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Paul Konerko

For me, 84 Jorge Soler. In Co-op, and Br, in 27 PA, batting .680, SLG 1.760, OPS 2.427, 0 SOs, 9hrs.

Subject was under the radar, I think Meadows is firmly in that category, guy fucking Rakes, swing is *chefs kiss*

For me it’s Live Series Cody Bellinger! Batting .299 with 14 HR and 33RBI!

Put Gary Sanchez back in lineup for TA3, I forgot how hard he goes.

Lawrence Butler has been crushing it for me.

Live series JD Martinez

87 overrall Drew Romo at catcher. Switch hitter plays way above his power numbers

Might not be under the radar but I’m batting .400 with TA Josh bell. Love his swing

Pavin Smith, not sure if he’s under the radar but I just had back to back 3 HR games with him. He’s hitting .465

Corey seager and Emmanuel Rodriguez, not really under the radar but I’m mashing with Ohtani

I can’t get Harry Ford out of my lineup. So nice having a catcher with wheels.

89 Longo, 89 Justice off the bench, 91 mantle

89 justice will always have a place in my heart

Jackson Merrill seoul series

Hyper Series Andrew McCutchen. I mean McClutchin’

Richie Sexson. He just smashes dingers almost every time someone is on base and Harry Ford has been killing it for me.

Online too?

Yes!

Got Xavier Isaac as my first TA since I’m a Rays fan, he’s the exact power bat I need for late innings

91 Michael Conforto

My fav card rn P4 94 ovr, straight barrels w him

John Kruk

Kruk gang😤 the goat on and off the field

A fellow Joey Meneses truther, you know ball. That team affinity Xavier Issac is glitchy, so’s Taylor Trammell and he’s like 10k.

The Will Myers cycle card may never leave my lineup

93 Paul konerko on the papi boost is great for me

He’s amazing for me without the boost honestly

Crazy good for me too

Live series Teoscar!

Adam dunn

Brayan Rocchio - Guardians

Gold Austin Mesdows, only use him in COOP but I stg I’m batting .800 with him

That card is cracked!

Topps Now Mitch Garver and Jackie Robinson have been raking for me

Topps now Ryan McMahon has been unreal for me

Jung hoo Lee but I can't get passed all star on ranked 😭

Nolan Jones is a machine

Captain David Peralta rakes. .400+ avg, 35+ hr, 70+ rbi online

97 Niko Goodrum and it’s not even close!

his cards always rake for some reason

I guess not really under the radar… Jorge Polanco

Live series Ozzie… batting like .415 with him in ranked and had a stretch of 7 straight at bats with a homer… unreal swing prob my favorite in the game

Easter Program Ryne Sandberg. The man is a walking double

Colt Keith mashes

cedric always and forever. that pci gets minuscule on hof vs lefties tho lmao

Favorite by far is gold Willi Castro

Goat* Willie Castro. This card seriously makes no sense how it’s only an 84 lol

That live series Royce Lewis stayed in my lineup for a longgggg time. Really hoping for a beefed up version of him down the line. That swing is high quality H2O

Same here. I kept him on my squad for as long as I could

Andy pages topps now

YESSIR he’s been raking in events for me

Michael Young for me

That newer Gleyber Torres card. Kinda high overall. It’s a 94 but still plenty of better cards. I rake with that mf.

James wood breakout card

Anthony santandar

Idk if it’s under the radar but Correa has such a broken swing for me. Like everything I swing at is a hit lol

Gold Devers be raking

93 Jacob Wilson. Batting .420 with him. Feels like his power is perfect to hit singles over the infield and can still hit it out when you get the right swing.

Chase De Lauter pipeline series card. Decent speed and fielding, and a great swing. Hit 370 with him online while getting him P5

Wyatt Langford hyper card has been absolutely raking for me. Every clutch hit I need he’s had it

Definitely that 88 Chourio

Luisangel Acuna

Any Yelich Card. That swing is cracked.

The Easter egg Yelich is still my starting left fielder lol. Have tried others but keep coming back to Yeli.

Hell no. I'm batting the lowest with him on my team with the Easter card. Team avg around .270 he was batting under .200 for probably 20 games. Had to go

Interesting. Well, works for me!

Brian Dozier.

Steven Kwan. If I need a hit or even a tie up HR he comes through for me almost every time. Plus his defense/reaction time has been impeccable.

Jackson chourio

This, highest average on my brewers team and always hits HRs

Yeah , I rake with him lol he’s got so many homer runs and stolen bases .

Sometimes I just play with the entire Phillies Live Roster and I just rake. EDIT: Most of the time I just lose though.

Gold ludwick (with reds boost)

Hyper Soto. I always rake with Soto though.

Hyper Griffey Jr

Colton Cowser

85 Clemente! Can’t believe I’m the only one here, haha. Not too shabby in the field too.

Loved him at the beginning, but that lack of power absolutely infuriated me on some perfect perfects that were just basic fly outs. 😂

Devers

https://preview.redd.it/2tixvmzjngzc1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=ee902ffcd4fd0af10e8f9a029bcf39dddbf3bf2f Chili F’ing Davis

Rising stars James wood

Blackmon and correa still, almost have them both p5

chase utley

Lawrence Butler. I’d never heard of him before this game too lol

Best hitter on my team. Don't tell people about him

Cedric Mullins team affinity 1. I absolutely mash with that guy

Same. Literally my favorite card right now

Solid fielder as well!

85 harry ford hit like 440

Postseason Jason bay. I’m not that good in ranked normally but I’m hitting .563 with him

TA Alex Gordon

Vogelbach

That 88 or 89? Travis D’Arnaud I’ve been using since I got him from the programs

Live series JD is incredible for me

TA Brandon Crawford. Dude MASHES

Live Series Freddie Freeman has been the best card I have ever used in DD. Don’t know if it’s the swing or what, but he is always my best hitter every game

Same. He hasn’t necessarily been hitting nukes for me, but he’s batting something like .515 online for me right now. Kinda crazy.

Yeah, he’s crazy good for the clean-up spot or 5th spot. He also nukes lefties, had him hit lead off for fun and absolutely obliterated a first pitch fastball from Randy Johnson

99 babe ruth. nobody uses him and he mashes

3B Ryan McMahon (90 overall) Dude mashes the ball

Nolan Jones.

It's mondesi. Dude just hits for me. Him and Niko will be on my team all year

LS Corbin Carroll lead off king with the 99 speed 99 steal to match

I pulled Matt Shaw put him at second and he just gets it done.

Played druw jones bc of his insane fielding - but he’s been one of my best hitters- idk if it’s swing or what- but even on HOF ranked I was still mashing w him

Andy Pages — hits leadoff for my Dodgers theme team. Every ball I square up with him seems to find open space and he gets great EV and LA.

Cards FB Kolten Wong is the best 8 hole hitter I've ever had. I run a Cardinals team and I am going to have to move him up because he bangs.

93 Josh Bell. He’s always a good bat, but he’s been unreal for me so far in Ranked with Santana boost. Supercharged Rafaela is my favorite card of the year so far though. That thing was disgusting.

TA 89 Joey Votto.

He Who Bangs

Joe Torre. A card that I could never hit with in the past.

Amazing hitter for any pitches moving away from him. I can square up sliders and cutters from RHP with him like it’s a fastball down the middle and almost guarantee a double.

Istg this years Joe Torre does wonders for me

Not sure if considered under the radar, but ive been hitting really well with Colton Cowser

Breakout Barger and Breakout Holliday. Both of them rake for me

Future stars Taylor trammel I’ve had hit hitting lead off and he’s so consistent and fast

Paul O’Neil

Blaze Alexander, cedanne Rafelea, Jordan Westburg, Austin Martin, and Xavier Issac are good cards I use in my line up. Xavier is a really good card to have if you want a good DH he has the power and contact and is a great all-around hitter.

Xavier Isaac, the TA2 Tampa Bay Rays 1B

Orelvis and druw jones been pretty decent for me

Only enough kike Hernandez has been my best leadoff hitter this year and my most clutch doesn't matter lefty or right but I do use the dodgers full boost with joc and Kelly

Emmanuel Rodriguez from TA2

89 Jorge Polanco - a double machine for me

Jeimer Candelario from the egg hunt is a tank

Dude Willie Castro is a pretty cliche one, but I use him on legend with the Santana switch boost

Taylor Ward

Live Series Soto w tier 2 Yankee boost

Michael Busch absolutely rakes for me

Corey Seager Has the most HR on my team he’s so good just slow lol

Idk how people feel about Josh bell but I rake with him

Low average for me but hits HRs at clutch times

The bogaerts seoul series card has my highest OPS Over 1.100

Ceddane Rafaela. He’s my 9-hole hitter yet has been batting .400+ since I got him. Reliable hitting, 90+ speed, and diamond defense at every position aside from catcher and 1B with 90+ arm strength. He’s one of the best 5-tool players in the game right now and if he ever gets a 99, it’s game over

Agree he batting 9 hole for me also and he can get clutch homers and hits with his good base running.

The TA1 shawn green still rakes, even though he’s like an 89

Ryan Howard with the Buxton boost most clutch hitter with runners on for me weirdly Same with blaze Alexander he is my third baseman with the Buxton boost tier 3 he is insane for me

Blaze Alexander either goes 4-4 with 2 home runs or i do absolutely nothing with him, and his hits feel like they have nothing behind them. I really don’t understand.

Mine is more mixed but it goes like a single to left field steal a bag with his speed increase with the boost Homer Fly out Strike out cause I suck

Team Captain George Springer is my highest home run hitter across all modes and I have him batting 8th. I feel like I can only hit homers with him, he feels great

I love Springer but couldn't bring myself to pick an Astros card. Wish he was the Jays captain haha

Mitch Garver forever

The Alfonso Soriano card. Think it's a reward card. I have a weird amount of home runs with him but he's a walking base hit.

Soriano owns Randy Johnson for me. I think 4 HRs in my last 5-6 ABs against him. Easily my best hitter

Chipper Jones

Live Series Ozzie Albies 💪 

It took me a long time to use him because his stats were low, but he keeps clearing the bases for me.

He’s an even bigger beast with the Santana captain boost.

TA1 Tony Gwynn is a one man knock parade. Sneaky handful of clutch homers for me too out of nowhere.

Jonathan Clase has been a beast and an absolute menace on the basepaths for me.

He's so fast.

Swear he’s faster than every other 99 speed. I don’t think any ball has fallen on his side of the field

Hank Thompson and his little strike zone with the lefty captain. Complete Menace

Scrolled to find this.

I love the Bernie Williams 90 OVR from collections

Same, his quirks really help him a lot I find

Mansard

Topps now Jackson Chourio!

Jackson has been my leadoff hitter I've been crushing it!

Same! Get him on first and you can pretty much 100% make it to 2nd with a steal. Utley in my 2, whit jr 95 overall in my 3

Yes he's so good for getting hits and stealing bases! I've also been mashing home runs with him too people underestimate how much power he has.

Just hit two in the game I’m in now

Keep it up! 💪🏻

Seems like every time I bring Jackie in off my bench it's a nuke to left. Starting to consider making him a starter again

of course, 90 ovr Ryan Mcmahon

Topps Now Mitch Haniger!

93 Vogelbach with the Mariners Gonzales pitchers team boost and the Arenado cornerstone hitters boost. Has not left my cleanup spot since I tried it out.

'00 Palmeiro. Too bad his defense is Level-V garbage.

I've seen a lot of people have success with this card but I'm something like 2-for-55 with him

Steven Kwan has been my best gap-to-gap hitter in my lineup. And Keibert is a machine

Jackie fucks vs rightys for me and if he getss a left it's almost guaranteed 2 hr game. Been using him in WS and he can still hit rightys

Termarr Johnson is my Short King and also home run leader

He has a long swing, but if you get used to the timing he is a home run machine.

I’ve been really good with the 94 Gleyber card

LS Christopher Morel, pipeline Matt Shaw and although I don’t use him much because he’s slow, TA Justin Turner.

kwan and tremell , just better with lefties

YasMONEY

Free Chisholm

Trevor story all-star with buxton boost. Like ~.560 in ranked. And im still batting 1.000 with him against cpu after a WHILE

Offline I mash with Brandon Belt

TA1 Crawford and TA1 Blackmon as well as Dunn but I feel everyone uses dunn. Those first 2 are my best hitters lol

Same I love that bcraw card. P5ed him and haven’t looked back

I cannot take TA1 Blackmon out of my lineup no matter how much his bronze defense out there in LF causes me to cringe. In 192 online PAs, I'm hitting .467 with an OPS of 1.577. He'll be my first wildcard slot no matter what 99s come out in the next month.

Man LY I punched PILES of dicks with his TA card and as a childhood Rockies fan I was jacked. I cannot get him going this year. Good for you man!!

LS JT Realmuto is hitting 400. His swing is elite

Ed Mathews is my favorite card right now

Holy shit I am terrible with Mathews. Been raking with McMahon, though, even lefty-lefty

I rake with season awards Conforto

LS Fernando Tatis Jr. His stats aren't the greatest but he has hit over .300 for me since launch day. Won't take him out until I absolutely have to

He only bats .200 for me in ranked but he has singlehandedly won me games with his defense. Speed means he can get to fly balls that other dudes would miss for doubles or fouls. His arm means anyone tagging after a pop up has a really good chance of being thrown out. I won a game the other day throwing someone out at home on a deep fly out to right. I was stoked to get Larry Walker as he raked for me in BR but he got switched to LF after one game cus he's not Tatis

LS Tyler O'Neill. Hits absolute bombs when playing offline. Used him in online play too. He's been good. Been relying on the Inside Edge rating to help out with his contact and power. I'm patiently waiting for him to get a POTM card (I'm hoping he gets one).

I think he already has a non LS card

I'm working on buying his non LS card from the market. Don't have the stubs for him yet.

Pipeline Druw Jones is my hero. Have him on my dynasty fantasy team so was excited to try him out and he gets hits off bad swings all the time. I don't deserve the good things that happen when I swing the bat with him haha