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Zach Root

SP · Tulsa Drillers · Double-A · 22.0y · #1968 of 7,922 we rate

The player
FRINGE

50 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

16 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
Wait

Closest of his is ZACH ROOT 2025 BOWMAN CHROME 1ST ROOKIE…. Player not there yet.

Our take

Fringe prospect, untested market.

Zach Root scores 50 out of 100 (#1968 of the 7,922 we score), and the case rests on one thing: young for the level — +2.0y vs his level at Double-A — younger than 91% 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: 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

    +2.0y vs his level at Double-A — younger than 91% 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.

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

  • No professional sample

    We hold no season line for him, so every player-side reading on this page is missing its main input.

  • 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.

What the hobby pays for him

A benchmark is the one standardized card we track a player's market on, so every player's price means the same thing.

Benchmark not yet established — candidates seen, none corroborated by enough sellers. Until one exists, only his individual listings can be judged.

The card that matters

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

Canonical card not established — We have not assigned him a benchmark card yet, so there is no canonical answer to give. Until one exists, only his individual listings can be judged.

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 2025 Bowman Draft Chrome Prospect Zach Root #CPA-ZR Auto fc1 at $69.07, 319% over the $16.50–25 that copies of it have confirmed sold in. Nothing of his is currently below its own sold band.

That card at or under $16.50 delivered would be at the bottom of what it has actually sold for.

What would make this a buy

  • Priced above value
  • Player not there yet
  • On his best-priced card: not a core card.

What is for sale right now

16 cards of his are listed · 0 of the 16 we can judge clear the investment bar. These are the 6 worth looking at, best first; the other 10 are under "The whole live market".

  • 2025 BOWMAN DRAFT CHROME PROSPECT Zach Root Blue Wave Auto /150 #CPA-ZE PSA 9

    /150 · PSA 9 · takes offers · listed 4d

    Not a core card · 2 other things in the way

    Identity uncertain — whether this is a true 1st Bowman

    $191.50

    no sold price

    NEEDS EVIDENCE

    eBayBreakdown

  • ZACH ROOT 2025 BOWMAN DRAFT CHROME PROSPECT AUTO RC SP PSA 10/10 POP 1 BA

    base · PSA 10 · takes offers · listed 6d

    Not a core card · 2 other things in the way

    Identity uncertain — whether this is a true 1st Bowman

    $205.99

    modeled ~$124.50

    NEEDS EVIDENCE

    eBayBreakdown

  • 2025 Bowman Draft Zach Root Chrome Aqua Lava Auto /199 Dodgers PSA 10

    /199 · PSA 10 · takes offers · listed 4d

    Not a core card · 2 other things in the way

    Identity uncertain — whether this is a true 1st Bowman

    $355.95

    no sold price

    NEEDS EVIDENCE

    eBayBreakdown

  • 2025 Bowman Draft Zach Root #CPA-ZR Chrome Yellow Refractor Auto #/75 1st Bowman

    /75 · raw · condition not stated · listed 16d

    Player not there yet · 2 other things in the way

    Data stale — Last confirmed live 61h ago — beyond the 48h bar. Needs a re-sight before the analysis is current.

    —

    modeled $33–50

    PASS

    eBayBreakdown

  • 2025 Bowman Draft Zach Root Chrome Auto Green Lava Refractor 1st #/99 Dodgers

    /99 · raw · condition not stated · takes offers · listed 8d

    Player not there yet · 2 other things in the way

    Data stale — Last confirmed live 61h ago — beyond the 48h bar. Needs a re-sight before the analysis is current.

    —

    modeled $29.70–45

    PASS

    eBayBreakdown

  • Zach Root 2025 Bowman Draft Chrome Prospect 1st Auto Purple Refractor /250

    /250 · raw · condition not stated · listed 3d

    Player not there yet · 2 other things in the way

    Data stale — Last confirmed live 57h ago — beyond the 48h bar. Needs a re-sight before the analysis is current.

    $85.49

    modeled $21.45–32.50

    PASS

    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 Zach Root, just what the money can do today.

Compared within $28.21–$59.24, 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 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 $56.42, but nothing confirmed has sold on this rung.

    Sold
    —
    Live
    $56.42 live
    Scarcity
    unnumbered
    Trades
    no sales
    Premium
    —
  • Purple Refractor /250THIN EVIDENCE

    Listed at $85.49, but nothing confirmed has sold on this rung.

    Sold
    —
    Live
    $85.49 live
    Scarcity
    250 made
    Trades
    no sales
    Premium
    +52%
    Premium from asking prices, not sales
  • Green Lava Refractor /99THIN EVIDENCE

    Listed at $306.40, but nothing confirmed has sold on this rung.

    Sold
    —
    Live
    $306.40 live
    Scarcity
    99 made
    Trades
    no sales
    Premium
    +258%
    Premium from asking prices, not sales

3 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 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 496 hitters at Double-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?

    63

    plus · better than 91% at his level · context, not a skill

    +2.0y vs his level

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

Will he get there?

Real chance 5.4 / 10

  • already at Double-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 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.

Look up past sales on eBay
The whole live market16 listed · 16 eBay-verified · 10 not shown above
Listings
16

16 eBay-verified

Lowest seen
$56.42
Median ask
$105.99
Cheapest 1st auto
$85.49
Cheapest numbered 1st auto
$85.49

Latest eBay verification: 7 hours ago.

The other 10 cards

  • $105.99Zach Root 2025 Bowman Chrome Draft #CPA-ZR Purple Refractor 1st RC Auto 169/250PASS
  • —2025 Bowman Chrome 1st - Zach Root #CPA-ZR Purple Auto /250(RC,AU)PASS
  • —2025 Bowman Chrome ZACH ROOT 1st Refractor Auto /499 DODGERS CPA-ZRPASS
  • $306.402025 Bowman Draft - Zach Root #CPA-ZR - Green Lava Refractor /99 - Auto - 1stPASS
  • $56.422025 Bowman Draft Chrome Prospect Zach Root #CPA-ZR Auto 1b03PASS
  • $61.582025 Bowman Draft Chrome Prospect Zach Root #CPA-ZR Auto 1a05PASS
  • $69.072025 Bowman Draft Chrome Prospect Zach Root #CPA-ZR Auto fc1PASS
  • —ZACH ROOT 2025 BOWMAN CHROME 1ST ROOKIE AUTO #CPA-ZR DODGERS Q7332PASS
  • —Topps 2025 Bowman Draft Zach Root Dodgers Chrome Prospect Auto #CPA-ZR RC 🔥💎✒️PASS
  • —Topps 2025 Bowman Draft Chrome Prospect Autographs Zach Root 1st Auto RC #CPA-ZRPASS
What this page is missing3 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.
  • We do not have a sold price in 90 days — add one and the whole price side fills in.

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