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Originally Posted by SupermanBrandon
At the end of the day you need a collector base to support the prices. Baseball collectors are very black and white on PEDs. He's been popped. The massive pool of collectors will not be there, going forward. Who are the investors going to sell to?
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Is it possible baseball collectors will veiw Tatis differently if he goes on to have a HOF worthy career? I get the past examples are pretty clear, but this situation has never happened before with testing positive at such a young age, while injured.
When I first started collecting in 2020 the advice I was give was to buy flagship RC cards and not Topps chrome because traditional baseball collectors preferred paper over chrome and paper was harder to gem. Turns out baseball card collectors changed their habits and chrome became more popular/valuable.
Hypothetically...Tatis comes back next year after his suspension and has a 50 HR 50 SB year and win NL MVP. Lets also say Acuna Jr. is fully healthy but puts up similar numbers to this year (meaning his cards are way over valued compared to his production). Who will have more value going forward? A guy with a past PED suspension but producing like an MVP or a guy that has lost it and is now only above average?