David Shields
SP · High-A · 19.0y · #624 of 7,922 we rate
- The player
- SOLID
- The market
- Untested
- What to do
- Wait for a better price
62 out of 100 — our all-round score from the season line, his tools against the level, and how young he is for it.
35 cards of his are listed and nothing comparable has verifiably sold, so we will not tell you whether the asks are fair.
Closest of his is 2026 Bowman Chrome David Shields 1st Bowman… at $36.98. Needs a $19 drop.
Our take
Solid prospect, untested market.
David Shields scores 62 out of 100 (#624 of the 7,922 we score), and the case rests on one thing: young for the level — +4.0y vs his level at High-A — younger than 99% of the players there.
His core Bowman card has been selling at $20–24 off 8 confirmed sales.
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: no professional sample — we hold no season line for him, so every player-side reading on this page is missing its main input.
The signal
Young for the level
+4.0y vs his level at High-A — younger than 99% of the players there.
The case is fading
Baseball momentum 0/100 — the on-field case is fading. Read from his baseball alone — never from what his cards did.
What the hobby pays up for
SP sells at a discount at equal production; only 19.0 — years of runway.
Why now
7 new copies listed this week
Fresh supply on this exact card. More choice, and more downward pressure.
What could go wrong
No professional sample
We hold no season line for him, so every player-side reading on this page is missing its main input.
Thin comp evidence
1 confirmed sale in 90 days. Treat any value here as a single data point, not a price.
Benchmark not checklist-verified
His core card was identified from how raw base 1st bowman chrome auto sellers describe it, not from a checklist. The identity is likely, not established.
What the hobby pays for him
Benchmark card: 2026 Bowman Chrome 1st Auto CPA-DSH — raw, base, unnumbered.
Described by 5 independent sellers — observed, not checklist-verified.
$19.75–23.50midpoint $23.50
Confirmed· 8 salesmost recent 2026-08-24 · 7 listed now
- 7 days
- not enough sales
- 30 days
- not enough sales
- 90 days
- not enough sales
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.
2026 Bowman Chrome 1st Auto CPA-DSH
Raw base 1st Bowman Chrome Auto
The canonical prospect vehicle — every player who has one is compared on it. Identified from 5 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.
No good entry today
The closest to fair is 2026 Bowman Chrome David Shields 1st Bowman Auto CPA-DSH Royals Prospect at $36.98, 57% over the $19.75–26.01 that copies of it have confirmed sold in. Nothing of his is currently below its own sold band.
That card at or under $19.75 delivered would be at the bottom of what it has actually sold for.
What would make this a buy
- Needs a $19 drop
- Player not there yet
- 2026 Bowman Chrome David Shields 1st Bowman… at or under $18.80 delivered.
- On his best-priced card: seller risk.
What is for sale right now
35 cards of his are listed · 0 of the 35 we can judge clear the investment bar. These are the 6 worth looking at, best first; the other 29 are under "The whole live market".
2026 Bowman Chrome 1st Bowman David Shields on card auto
base · raw · condition not stated · takes offers · listed 2d
Seller risk · 2 other things in the way
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sold $19.75–26.01
PASS · 13% under
2026 Bowman David Shields 1st Bowman On Card Auto #CPA-DSH Royals
base · raw · condition not stated · listed 1d
Not a core card · 3 other things in the way
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sold $19.75–26.01
PASS · 15% under
2026 1ST Bowman Chrome Prospect Gold Lava Refractor 31/50 David Shields Auto RC
/50 · raw · condition not stated · takes offers · listed 7d
Evidence still thin · 2 other things in the way
Data stale — Last confirmed live 89h ago — beyond the 48h bar. Needs a re-sight before the analysis is current.
$178.00
modeled $28.44–78.96
PASS
2026 Bowman 1st David Shields Chrome Gold Shimmer Refractor Auto /50 KC Royals
/50 · raw · condition not stated · takes offers · listed 89d
Evidence still thin · 2 other things in the way
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modeled $28.44–78.96
PASS
2026 1st Bowman Chrome Gold Wave Auto David Shields /50
/50 · raw · condition not stated · takes offers · listed 90d
Evidence still thin · 2 other things in the way
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modeled $28.44–78.96
PASS
2026 Bowman Chrome David Shields 1st True Gold Refractor Auto /50 Royals
/50 · raw · condition not stated · takes offers · listed 2d
Evidence still thin · 2 other things in the way
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sold $208
PASS
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 David Shields, just what the money can do today.
- Pedro Ramírezbase$35.94Watch14% under fair value
Compared within $18.49–$38.83, 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.
Your research
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Your target
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The evidence
Everything the reading above is built on. Open whichever part you want to check.
The parallel ladder10 versions of his cards in raw 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 Raw 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 $36.98, but nothing confirmed has sold on this rung.
- Sold
- —
- Live
- $36.98 live
- Scarcity
- unnumbered
- Trades
- no sales
- Premium
- —
- Red Refractor /499THIN EVIDENCE
Listed at $53.49, but nothing confirmed has sold on this rung.
- Sold
- —
- Live
- $53.49 live
- Scarcity
- 499 made
- Trades
- no sales
- Premium
- +45%
Premium from asking prices, not sales - Refractor /499THIN EVIDENCE
1 listing watched off the board here, none confirmed sold — no price to judge.
- Sold
- —
- Live
- nothing listed
- Scarcity
- 499 made
- Trades
- no sales
- Premium
- —
- /150THIN EVIDENCE
Listed at $331.57, but nothing confirmed has sold on this rung.
- Sold
- —
- Live
- $331.57 live
- Scarcity
- 100 made
- Trades
- no sales
- Premium
- —
Premium from asking prices, not sales - HTA Choice /150THIN EVIDENCE
Listed at $105.99, but nothing confirmed has sold on this rung.
- Sold
- —
- Live
- $105.99 live
- Scarcity
- 150 made
- Trades
- no sales
- Premium
- -68%
Premium from asking prices, not sales - /99THIN EVIDENCE
Listed at $405.99, but nothing confirmed has sold on this rung.
- Sold
- —
- Live
- $405.99 live
- Scarcity
- 89 made
- Trades
- no sales
- Premium
- +283%
Premium from asking prices, not sales - Green Shimmer Refractor /99THIN EVIDENCE
Listed at $129.91, but nothing confirmed has sold on this rung.
- Sold
- —
- Live
- $129.91 live
- Scarcity
- 99 made
- Trades
- no sales
- Premium
- -68%
Premium from asking prices, not sales - Yellow Refractor /99THIN EVIDENCE
Listed at $208.59, but nothing confirmed has sold on this rung.
- Sold
- —
- Live
- $208.59 live
- Scarcity
- 75 made
- Trades
- no sales
- Premium
- +61%
Premium from asking prices, not sales - Gold Lava Refractor /50THIN EVIDENCE
Listed at $178.00, but nothing confirmed has sold on this rung.
- Sold
- —
- Live
- $178.00 live
- Scarcity
- 50 made
- Trades
- no sales
- Premium
- -15%
Premium from asking prices, not sales - Gold Shimmer Refractor /50THIN EVIDENCE
Listed at $350.00, but nothing confirmed has sold on this rung.
- Sold
- —
- Live
- $350.00 live
- Scarcity
- 50 made
- Trades
- no sales
- Premium
- +97%
Premium from asking prices, not sales
What he is good atno percentiles against his level yet
What he is good at
On the 20–80 scale every scouting report uses: 50 is average, and every 10 points is one standard deviation. Measured against 492 hitters at High-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?
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not measured for him yet
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strikeout rate, inverted — lower means more bat-to-ball
Power
Can he hit it hard?
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not measured for him yet
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isolated power — slugging minus batting average, so hits that go for extra bases
Plate discipline
Does he pick his pitch?
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not measured for him yet
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walk rate — higher means he makes pitchers come to him
Speed
Can he run?
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not measured for him yet
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stolen bases per full season of plate appearances
Production
Is it showing up in the box score?
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not measured for him yet
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on-base plus slugging — the result, which carries the luck as well as the skill
Age for the level
Is he doing it young?
73
plus-plus · better than 99% at his level · context, not a skill
+4.0y vs his level
years younger than the median player at his level — positive is young for the level
Will he get there?
Real chance 5.2 / 10
- young for High-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 86% of what it wants to know — missing production.
How he is playingno season line on file
We hold no season stat line for him. That happens when he has not played enough this year, or when the roster refresh has not reached his level.
What his cards have sold for1 logged sale
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.
Only 1 sale logged so far. 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.
- 2026-08-25 — $44.99 plus $5.99 shipping · /499 · tracked disappearance — not a confirmed sale proof
The whole live market35 listed · 35 eBay-verified · 29 not shown above
- Listings
- 35
- Lowest seen
- $36.98
- Median ask
- $178.00
- Cheapest 1st auto
- $36.98
- Cheapest numbered 1st auto
- $53.49
35 eBay-verified
Latest eBay verification: 6 hours ago.
The other 29 cards
- $350.002026 Bowman 1st David Shields Chrome Gold Shimmer Refractor Auto /50 KC RoyalsPASS
- $129.912026 Bowman Chrome David Shields 1st Auto GREEN SHIMMER REFRACTOR /99 Royals NMPASS
- —Topps 2026 Bowman Chrome 1st Bowman David Shields Auto Royals CPA-DSH /75PASS
- $405.992026 Bowman Chrome David Shields 1st Bowman Packfractor #81/89 (RC) Rookie AutoPASS
- —2026 Bowman #CPA-DSH Chrome Auto Green Refractor /99 1st Prospect David ShieldsPASS
- —2026 Bowman Chrome David Shields 1st Bowman Packfractor #46/89 (RC) Rookie AutoPASS
- —David Shields 2026 Bowman Chrome 1st True Blue Auto /150 Royals Color MatchPASS
- —David Shields 2026 Bowman Chrome Blue X-Fractor Auto /150 1st Bowman RoyalsPASS
- —David Shields 2026 Bowman Chrome Blue X-Fractor Auto SP /150 1st Bowman OBOPASS
- —2026 Bowman Chrome David Shields 1st Bowman Blue X-Fractor Auto #CPA-DSH /150PASS
- $53.492026 BOWMAN CHROME DAVID SHIELDS 1ST PROSPECT REFRACTOR AUTO REDEMPTION /499PASS
- —2026 Topps Bowman Chrome David Shields Auto Variation Refractor /499 1stPASS
- —2026 Topps Bowman Chrome David Shields Auto Variation Refractor /499 1stPASS
- —2026 Bowman Chrome David Shields 1st Bowman Refractor Auto /499PASS
- —Bowman Chrome 2026 1st David Shields Purple Auto /250 Royals #CPA-DSHPASS
- $105.992026 BOWMAN DAVID SHIELDS #CPA-DSH HTA CHOICE 1ST PROSPECT AUTO #96/150PASS
- $208.592026 Bowman Chrome Prospect Yellow Refractor 15/75 David Shields Auto 1u6jPASS
- —David Shields 2026 1st Bowman Orange Shimmer Refractor Auto /25 BOOKEND #CPA-DSHPASS
- —2026 Bowman 1st Bowman DAVID SHIELDS On Card Auto RC #CPA-DSH /499 RoyalsPASS
- $331.57David Shields 2026 Bowman 1st Auto /100 537114PASS
- —2026 Bowman - David Shields - 1st Bowman Auto - Mini Diamond /100 - RoyalsPASS
- —2026 Baseball Topps Bowman Chrome David Shields Auto Variation Refractor /499PASS
- $36.982026 Bowman Chrome David Shields 1st Bowman Auto CPA-DSH Royals ProspectPASS
- —2025 Bowman Chrome David Shields 1st Bowman Chrome Auto #CPA-DSH RoyalsPASS
- —David Shields 2026 Bowman Chrome 1st Prospect Auto Kansas City RoyalsPASS
- —David Shields 2026 Bowman Chrome 1st Prospect Auto Kansas City RoyalsPASS
- —David Shields 2026 Bowman Chrome 1st Prospect Auto #CPA-DSH Kansas City RoyalsPASS
- —2026 Bowman Chrome David Shields 1st Bowman Auto CPA-DSH Royals ProspectPASS
- —Topps 2026 Bowman Chrome 1st Bowman David Shields Auto 17/35 #CPA-DSHPASS
What this page is missing2 things 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 season stat line — he may not have played enough yet.
- We do not have percentiles against his level — the roster refresh computes these.
Worth reading for this player
- What a modeled fair value means — at least one value on this page was modeled rather than taken from a sale
- Parallel scarcity calculator — numbered parallels of his cards are in play, and print run drives the premium
- Best Offer calculator — at least one of his live listings accepts offers
- Certified vs aftermarket autographs — signed cards of his are listed, and the two kinds are not worth the same
- Parallels and print runs — his market includes numbered parallels, which are priced off the print run