Highlights:
- Inside the Candy Factory
- Marketplace Highlights
- MLB Watchlists
August 5th MLB Fun Fact: Because our 2022 Hall of Fame ICON Series was dropped this week, it only seems fitting to give you some HOF fun facts. Bringing it back to 1979, on August 5 Willie Mays was inducted into the Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility. The ‘Say Hey Kid’ definitely deserved it with his 12 Gold Gloves and 660 home runs.
In 1990, the Hall of Fame induction ceremony was unfortunately not at its normal spot. Due to rain, the ceremony was moved to a local high school in Cooperstown. The Class of 1990 included Jim Palmer and Joe Morgan.
Like she does sometimes, Mother Nature screwed a couple things up that August 5, 1990 because of her rain. HOFer George Brett lost a homer in Baltimore. To paint the wet picture, it was the bottom of the first inning with no one on base and Ben McDonald was pitching. That game only lasted that half of an inning due to the rain.
Division Leaders - First Half of the Season
Home Run Derby Winner: Juan Soto
All-Star Game Winner: American League
All-Star Game MVP - Giancarlo Stanton
AL East: Yankees (64-28, .696)
AL Central: Twins (50-34, .532)
AL West: Astros (59-32, .648)
NL East: Mets (58-35, .624)
NL Central: Brewers (50-43, .538)
NL West: Dodgers (60-30, .667)
Division Leaders - Current
AL East: Yankees (70-36)
AL Central: Twins (55-50)
AL West: Astros (69-38)
NL East: Mets (67-38)
NL Central: *Brewers and Cardinals are both sitting on 57- 48 records
NL West: Dodgers (72-33)
Inside the Candy Factory 🍭
We’ve only announced a little but the word has hit the street! Get ready for our Cal Ripken Collection! Keep your twitter fingers ready because you’ll want to know what is coming from The Iron Man.
🔥Titan Updates 🔥all 100 available Titans of each player have been minted and airdropped! Our fastest burn for a single mint is just 47sec and 8min 33sec for the full 100 mints of a single player.
Week 1:
- Wander Franco
- Shane Bieber
- Jonathan India
- Cavan Biggio
- Dylan Cease
Week 2:
- Trea Turner
- Byron Buxton
- Miguel Cabrera
- Trey Mancini
- Adalberto Mondesi
Week 3:
- Paul Goldschmidt
- Justin Turner
- Anthony Santander
- Pablo Lopez
- Alec Bohm
Stay tuned for the next round of Titans being announced on Monday!
ICYMI: The 2022 Hall of Fame ICON Series was dropped! Four Legendaries were pulled on drop day, Al Kaline, Bruce Sutter, Phil Niekro, Jim Palmer. Thirty Baseball Hall of Fame members were featured in our 2022 packs to honor all they offered to the sport we call America’s pastime. Two different sets of packs were available, a 10-ICON and a 4-ICON.
We want to play into the NL and AL Rookie and Player of the Month Awards while also giving some power to our people. Join the party to earn a special August Play of the Day Collection Challenge reward chosen by you! At the end of the month when the winners are announced, you will all get to vote and choose who will be featured in the reward! Just collect 10 unique POTD’s that occur this month!
Full List of 2022 MLB ICON Leadoff Series Legendaries.
💸Marketplace Movement 💸
The launch of the 2022 Hall of Fame ICON Series brought a wave of movement to our secondary marketplace. Between drop day (Tuesday) and yesterday 281 ten-ICON packs were grabbed on the secondary for a total of over $114,000! 😏
And a special call out to the two HOF Legendaries that have already traded hands: 🤝
- Al Kaline Legendary 2022 Hall of Fame ICON - $1,800
- Lou Brock Legendary 2022 Hall of Fame ICON - $1,650
Looks Inside the League
Play of the Day:
- 7/31: Austin Riley Sets Braves Record for XBH in a Single Month
- 8/1: Hunter Greene Sets Rookie Record of 6IP, 8K, and no more than 1 Hit
- 8/2: Spencer Strider Hits Career High 13ks
- 8/3: Brandon Drury Hits Grand Slam as First Swing as a Padre 🚀
Thanks to the trade deadline, Drury (like Soto) became a Dad :). A San Diego Dad. Drury made his debut back in 2015 and has bounced around the league more than once but landed at Petco Park on Wednesday. I’d say he made a pretty good first impression with a Grand Slam as his first ever hit as a Padre adding the final score of 9-1.
- 8/4: Shohei Ohtani Launches 2 Solo HRs
Congrats on the major league debuts of the week! 🎉
- Will Benson - Cleveland Guardians
- Yusniel Diaz - Baltimore Orioles
- Joey Meneses - Washington Nationals
- Tommy Henry - Arizona Diamondbacks
- Miguel Vargas - Los Angeles Dodgers
- Bryce Johnson - San Francisco Giants
- Tyler Freeman - Cleveland Guardians
Weekend Series Matchups:
Marlins @ Cubs
Pirates @ Orioles
Nationals @ Phillies
Astros @ Guardians
Rays @ Tigers
Braves @ Mets
White Sox @ Rangers
Red Sox @ Royals
Blue Jays @ Twins
Reds @ Brewers
Yankees @ Cardinals
Rockies @ Diamondbacks
Padres @ Dodgers
Angels @ Mariners