5 Breakout MLB Candidates & What Their Card Market Looks Like Today

The clock to Spring Training is officially ticking, and news about 2025 breakout contenders is starting to circulate. Here are a few you might want to look into.

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This is not buying or investment advice. I’m simply reporting the data I’m seeing. Please do your own research and make your own decisions. Just because cards have increased in value up to this point, it doesn’t mean they will continue to do so.

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Market Movers isn’t perfect; no tool is. I’ve seen instances where a graded card was being included in the raw numbers, which might cause a huge spike in value. So trust, but verify.

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Now that we are officially in 2025 and only months away from Spring Training, lets get baseball talk going again, shall we?

I saw this list of “breakout players for every MLB team” and grabbed a handful of who I feel are some of the most intriguing (might do a part 2).

Here is a look at where the baseball card markets currently stand for these 5 selected players, and what could be if they truly have breakout performances this season.