here to tell you the goer family has done it again they've just opened up the sport card shop in downtown Val perzo Indiana and it is awesome if you're a 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the player plays so if we play shortstop you'll see a dot in the short stop area of that diamond I'm I'm not going to lie I kind of like that uh something different right uh it uh Aaron judge is your cover boy will be featured uh on the box and packs uh and that as we know comes out uh during the Spring training time so uh tops 2025 trying to uh get that Flagship Buzz uh going uh the National High School football player of the year Kean Russell out of Duncanville Texas near Dallas has been signed to an N deal autographs uh by Panini he will be headed to Alabama to play his college football he went uh this year he was 13- one uh his team was 4,100 yards passing 55 touchdowns the year prior uh they went undefeated and won a state championship so the number one high school football player in the country signed to Panini uh on the backck at front they announced they have signed their authentication team led by Steve grad and others to a longer term uh multi-year contract extension so they're keeping their guys in house unlike what we saw where their grading teams got purged now you know I know I can rag on Becket uh you know sometimes but this is a good move uh by that group because I think this is what you know if there's one thing that really hasn't fell off as a company I think it's their grading expertise led by Steve Grant so they're going to keep their team uh intact the Minnesota Wild of the NHL have announced a deal with M gray my gray uh the auction house and selling platform to uh a multi-year deal with them to sell and Market their game used uh Minnesota Wild equipment and uh uh M gray has done that with uh other uh professional teams so this is just the the latest in their PSA uh which has a Halifax Nova Scot Scotia uh submission Center in Canada is moving that one from Halifax to Toronto and they also announced they will be opening up a German drop off location no uh no specific City or timetable just determined uh staying on the grading front uh cgc has announced uh some slight price increases across the board I'm not going to go through all of them you can go to their website to see how much more money uh grading will cost uh through them and you know I guess what would a News segment be without a u you know a crime report you know unfortunately we have one Martin Jacobs of Northern California 81 years old he's a author and San Francisco 49er uh historian and uh was a good friend of Norman meleny uh hall of Hall of Fame NFL legend um he went on vacation and his home was robbed and uh they took gold silver his parents wedding rings and cash from a safe but they I guess the the Silver Lining is they left his memorabilia collection alone unfortunately he he was not insured so it's a a total loss and uh he's selling uh his memorabilia collection now probably based on his age at 81 and to recoup some of the losses uh on eBay uh so you know the I guess the the lesson there and I you know it's a terrible story any time someone gets robbed but insurance right you you've heard me talk about uh this uh before insure ensure your your valuables and and keepsakes and uh you know no one wants them stolen but it's a it's a a double stinger when they're stolen and they're not covered and U you know you can cut down at least half the Sting with with insurance coverage so all right that's this week's or the the last two weeks uh notable news and now our Presentation all right guys let's talk about the top 10 list let me see how many names I got here uh the top 12 list in most play most graded cards by player and I'll go one to 10 I know we like to be dramatic and go 10 down to one but I not most of these will not be a surprise to people in the hobby you could almost probably guess many of them without even seeing it so uh there's really no suspense here but what I'm going to do is go through and kind of interject some of my thoughts and what I'm seeing doing two to three shows a month and doing bulk subbing for SGC and kind of my take on on the list so number one on the list is is wemi uh and not surprised uh I myself have a lot of graded Wes but I will say this there's a lot of them in the wild if you will and I really you know i' I've got mine you know competitively priced and I I gota be honest with you I'm not selling a lot of my graded Wes and it's not because he's doing bad or that he's injured like a Zion usually gets it's not that I think the issue here is everyone's sending them in to be graded and there's no shortage of them right Panini didn't stop the presses on on on their Hoops products especially probably knowing you know the end is near so yeah this you know we talk about junk wax you know junk slab error I don't like that term per se but I'll just say this there's a lot of wemi uh graded uh cards out there so long term if he just keeps playing well maybe they'll they'll pick up a little bit but no I'm not surprised to see that as the number one player on this graded card list number two the legend right Michael Jordan who in many times uh would be number one on this list and this is sort of the opposite of wemi is I do sell a decent amount of Jordan graded cards and I think the difference is there's just not as many and listen there no shortage of Jordan car s uh you know unless it's a rare 90s insert but he's the goat right uh you know sorry LeBron folks uh Jordan's the goat but you know there's always a demand for raw Jordans for greated Jordans I do very well selling Jordans number three on this list CJ stoud and you know he got he was really hot earlier in the in the year uh here with the Texans and I think a lot L of that uh fed into that he's he's not doing bad but sort of that he's kind of come back down uh to Earth I like them long term um I don't have a ton of CJ stra stuff so I'm not going to comment there as to how it's going on the front lines with him um there was a stretch even doing my bulk SDC grading where I got quite a bit of CJ SC uh STS uh submitted so but that's kind of tailed off too is he's kind of settled down and I think people are are you know waiting to see what he's going to do here in the playoffs how long he's going to last that that four surprised maybe it's not a little higher uh show atani uh I mean what do you need to say right 5050 guy uh kind transcending uh baseball a little bit uh then next year if he returns to the mound uh we we'll see you know I've never had issues uh selling show he's one of those guys on this list that you know if you come to my setup at a show I'm not going to lie to you not all my show hazs are are out for sale there's some that I've kind of tucked away and just holding on to uh for the longer term so surprised maybe he's not a little bit uh up on the list maybe ahead of CJ Stout but uh uh things change right that's the list for now the next name really does surprise me because I am uh not a buyer of this next guy and uh talented but I I just don't think he's going to be a quarterback great that's Anthony Richardson uh of the Colts and uh I know he's a prospect I know he's a quarterback project um I'm surprised he's this far up on the list um but uh I'm I'm you know each year that passes here the Colts are done there's no playoffs for the Colts kind of gets nicked up he gets injured he misses sometime I'm right now you know listen for the two cents that's worth coming from me I'm not buying Anthony Richardson and and thankfully I don't have a ton um but I'm definitely would be a seller on on him uh number six Kobe Bryant uh I mean rest in peace uh you mentality uh great the game right Hall of Famer um not surprised here not much to say I don't I only have a few Kobes left uh quite frankly um he's not in obviously the same realm as Jordan where people come up and ask for his stuff like they do Jordan but there there is a soft place in in a lot of basketball collector's hot hearts for for obviously for obvious reasons so not surprised that uh he's uh sixth on this list number seven LeBron James uh again you know talked about as being one of the goats I'm not a I'm not a LeBron guy um I don't have a ton I tend to kind of shy away from him um I rather have a Jordan it's Jordan versus LeBron I'd rather have a Jordan card but listen you can't argue with the greatness that is LeBron so uh you know I do get a lot of LeBron cards uh submitted for uh grading through SGC so uh not surprised uh here number eight on this list uh Ellie DEA Cruz uh kind of proved last year with with the Reds that the first year wasn't a fluke you know there was a there was a point there kind of pitchers watched tape on them kind of had him figured out he kind of settled down and then he must have watched him film too because he's made some adjustments he looks like a good going to be a good player uh for a while was a little wey of him but uh I'm starting to believe and I don't think it's a bad deal to get some of your your key Ellie's uh great and I will say this he's one of those players with my SGC bulk Subs I usually get quite a bit I've had some really nice cards of his uh come through on on the bulk sub uh and Anthony Edwards I think these what number nine now on this list solid ball player I think you know not a sexy guy in the same vein as your Jordan's your LeBron's your wemy uh but kind of flying under the radar not I I think you know I think he's a a fairly safe player to put some money into and collect I'm not surprised where he is on the list I'm not saying that but uh you know I think there's less you know less great well obviously there's less graded to him of of when being sort of kind of lurking in the shadows and flying under the radar which turns out to be a a a good deal right uh the next person on this list number 10 I'm surprised she's not a little bit higher but I just think the only reason she's not higher is the limit availability of cards um she not in you know WNBA is not as mainstream as as obviously NBA so less cards of her out there in the wild to be great otherwise I think she'd be hiring the list I haven't even said her name yet you probably know who I'm talking about that's Caitlyn uh Clark and uh so she's she's 10th um and again don't read into into that the only reason she's probably 10th is there just not as many cards comparatively speaking as to nine other athletes on this list I'm not saying she'd be number one but I think she'd be two three or four if she had as many cards uh as some of these other players number 11 doesn't surprise me he's a guy I personally love try to pick up some cards his even to this day even though he's a Hall of Famer no longer playing but uh Ken Griffey Jr right and I think people are starting to look back you know when they look at the steroid era right and they hear about all the you know bonds and Maguire and SAS and griffy uh played in that same era but obviously he you know not mention in that vein with performance enhances and when you look at his numbers um he's one of the greatest living ball players we have and he's only in his mid-50s and uh you know I think people are starting he's always been appreciated I don't want to make it sound like he's underrated but I think more people are kind of seeing griffy for the greatness that he is so he comes in at 11th most graded uh as a player number 12 is a guy I've talked about at uh and with my content still young still got many years uh to play uh you know and there's some you know even though necessarily cheap he's going for the three Pat this year and I think he's the closest thing we're probably going to get to Tom Brady maybe ever at least in the recent uh uh future years here that's Patrick momes and I know he didn't you know didn't make the Pro Bowl this year had a quiet year but the chiefs were 14- two and they're the number one seed and probably one of the favorites to win their third straight uh Super Bowl here we'll see if the Bills or the Ravens can I like to say the Steelers but uh I'm a realist see if the Bills or the Ravens can can knock them off the The Perch because I think those are the only two teams that have a shot uh at the Chiefs and if if Mahomes wins his third trade Super Bowl um you know again his cards are sort of at that ceiling but it might break through that ceiling with a a threee which we haven't seen in many many many moons so uh you know from a selfish perspective he's another guy I've got momes graded cards out in my case and I've got Mahomes grad cards that no one sees that are not even at the show because I'm just kind of marinating on him and uh because I think uh he's going to be you know he already is one of the greats and I think he's going to add to that Legacy each year through his career and kind of when his playing career is done you get a five six seven rings potentially uh obviously Pro bowls and incredible num so and I know he didn't make the Pro Bowl this year he still had a great year he just didn't have that momes year that people got spoiled uh from him right the the Chiefs listen everyone can agree the Chiefs aren't 14 and 14- two without Patrick Mahomes and uh you know just hasn't he's still looking for that replacement I think for for Tyreek Hill and and whatnot but uh still an incredible quarterback incredible player plays hurt right plays nicked up doesn't miss many games uh he's uh he's the real deal and uh I think that's why uh maybe I'm a little surprised he isn't higher but uh you know he's he's maybe a year or two ago when he was higher made it made sense but uh I have no problem with with seeing him and you know I do get a lot of his stuff uh coming through through the SDC uh buls sub so uh I get it so there's the list uh you know guys surprised uh I didn't see on this list let let me think here one that comes right to mind Paul SK I get a ton of him his cards through my SGC bulk Subs just one rookie the year you know at the end of the year here surprised he's not higher I I think the reason is the same reason I talked about uh Caitlyn Clark I just think uh you know he's only you know he's in his just completed his first year he doesn't have as many cards as a veteran or even a second third or fourth year uh player does so I I think uh that's why I don't know where he was I just went over the top 12 I don't have the rest of the list he's probably right on that cus anyway um but thought he would be a little bit higher on this list gunar Henderson I know he's not necessarily a sexy name uh but I think he's he's legit a lot of you know not a rookie anymore but he's a second-year player I thought I'd you know you see more rookie cards of him uh getting graded a guy I absolutely love I'm surprised I I think eventually he will be higher on this list and that's Bobby Wht Jr 52 player to me he's the next it guy if you will and and I can make a I can make a case uh that uh he is uh the guy right now and you know uh Juan SoDo uh you know especially with the new deal we'll see how that affects people subing his cards uh I don't get a ton of sodos uh through the B I get some but you know compared L speaking I don't get a ton so we'll see what the new Mets deal and being the highest paid player type of deal with with show a uh does anything but listen you know 40 home runs a Year triple digit ribbies some Steels mixed in there uh you know uh you know great ball player right so uh that's another one that I'm surprised is not higher on the list and uh I'll close with one more Zion Williams why isn't this guy no I'm kidding there that's called uh sarcasm fully understand why someone like Zion who I think could be a good player he just can't stay uh healthy and on the court so uh but uh so there's the uh top 12 and then I added a few names and some commentary there so we'll try to do these type of list things every so often and Tackle them and I definitely wanted to do this especially when I could add some of the stuff I'm seeing uh on the front lines of being a an SGC bulk submitter so uh there you go all right thank you for listening to another episode of hobby quick hits want to give out our social media starting with our www.s sportscard napod domcom Facebook podcast SL Twitter we are at sportscard nat1 so it's sportscard na Instagram at sportscard Nation Podcast or you can email the show hobby quick atgmailcom again thanks for listening
