Seth Mates

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[Seth Mates @SethMates]

BREAKING: The Saudi group checked WWE's medicals and the deal is off. WWE now expected to be sold to the Minnesota Twins.

(This tweet has a VERY specific target audience, who I hope will properly appreciate it.)

[Carlos Collazo @CarlosACollazo]

The annual draft preview magazine is always the product of a lot of time and passion.

Definitely something cool to have on hand as the draft unfolds. Cool to see the cover unveiled here.

Now, to put the finishing touches on this thing and get it sent to the printer!

[Baseball America @BaseballAmerica]

New Top 100 update today 👀

These are the 10 best prospects in baseball at the start of June.

https://t.co/oN3dEgxhkk

[Baseball America @BaseballAmerica]

Our MLB Draft Preview is HERE.

As first seen on @MLBNetwork, here's your guide to the top 2026 MLB Draft prospects 😎

Special bonus?

Preorder the draft issue today and we'll ship you an extra free mystery issue 👀

https://t.co/xPxkvmorNc

[Seth Mates @SethMates]

Update: Checklist is live!

[Seth Mates @SethMates]

Topps Finest FDI (first day issue) Dutch auction starts Wed 6/3 at noon ET

Price starts at $1,200 (!) and lowers every few minutes til it sells out

And here's the fun part: The FDI inserts are low-numbered parallels of cards 301-350 on the checklist ... and the checklist has not yet been released.

So ... get ready to chase ... someone!

https://t.co/W7kCyEiibr

[Seth Mates @SethMates]

The descriptions are amazing

[Topps Japan @toppsjapan]

NPBシリーズに現役選手のレリックが初登場！

藤平尚真が躍動したユニフォーム
才木浩人の魂が込められた試合球
坂本勇人の覚悟が宿ったバッティンググローブ

「2026 Topps NPB ベースボールカード」
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全国コンビニエンスストア（一部店舗除く）で
5月29日(金)先行発売 🗓️

[Ben Burrows @BenMBurrows]

JUST IN: PSA source tells me the company received a single-day record of ~450,000 card submissions on Thursday.

Yesterday PSA announced plans to temporarily pause its value service tiers on June 2 so it can cut into a nearly 10 million card backlog.

[Baseball America @BaseballAmerica]

This is crazy 😳

PSA has a backlog of 10 MILLION CARDS.

It has temporarily paused all card grading tiers under $80 to try and cut into the deficit 🤔

https://t.co/MGE8RhB7wD

[Baseball America @BaseballAmerica]

With the temporary pause, PSA’s cheapest grading tier will cost $79.99 per card and have a turnaround time of 50 business days.

https://t.co/kLaRLbsE9k

[Seth Mates @SethMates]

@BinghamtonBASE Tomorrow’s game is at 1, yes?

[Seth Mates @SethMates]

In the last issue of @BaseballAmerica's Baseball Card America newsletter, I mentioned being on the lookout for non-card stories in BA's coverage that could still be a HUGE boost for your card collection.

One just went live:

https://t.co/Cta2IzEt54

[Seth Mates @SethMates]

Remember - MLB's Debut auction ends TONIGHT!

More info at @BaseballAmerica -- https://t.co/EYmOKCxU4G

[Greg Bates 📝 @GregABates]

I won a box of @Onyx_Authentic 2026 Vintage Baseball through @BaseballAmerica. The box included: 100 cards, 16 color parallels, 10 autos (six of which were color). My best hit was a Kurtz auto /25. Kudos to Lance Fischer and his Onyx team on a great product! @SethMates

[Seth Mates @SethMates]

2026 Topps Series 2 Fanatics blasters now available for pre-sale through the Fanatics app

https://t.co/7CN3J6IVpg

[Seth Mates @SethMates]

👇

[Seth Mates @SethMates]

Huge work.

[Seth Mates @SethMates]

In other news from the Topps site:

-- 2026 Topps Tribute preorder is June 1
-- 2026 Topps complete set preorder is June 1
-- 2026 Dynamic Duals preorder changed to June 15
-- 2025 Topps Inception release date is June 19

[Topps @Topps]

OFFICIAL: Yoshinobu Yamamoto will grace the cover of 2026 Topps Finest Baseball!

[Seth Mates @SethMates]

The headlines you see online about PSA's $200M expansion aren't telling you the full story.

The part that most directly affects collectors? Grading wait times are getting worse. In some cases, a LOT worse.

[Baseball America @BaseballAmerica]

Planning on sending any of your all-new 2026 Bowman cards into PSA for grading?

Get ready to wait.

Because you might not get them back until 2027.

https://t.co/Nh9VcKXFny

[Seth Mates @SethMates]

The two big takeaways for collectors from today's PSA announcement:

1 - Grading turnaround times are getting worse. Bulk Grading is getting a LOT worse - up to 8 months, up from about 4

2 - As of May 18, the minimum number of cards in a Bulk Grading submission will increase from 20 to FIFTY.

More details right now at @BaseballAmerica --

https://t.co/y6OvmpTgDm

[Seth Mates @SethMates]

Happy Bowman release day!

Here are a dozen under-the-radar players with 1st cards in the release ... and @BaseballAmerica has a TON more resources for all your prospect collecting needs!!

[Baseball America @BaseballAmerica]

Happy Bowman release day 😍

Here are 12 MLB prospects with '1st' cards that we think you should know:

https://t.co/7UDS8P8aH0