Ricardo Cova
SS · High-A · 22.0y · #1814 of 7,922 we rate
- The player
- FRINGE
- The market
- Priced fairly
- What to do
- Wait
52 out of 100 — our all-round score from the season line, his tools against the level, and how young he is for it.
His best base card asks $8.94, inside the $6–34 that card has sold in.
Closest of his is 2026 1st Bowman Ricardo Cova Chrome Auto… at $10.78. Player not there yet.
Our take
Fringe prospect, priced about right.
Ricardo Cova scores 52 out of 100 (#1814 of the 7,922 we score), and the case rests on one thing: young for the level — +1.0y vs his level at High-A — younger than 74% of the players there.
His core Bowman card has been selling at $26–43 off 1 confirmed sale.
The thing most likely to be wrong here: small sample — 95 PA this season — too few to read a rate stat off with any confidence.
The signal
Young for the level
+1.0y vs his level at High-A — younger than 74% of the players there.
Plate discipline: bottom of the scale
2.1% BB — walk rate — higher means he makes pitchers come to him
Contact: plus
16.8% K — strikeout rate, inverted — lower means more bat-to-ball Better than 87% at his level.
Moved up and held it
Low-A to High-A.
Premium position
SS — the bat does not have to carry the whole profile.
Speed: plus
44 SB per 600 PA — stolen bases per full season of plate appearances Better than 84% at his level.
Why now
Listed at your price — $10.78
target is $27.20
Listed at your price — $14.98
target is $26.35
3 sellers have cut their price
On this exact card in the last 30 days — sellers are competing, not holding.
7 new copies listed this week
Fresh supply on this exact card. More choice, and more downward pressure.
What could go wrong
Small sample
95 PA this season — too few to read a rate stat off with any confidence.
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.
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-RC — raw, base, unnumbered.
Described by 36 independent sellers — observed, not checklist-verified.
$25.50–42.50midpoint $34.00
Evidence limited· 1 salemost recent 2026-08-23 · 41 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-RC
Raw base 1st Bowman Chrome Auto
The canonical prospect vehicle — every player who has one is compared on it. Identified from 36 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.
Base$8.94delivered
AUTO 🔥 RICARDO COVA SP 2026 Topps 1st Bowman Chrome On Card Signature #CPA-RC — $8.94 delivered, 74% under the $6–34 that copies of this exact card have confirmed sold in.
See it on eBayWhat would make this a buy
- Player not there yet
What is for sale right now
51 cards of his are listed · 0 of the 51 we can judge clear the investment bar. These are the 6 worth looking at, best first; the other 45 are under "The whole live market".
AUTO 🔥 RICARDO COVA SP 2026 Topps 1st Bowman Chrome On Card Signature #CPA-RC
base · raw · condition not stated · listed 1d
Player not there yet
$8.94
sold $6–34
LOTTERY · 74% under
Ricardo Cova 2026 Bowman Chrome 1st Auto #CPA-RC Mariners
base · raw · condition not stated · takes offers · listed 3d
Player not there yet
Data stale — Last confirmed live 60h ago — beyond the 48h bar. Needs a re-sight before the analysis is current.
$10.48
sold $6–34
LOTTERY · 69% under
2026 Bowman Ricardo Cova 1st Bowman Chrome On Card Auto 🔥 Mariners CPA-RC
base · raw · condition not stated · takes offers · listed 98d
Player not there yet
Data stale — Last confirmed live 57h ago — beyond the 48h bar. Needs a re-sight before the analysis is current.
$10.73
sold $6–34
LOTTERY · 68% under
2026 1st Bowman Ricardo Cova Chrome Auto #CPA-RC Mariners
base · raw · condition not stated · listed 16d
Player not there yet
Data stale — Last confirmed live 57h ago — beyond the 48h bar. Needs a re-sight before the analysis is current.
$10.78
sold $6–34
LOTTERY · 68% under
2026 Bowman Chrome Ricardo Cova 1st Bowman Prospect Auto #CPA-RC Mariners
base · raw · condition not stated · takes offers · listed 39d
Player not there yet
Data stale — Last confirmed live 57h ago — beyond the 48h bar. Needs a re-sight before the analysis is current.
$10.98
sold $6–34
LOTTERY · 68% under
Ricardo Cova 2026 Bowman Chrome #CPA-RC Auto Rookie 1st RC (B)
base · raw · condition not stated · takes offers · listed 89d
Player not there yet
Data stale — Last confirmed live 57h ago — beyond the 48h bar. Needs a re-sight before the analysis is current.
$11.99
sold $6–34
LOTTERY · 65% under
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The evidence
Everything the reading above is built on. Open whichever part you want to check.
The parallel ladder4 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 $8.94, but nothing confirmed has sold on this rung.
- Sold
- —
- Live
- $8.94 live
- Scarcity
- unnumbered
- Trades
- no sales
- Premium
- —
- Purple /250THIN EVIDENCE
Listed at $56.99, but nothing confirmed has sold on this rung.
- Sold
- —
- Live
- $56.99 live
- Scarcity
- 250 made
- Trades
- no sales
- Premium
- +538%
Premium from asking prices, not sales - /150THIN EVIDENCE
Listed at $27.99, but nothing confirmed has sold on this rung.
- Sold
- —
- Live
- $27.99 live
- Scarcity
- 100 made
- Trades
- no sales
- Premium
- -51%
Premium from asking prices, not sales - Refractor /5 and underTHIN EVIDENCE
Listed at $595.00, but nothing confirmed has sold on this rung.
- Sold
- —
- Live
- $595.00 live
- Scarcity
- 5 made
- Trades
- no sales
- Premium
- +2026%
Premium from asking prices, not sales
1 listing sits 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 492 hitters at High-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 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?
61
plus · better than 87% at his level
16.8% K
strikeout rate, inverted — lower means more bat-to-ball
Power
Can he hit it hard?
51
average · better than 55% at his level
.140 ISO
isolated power — slugging minus batting average, so hits that go for extra bases
Plate discipline
Does he pick his pitch?
34
bottom of the scale · better than 5% at his level
2.1% BB
walk rate — higher means he makes pitchers come to him
Speed
Can he run?
60
plus · better than 84% at his level
44 SB per 600 PA
stolen bases per full season of plate appearances
Production
Is it showing up in the box score?
55
above average · better than 68% at his level · the result, not a skill
.778 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 58th percentile of the cohort, production at the 68th — 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 58 and his production sits at 68, a gap of -10. 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 492 players at his level we hold a full profile for, where it lands at the 34th percentile.
Will he get there?
Long shot 4.4 / 10
- old 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 playingThe High-A line, and how it compares with last season
Hover any stat to see what it means. How each compares with the 492 other hitters at his level is graded in "What he is good at".
PA
95
AVG
.312
OBP
.326
SLG
.452
OPS
.778
better than 68%
HR
0
SB
7
BB%
2.1
K%
16.8
Is this player getting better?
Hitting better than last season even though the pitching got harder — .719 to .778 after moving up to High-A. That is the shape of a breakout.
Moved up from Low-A to High-A — the pitching is harder this year.
OPS
.719▲.778
Power
.125▲.140
Walks
5.0%▼2.1%
Strikeouts
19.9%▼16.8%
Last season, 377 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.
The whole live market51 listed · 51 eBay-verified · 45 not shown above
- Listings
- 51
- Lowest live
- $8.94
- Median ask
- $13.32
- Cheapest 1st auto
- $8.94
- Cheapest numbered 1st auto
- $27.99
51 eBay-verified
Latest eBay verification: 7 hours ago.
The other 45 cards
- $12.492026 Bowman - Ricardo Cova 1st Bowman Chrome AUTO #CPA-RC Seattle Mariners🔥LOTTERY
- $12.89Ricardo Cova 1st Chrome Auto Prospect Rookie 2026 Bowman #CPA-RC Mariners PTLOTTERY
- $13.32RICARDO COVA 2026 BOWMAN CHROME PROSPECT AUTO AUTO SEATTLE MARINERS #CPA-RC 1STLOTTERY
- $13.32RICARDO COVA 2026 BOWMAN CHROME PROSPECT AUTO AUTO SEATTLE MARINERS #CPA-RC 1STLOTTERY
- $13.99RICARDO COVA 2026 BOWMAN CHROME 1ST PROSPECT AUTO #CPA-RC MARINERSLOTTERY
- $14.392026 Topps Bowman Chrome Prospect Auto - Ricardo Cova - #CPA-RC 1st Bowman LOTTERY
- $14.98RICARDO COVA - 2026 Bowman Chrome Prospect 1st Auto #CPA-RC MarinersLOTTERY
- $15.992026 Bowman Chrome 1st Bowman Ricardo Cova Rookie Auto Seattle Mariners 🔥LOTTERY
- $16.002026 Topps Bowman Chrome Auto Ricardo Cova 1st #CPA-RC MarinersLOTTERY
- $18.95Topps 2026 Bowman Chrome 1st Bowman Ricardo Cova Auto CPA-RC MarinersLOTTERY
- —2026 Bowman Ricardo Cova #CPA-RC 1st Bowman Chrome AUTO Seattle Mariners 🔥PASS
- —2026 Bowman - Ricardo Cova 1st Chrome AUTO #CPA-RC Seattle MarinersPASS
- —Topps 2026 Bowman Chrome 1st Bowman Auto Ricardo Cova #CPA-RC MarinersPASS
- —2026 Bowman Chrome Ricardo Cova Bowman 1st Auto - MARINERSPASS
- —RICARDO COVA - 2026 Bowman Chrome Prospect 1st Auto #CPA-RC MarinersPASS
- —2026 Bowman - Ricardo Cova 1st Chrome Auto #CPA-RC Seattle Mariners (RC, AU)PASS
- —Topps 2026 Bowman Chrome Prospect Autographs 1st Bowman Ricardo Cova Auto CPA-RCPASS
- —2026 Bowman Chrome 1st Ricardo Cova Auto #CPA-RC Mariners On Card Auto🔥PASS
- —Topps 2023 Bowman Chrome 1st Ricardo Cova Mariners Auto #CPA-RCPASS
- —Topps Bowman Chrome 2026 1st Bowman Rookie Auto Ricardo Cova #CPA-RC MarinersPASS
- —2026 Bowman Chrome Ricardo Cova Auto #CPA-RC Seattle Mariners 1st BowmanPASS
- —2026 Bowman Chrome RICARDO COVA 1st Bowman Autograph Auto Base #CPA-RC MarinersPASS
- —2026 Bowman Ricardo Cova 1st Bowman Chrome On Card Auto Mariners CPA-RCPASS
- —2026 Bowman Ricardo Cova 1st Bowman Chrome On Card Auto 🔥 Mariners CPA-RCPASS
- —2026 Bowman Ricardo Cova 1st Bowman Chrome On Card Auto 🔥 Mariners CPA-RCPASS
- —2026 Bowman 1st RICARDO COVA- Chrome Prospects Auto- Seattle Mariners #CPA-RCPASS
- —2026 Bowman Chrome Ricardo Cova Auto #CPA-RC Seattle Mariners 1st BowmanPASS
- —2026 Bowman Ricardo Cova Chrome Auto 1st Bowman MarinersPASS
- —Bowman Chrome Ricardo Cova 1st Bowman Rookie Auto #CPA-RC Seattle MarinersPASS
- —2026 Bowman Chrome 1st Bowman Auto #CPA-RC Ricardo Cova - Seattle MarinersPASS
- —Topps 2025 Bowman Chrome Prospect Autographs Ricardo Cova 1st Auto CPA-RCPASS
- —Bowman 2026 Chrome 1st Bowman Ricardo Cova Rookie Auto Mariners #CPA-RCPASS
- —2026 Bowman Chrome - Ricardo Cova Auto #CPA-RC 1st Prospect MarinersPASS
- $12.992026 Bowman Chrome Prospect Autographs Ricardo Cova 1ST ROOKIE AUTO MARINERSLOTTERY
- —2026 Bowman Chrome Ricardo Cova 1st Bowman On Card Auto #CPARC Seattle MarinersPASS
- —Bowman 2026 Bowman Chrome Ricardo Cova 1st Chrome Auto #CPA-RC PSA 9 MarinersNEEDS EVIDENCE
- —2026 Bowman Chrome 1st Ricardo Cova Orange X-Fractor Auto Mariners /25PASS
- —2026 BOWMAN CHROME RICARDO COVA 1ST BOWMAN AUTO RED /5 X FRACTORPASS
- —2026 Bowman Chrome 1st Ricardo Cova Orange True Auto Mariners /25 💎📈🔥PASS
- —2026 Bowman Ricardo Cova Chrome Auto 1st Bowman Mariners SP COMBO /250 /175!PASS
- $27.992026 Bowman Chrome - Ricardo Cova #CPA-RC - 1st Bowman Auto Mini-Diamond /100PASS
- $56.992026 Bowman Chrome Ricardo Cova 1st Purple /250 Auto CPA-RC MarinersPASS
- $595.002026 Bowman Ricardo Cova Snack Pack Auto Peanuts /5 Chrome Refractor AutographPASS
- —🦎🐍1st Bowman 2026 Ricardo Cova /99 green Reptilian Auto🐍🦎PASS
- $9.352026 Bowman Ricardo Cova Chrome Auto #CPA-RC 1st Prospect MarinersPASS
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.
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