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George Valera

LF · Triple-A · 25.0y · #1547 of 7,922 we rate

The player
FRINGE

54 out of 100 — our all-round score from the season line, his tools against the level, and how young he is for it.

The market
Untested

27 cards of his are listed and nothing comparable has verifiably sold, so we will not tell you whether the asks are fair.

What to do
Watch

Nobody has logged a completed sale for this card, so we can't say what it's worth.

Our take

Fringe prospect, untested market.

George Valera scores 54 out of 100 (#1547 of the 7,922 we score), and the case rests on one thing: young for the level — +1.0y vs his level at Triple-A — younger than 74% of the players there.

Nothing of his has verifiably sold in 90 days and there is no benchmark price, so we will not tell you what his cards are worth.

Cards of his are listed and none of them can be priced against a confirmed sale, so any judgment about value today would be a guess dressed as a number.

The thing most likely to be wrong here: corner-only profile — lF carries no defensive fallback — if the bat does not play, there is no version of this that works.

The signal

  • Young for the level

    +1.0y vs his level at Triple-A — younger than 74% of the players there.

  • OPS slipping

    .803 last season to .743 this one.

  • Power slipping

    .202 last season to .160 this one.

  • The case is fading

    Baseball momentum 33/100 — the on-field case is fading. Read from his baseball alone — never from what his cards did.

  • Contact: above average

    18.2% K — strikeout rate, inverted — lower means more bat-to-ball Better than 74% at his level.

  • Bat-first profile

    LF — there is no defensive value to fall back on, so the bat has to play.

Why now

No catalyst right now — no promotion, no logged step change, and no measurable move in his card prices. This is a valuation-driven watch rather than a timing one.

What could go wrong

  • Corner-only profile

    LF carries no defensive fallback — if the bat does not play, there is no version of this that works.

  • Nothing has sold

    No confirmed sale of any card of his in 90 days, so nothing on this page can tell you what a fair price is.

  • Modeled value only

    The fair values shown for his live cards are arithmetic from related evidence, not confirmed sales of the exact card.

  • Benchmark not checklist-verified

    His core card was identified from how sellers describe it, not from a checklist. The identity is likely, not established.

What the hobby pays for him

Benchmark card: 2022 Bowman Chrome 1st Auto CPA-GV — raw, base, unnumbered.

Described by 4 independent sellers — observed, not checklist-verified.

No price on this card yet

sales exist for this player, none on the benchmark card 4 copies are listed right now — asking prices are supply, never evidence of what it sells for.

This is his benchmark, not the value of any particular card in front of you — a /250 is a different market.

The card that matters

A card-quality answer, not a price one. It does not change when a seller changes their mind.

2022 Bowman Chrome 1st Auto CPA-GV

Raw base 1st Bowman Chrome Auto

The canonical prospect vehicle — every player who has one is compared on it. Identified from 4 independent sellers describing it — likely, not established.

A card is never the one to own because it is numbered. Scarcity is a modifier on a vehicle, not a vehicle — a /25 of a card nobody collects is a rarer version of nothing.

Best value right now

Where the money would go today, which is frequently a lesser card than the one above — or nowhere.

Insufficient market evidence

Nothing of his has confirmed sold, so there is no value to measure against. Among the asks alone, /499 at $16.99 costs 1.13× base, and print run alone suggests 1.15×, with no measured sales to check it against — best balance available. That is a comparison of sellers, not evidence of what these are worth, and it rests on the print-run assumption rather than measured premiums.

What would make this a buy

  • On his best-priced card: past the window.
  • A promotion, or a stretch that lifts the season line, would move the player side of this.

What is for sale right now

27 cards of his are listed · 0 of the 27 we can judge clear the investment bar. These are the 6 worth looking at, best first; the other 21 are under "The whole live market".

  • George Valera 2022 Bowman Chrome Prospects Auto CPA-GV Cleveland Guardians 1st

    base · raw · condition not stated · takes offers · listed 14d

    Past the window · 2 other things in the way

    Data stale — Last confirmed live 56h ago — beyond the 48h bar. Needs a re-sight before the analysis is current.

    $14.99

    modeled ~$9.50

    LOTTERY

    eBayBreakdown

  • 2022 Bowman 1st Chrome Auto George Valera #CPA-GV Refractor /499 NM

    /499 · raw · listed 109d

    Past the window · 2 other things in the way

    Data stale — Last confirmed live 56h ago — beyond the 48h bar. Needs a re-sight before the analysis is current.

    $16.99

    modeled ~$12.99

    LOTTERY

    eBayBreakdown

  • 2022 Bowman Chrome Prospect George Valera #CPA-GV PSA 9 MINT Auto 08h7

    base · PSA 9 · listed 19d

    Not a core card · 4 other things in the way

    Identity uncertain — whether this is a true 1st Bowman

    $28.23

    modeled ~$33.99

    NEEDS EVIDENCE

    eBayBreakdown

  • 2022 Bowman Chrome George Valera 1st Auto

    base · raw · condition not stated · takes offers · listed 1d

    Past the window · 2 other things in the way

    $31.24

    modeled ~$9.50

    NEEDS EVIDENCE

    eBayBreakdown

  • 2022 Bowman Chrome Prospect Refractor 486/499 George Valera PSA 9 MINT Auto 08h7

    /499 · PSA 9 · listed 7d

    Not a core card · 4 other things in the way

    Identity uncertain — whether this is a true 1st Bowman

    $33.98

    modeled ~$37.50

    NEEDS EVIDENCE

    eBayBreakdown

  • 2022 Bowman Chrome Prospect George Valera #CPA-GV PSA 9 MINT Auto 0q4s

    base · PSA 9 · listed 9d

    Not a core card · 4 other things in the way

    Identity uncertain — whether this is a true 1st Bowman

    $33.99

    modeled ~$30.99

    NEEDS EVIDENCE

    eBayBreakdown

What the same money buys today

Nothing of his is worth buying right now. These live cards from other players are the ones we rate as a buy or a watch at the same budget — not a view on George Valera, just what the money can do today.

Compared within $7.50–$15.74, about what his own cheapest card costs. Ranked on the price-blind investment score among the 60 live listings we had scored — a read on what we scanned, not on the whole market.

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The evidence

Everything the reading above is built on. Open whichever part you want to check.

The parallel ladder3 versions of his cards in psa 9 autos, each priced off its own confirmed sales

Every version of his cards we can see, base to 1/1. Each rung is priced off its own confirmed sales — a rung nothing has verifiably sold at shows no value rather than borrowing a neighbour's.

Showing PSA 9 autos.

NO CLEAR SWEET SPOT

No rung of his has a confirmed sale behind it, so there is no price to compare any step against.

  • BaseTHIN EVIDENCE

    Listed at $28.23, but nothing confirmed has sold on this rung.

    Sold
    —
    Live
    $28.23 live
    Scarcity
    unnumbered
    Trades
    no sales
    Premium
    —
  • Refractor /499THIN EVIDENCE

    Listed at $33.98, but nothing confirmed has sold on this rung.

    Sold
    —
    Live
    $33.98 live
    Scarcity
    499 made
    Trades
    no sales
    Premium
    +20%
    Premium from asking prices, not sales
  • Superfractor 1/1THIN EVIDENCE

    Listed at $8995.00, but nothing confirmed has sold on this rung.

    Sold
    —
    Live
    $8995.00 live
    Scarcity
    1 made
    Trades
    no sales
    Premium
    +26372%
    Premium from asking prices, not sales

15 listings sit in a different grade class or auto status and is kept off this ladder — a slabbed sale is not evidence about a raw card.

What he is good atSkills 52 on the 20–80 scale, against 728 hitters at Triple-A

What he is good at

skills overall 52 / 80

On the 20–80 scale every scouting report uses: 50 is average, and every 10 points is one standard deviation. Measured against 728 hitters at Triple-A — measured against real players at the same level right now — not a scout's projection of what he becomes.

  • Contact

    Can he hit it?

    56

    above average · better than 74% at his level

    18.2% K

    strikeout rate, inverted — lower means more bat-to-ball

  • Power

    Can he hit it hard?

    51

    average · better than 55% at his level

    .160 ISO

    isolated power — slugging minus batting average, so hits that go for extra bases

  • Plate discipline

    Does he pick his pitch?

    54

    above average · better than 64% at his level

    12.4% BB

    walk rate — higher means he makes pitchers come to him

  • Speed

    Can he run?

    48

    average · better than 44% at his level

    9 SB per 600 PA

    stolen bases per full season of plate appearances

  • Production

    Is it showing up in the box score?

    49

    average · better than 47% at his level · the result, not a skill

    .743 OPS

    on-base plus slugging — the result, which carries the luck as well as the skill

  • Age for the level

    Is he doing it young?

    56

    above average · better than 74% at his level · context, not a skill

    +1.0y vs his level

    years younger than the median player at his level — positive is young for the level

The overall figure averages the 4 skill rows only. The box-score row and the age row are shown but deliberately left out of it — one is the result those skills produced, and the other is not a skill at all.

The argument

skills at the 59th percentile of the cohort, production at the 47th — the gap between the two is ordinary for this level.

Nothing to arbitrage here: he is producing about what his skills say he should. Judge the card on price and the player on the grades.

How this is read: his skills average 59 and his production sits at 47, a gap of +12. That gap on its own means little — an average of several percentiles always sits nearer the middle than a single one — so it is ranked against the same figure computed the same way for the 726 players at his level we hold a full profile for, where it lands at the 66th percentile.

Will he get there?

Real chance 6.1 / 10

  • already at Triple-A
  • old for Triple-A

This is an ordering score, not a percentage. We hold no outcome data and have run no backtest, so “a 93% chance of reaching the majors” would be a number we made up and you then spent money on. Built on 100% of what it wants to know.

How he is playingThe Triple-A line, and how it compares with last season

Hover any stat to see what it means. How each compares with the 728 other hitters at his level is graded in "What he is good at".

PA

275

AVG

.245

OBP

.338

SLG

.405

OPS

.743

better than 47%

HR

8

SB

4

BB%

12.4

K%

18.2

Is this player getting better?

Down from .803 to .743 OPS this season.

Still at Triple-A, the same level as last season.

OPS

.803▼.743

Power

.202▼.160

Walks

12.1%→12.4%

Strikeouts

25.2%▼18.2%

Last season, 107 times at bat. Two seasons that already happened. Nothing here is a prediction.

What his cards have sold forno completed sales logged yet

Real completed sales only — nothing here is an estimate. These come from the scan: it asks eBay about listings it has already seen, and one that ends at a fixed price is recorded as a sale. That builds up over days. You can add one by hand below if you happen to know it, but you are not meant to be the price database.

No sales logged yet. We need at least two to draw a line, and about five spread over a month before the numbers mean much. Add sales you find using the button below.

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The whole live market27 listed · 27 eBay-verified · 21 not shown above
Listings
27

27 eBay-verified

Lowest seen
$14.99
Median ask
$36.74
Cheapest 1st auto
$14.99
Cheapest numbered 1st auto
$16.99

Latest eBay verification: 7 hours ago.

The other 21 cards

  • $34.74George Valera 2022 Bowman Chrome Auto PSA NM-MT 8 Guardians 1st BowmanNEEDS EVIDENCE
  • $35.982022 Bowman George Valera Chrome Prospect Auto PSA 9 #CPAGV CLEVELAND GUARDIANSNEEDS EVIDENCE
  • $37.502022 Bowman Chrome GEORGE VALERA Refractor Auto /499 PSA 9NEEDS EVIDENCE
  • $39.952022 Bowman Chrome George Valera 1st Prospect Auto #CPA-GV PSA 9 MINT GuardiansNEEDS EVIDENCE
  • $62.742022 Bowman Chrome Prospect Refractor 214/499 George Valera PSA 9 MINT Auto 0r9gNEEDS EVIDENCE
  • $95.982022 Bowman Chrome 1st Blue Refractor Auto /150 George Valera PSA GEM MT 10NEEDS EVIDENCE
  • $304.99George Valera 2022 Bowman Chrome Sapphire 1st Auto PSA 10 BSPA-GV Rookie RC CLENEEDS EVIDENCE
  • $307.74George Valera 2022 Bowman Chrome 1st Auto Speckle Refractor /299 PSA 10 GuardianNEEDS EVIDENCE
  • $314.982022 Bowman Chrome George Valera Gold Refractor 1st Prospect Auto /50 PSA 10NEEDS EVIDENCE
  • $8995.00GEORGE VALERA 2022 Bowman Chrome 1st SUPERFRACTOR Auto Autograph Sp 1/1 PSA 9NEEDS EVIDENCE
  • —2022 1st BOWMAN CHROME PROSPECT - GEORGE VALERA - PSA AUTHENTIC AUTONEEDS EVIDENCE
  • —Topps 2022 Bowman Chrome Prospect Auto George Valera Guardians 1st #CPA-GVNEEDS EVIDENCE
  • —2022 Bowman Chrome 1st Bowman Autograph George Valera Auto Cleveland GuardiansNEEDS EVIDENCE
  • —2022 Bowman Chrome Prospects Auto George Valera /299 PSA 9NEEDS EVIDENCE
  • —2022 Bowman 1st George Valera Chrome Prospect Auto PSA 9NEEDS EVIDENCE
  • —Bowman 2022 Chrome Auto George Valera Cleveland guardians Purple /250 PSA 9NEEDS EVIDENCE
  • —2022 Bowman George Valera Orange 1st Auto #/25 PSA 9/10 AUTO POP 1NEEDS EVIDENCE
  • —2022 Bowman 1st Chrome Prospect Auto Atomic Refractor #CPA-GV George Valera RCNEEDS EVIDENCE
  • —2022 Bowman Chrome Sapphire GEORGE VALERA 1st Aqua Refractor Auto #/99 PSA 10 RCNEEDS EVIDENCE
  • —2022 Bowman Chrome Purple Wave Refractor 1st George Valera PSA Auto /250NEEDS EVIDENCE
  • —George Valera 2022 Bowman Prospect Purple 1st Auto /250 Cleveland Guardians NEEDS EVIDENCE
What this page is missing1 thing we do not hold for him

What this page is missing

Everything above is built from what we actually hold. These are the gaps, so you know which parts of the argument are thin rather than wondering why a panel is quiet.

  • We do not have a sold price in 90 days — add one and the whole price side fills in.

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