Now, before we get to orderin' and a payin', we still need to sort out spot #25 AND which teams we're going to consolidate! First things first:
We had not by the time you posted this, but...
You and your son are always welcome of course! But we only had one spot open, so I'm going to add you both to the reserve list for now if that's cool? Unless you want a single spot for now? Because you can have #25 since you posted before Death. Up to you!
I can add you as the #25 if tmracht is out.
Regardless I've got the spots filled and the reserve/next break list going.
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We need to consolidate some teams...who they gonna be? Let's figure out the definitive team list and I'll get to working on reserving that case from dacardworld.
I took the list I made up from the last three SC Break sales on eBay. The "bottom" ten in order were
SF or Arizona (same average at 21)
Chicago (N)
Cleveland
Colorado
Oakland
Milwaukee
Texas
Chicago (A)
Washington
Miami
This does align in some manner with what DotB had seen if not the order. If we just took that straight up, it'd be something like
SF or Arizona/Miami
Chicago (N) / Washington
Cleveland / Chicago (A)
Colorado/Texas
Oakland/Milwaukee
With that said, below is the hit breakdown of each team. IMO, Arizona should be the paired team not SF - Arizona has a stronger rookie crop but the SF hits are dramatically better if you can get them IMO, so I don't think I agree with them being Bottom 6 in my view.
San Francisco - 2 Image Variations, 1 1991 Design, 3 Chrome, 4 Autos (Crawford and W. Clark are the best), 2 1991 Autos (Posey and W. Clark), 2 Chrome Autos, a Shared Co-Signed with Oakland, 1 Lone Star Auto, 1 PZ Auto, 1 Triumvirates Trio and 1 Standalone, 1 Box Topper / Auto BoX Topper - no notable rookies
Arizona - 3 1992 Rookie Variations, 5 autos (nothing amazing), 1 rookie variation auto, (A. Thomas)
Chicago (N) - Seiya RC, 1 Image Variaion (Seiya), 1 1991 Design Variation, 3 1993 Rookie Variations, 1 Chrome, 4 Autos (K. Wood as best), 1 Lone Star Sig, 1 Beam Team, 1 Power Zone, 1 Regular Box Topper
Cleveland - One 1991 Design Variation, 1 Chrome, 1 Chrome Auto, 1 Box Topper
Colorado - 2 1992 Rookie Variations, 1 Chrome, 2 Autos, 1 Rookie Design Auto, 1 Chrome Auto
Oakland - 2 Image Variations, 2 1991 Design Variations, 2 Chrome, 4 Autos (all retired players, all good), 1 1991 Design Variatiion, 2 Chrome Autos, 1 Beam Team Auto, 1 Co-Signers Auto Shared, 1 Power Zone Auto, 1 Powerzone, 2 Box toppers, 3 Auto Box Toppers
Milwaukee- 2 Image Variations, 1 1991 Design, 1 1992 RC Design, 4 Chrome, 3 Autos (A Ashby is probably best), 2 1991 Design Autos, 1 1992 Design Auto, 3 Chrome Auto, 1 Beam Team, 1 Team of the Future, 1 Box Topper, 2 Box Topper autos
Texas - 1 Image Variation, 1 1991 Design, 1 Chrome, 7 Autos, 1 1991 Auto, 1 1992 Auto, 1 Chrome Auto, 1 Shared Co-Signer, 1 Box Topper, 1 Auto Box Topper (aka the Nolan Ryan and a ton of unknown autos slot)
Chicago (A) 2 Image Variations, 3 1991 Design, 2 1992 Design, 5 Chrome, 7 Autos (many higher quality), 1 1991 Auto, 1 1992 Auto, 5 Chrome Autos, 1 Beam Team Auto, 1 Beam Team, 1 Dynasty and Destiny Split, 1 Team of the Future, 3 Box Topper, 2 Auto Toppers
Washington - 1 Image Variation, 1 Design Variation, 1 Rookie Design Variation, 2 Base Chrome, 3 Autos (mostly low end), 1 rookie design auto, 2 chrome autos, 1 Beam Team Auto, 2 Co-Signer autos, 1 Lone Star Sig, 1 Power Zone Sig, 1 Team of the Future Sig, , 1 Dynasty and Destiny, 1 Power Zone, 1 Team of the Future, 1 Triumvirate, 1 Box Topper
Miami - 2 1992 Rookie, 1 Base Chrome, 7 Autos, 2 Rookie Design Variation, 1 Base Chrome Auto, 1 Team of the Future Auto, 1 Dynasty and Destiny, 1 Team of the Future
Now to me, it feels Chicago (AL) might not even be a "bottom 10" team at all and some of these are stronger than others. I did a brief browse at the teams above and I think all of them have different merits to taste that put them clearly above the bottom ranking (you could argue Baltimore or Minnesota I guess).
If you left it entirely up to me based on this rundown alone and using DotB's "bottom six" as the consensus Bottom Six (I don't agree personally but the consensus is better than my view) I'd do something like the following to try and balance the offerings, get some logical alignment, etc.
A's/Giants (also solves the massive long shot dual signers - two of the bottom six but two of the most exciting of those IMO)
Guardians/Marlins (Marlins high auto numbers and Cleveland has some really good base parallels and to chase - this one may be shored up players)
Rockies/Rangers (adds a lot of potential auto subjects to the Rockies and a Nolan Ryan chase)
Nats/D-Backs - eight autos between them and a bit of a Soto chase
Cubs/Brewers - has the Seiya chase and two pretty decent overall teams
I'd still like Guardians/Marlins to be a bit stronger but I think that issue comes from whatever combo comes in. We could also do a draft and mitigate the judgment calls and people could chase what they want to - probably a better overall experience but more effort for sure.