2017 SPIRIT BOX BREAK - PACK 16

228. Victor Martinez

152. Tyler Clippard

244. Travis d’Arnaud

178. Francisco Liriano

234. Paulo Orlando

155. Chris Davis

166. Jason Heyward

194. Ervin Santana

60. Josh Bell (RC)

G37. Addison Russell

N17. Corey/Kyle Seager - Namesakes

Another Namesakes card. This is probably the most “sought-after” of the set, what with Corey being the ROY and Kyle one of the best 3B in the league.

2014 Spirit Base: 481-490

#481 - Bronson Arroyo
I thought I'd show his goofy leg kick since it's something out of the ordinary.

#482 - Gerald Laird
More like Gerald Lard, amirite? (Sorry, that's unnecessarily mean.)

#483 - Chris Davis
I hope the Orioles are somehow able to get him onto their playoff roster without any issues. It'd suck if he got left off and they ended up going pretty far.

#484 - Grady Sizemore
Pretty cool outfield shot. I'm glad he's back around though it's a shame he couldn't keep up his hot start from the spring. Look for his Phillies card in the next series.

#485 - Ryan Sweeney
I wonder if he had to deal with "Ryan's weenie" taunts growing up.

#486 - Conor Gillaspie
Nice to see him sticking on a major league roster after leaving the Giants.

#487 - Skip Schumaker
I find him a little more tolerable after switching uniforms. Funny how that works.

#488 - Asdrubal Cabrera
I kinda liked the Indians' red uniforms until I just realized they're in-state competitors are called the Reds. Eh, they're in need of an entire rebrand, anyway.

#389 - Jhoulys Chacin
Probably one of the most mispronounced names in the MLB. (It's joo-LEEZ cha-SEEN, btw.)

#390 - Ian Kinsler
First, I was bummed that the Rangers traded him. Then, I was bummed that he kinda made himself look like a little jerk. Then the Rangers went up in flames and I got over it. I'm glad he had a great season in Detroit and he'll make things a little more bearable for me if the Tigers make it to the World Series again. Good luck, Kins.

2013 Spirit Deluxe

Directly on the heels of the low-end offering from Spirit comes the singular high-end release. It's kind of a cross between Stadium Club and something like Tribute, only with out the avalanche of randomly numbered parallels.

Like last year we have full-bleed photos on a glossy stock with silver foil accents. The team logo sits in the center, flanked by three team-color swatches. The subtle knit texture from last year makes another appearance. Beneath it all is a soft white fade leading from the bottom edge to keep things from getting too harsh.

For the back we have the player photo taking up most of the top half with a solid black background below. The team-color polygons from the front make an appearance here to tie together both sides. Underneath the name, position and team is a brief write-up of the player's 2012 season.

Being a high-end set, we also have an autograph and relic variation. The auto just has the white fade up a little further from below. For the relic, I figured it would be nice to have a nice big swatch for such a set. The semi-circle allows for a bigger patch without intruding too much into the photo.

I'm not a big fan of the idea of spending so much for a box of something like Tribute or Triple Threads to where all that matters is the autos or relics as the base cards barely register any notice. The Deluxe set would have a sizable base set with the hits coming like every few packs or something. A standard pack would have 6 base cards with and come with either a pair of inserts or a hit, with relics being about twice as common as autos. I think that would place the price somewhere around $10-$15 a pack, which is still a lot but not ridiculous. To me, that's about as high as I'd like to go on "high-end."