David Dahl Forum

Why are David Dahl's 2017 cards designated RC?  This is why we can't let Topps do our thinking for us and tell us what an RC is.

Looking at all of his cards and the number of SPs and SN cards makes me glad I don't collect modern cards.

The RC designation has to be made somewhere.  If not then some manufacturer will be doing short print, serial numbered, autograph cards with 4 parallel versions of the little league world series players. And call them all rookie cards of course.

That would make more sense than this does

Yeah it's a train wreck.  Dahl was an official MLB rookie (exceeded the necessary number of ABs) in 2016.  He played in exactly ZERO MLB games in 2017.  But his 2017 cards are considered his RCs because Topps said so (and that's the bottom line?).  Do people really go by these standards from that article when evaluating their own collections?  I don't. 

MLB/MLBPA has basically said that a player must have appeared in a major league game before they can have a RC issued. As pointed out earlier we would have Little Leaguers on cards before too long. Imagine trying to prospect for Todd Frazier when he was in the LLWS...creepy. So because Dahl's first appearance in MLB was '16 and I notice he didn't have a '16 Topps Update card.... 

Follow-up, manufacturer's don't get to designate. MLB/MLBPA does in order to provide control.

And because he didn't play any gaame sin the majors in '17 he may not have an '18 card. Though I'll probably be proven a liar... 

switzr1 wrote:

Yeah it's a train wreck.  Dahl was an official MLB rookie (exceeded the necessary number of ABs) in 2016.  He played in exactly ZERO MLB games in 2017.  But his 2017 cards are considered his RCs because Topps said so (and that's the bottom line?).  Do people really go by these standards from that article when evaluating their own collections?  I don't. 

One of the many reasons that make this site so great in my opinion, is that the RC of a player card in the database is properly designated.  As good as it can be anyway.  This particularly helps when you're looking for a modern day player like David Dahl, who literally has over 1,000 different cards to his name already, and hasn't even played a full season in the MLB yet.  In Dahl's case, I would agree with the database here, and say that his MLB RC is a 2017 card.  Mainly because he didn't officially play an MLB game until the end of July in 2016.  The Series 2 packs had already came out by that point as well.  But I'm not going to lie and tell you that it isn't a complete shit show though.  Since it is a bit out of control, I keep it simple regarding RC cards.  Base set for rookies first, and then whatever prospect, parallel, variation, and/or SP card....etc. etc.of a player that I like next.