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All 74 breakout picks · Updated August 2026

Every breakout pick we score

Every player and card entry in the breakout picks tool, with its four scores. The price range and the buy/hold/sell call for each one are behind the login.

Baseball (13)

Breakout Pick	Breakout	Card upside	Access	Risk	Horizon
Caminero HR-Chase Flip	90	78	55	38	roughly a month
Chase DeLauter	84	88	55	24	about a year
Corbin Carroll	74	82	65	32	about six months
Ethan Salas	46	80	78	65	about three years
George Lombard Jr.	82	88	60	40	about a year
JJ Wetherholt	90	94	42	22	about a year
Junior Caminero	92	88	55	32	about a year
Kevin McGonigle	88	92	38	22	about a year
Kevin McGonigle All-Star Peak (Partial Sell)	55	55	38	38	roughly a month
Munetaka Murakami	96	96	43	20	about a year
Roman Anthony	54	80	72	65	about a year
Ronald Acuña Jr.	70	90	45	42	about a year
Shohei Ohtani Historic-Season Peak (Sell)	55	38	38	45	about six months

Basketball (11)

Breakout Pick	Breakout	Card upside	Access	Risk	Horizon
Cameron Boozer	86	88	62	34	about a year
Cooper Flagg	96	96	32	20	about a year
Cooper Flagg Rookie-Year Peak (Partial Sell)	55	35	20	42	roughly a month
Ja Morant	62	92	55	52	about six months
Kon Knueppel	84	84	55	32	about a year
Olivia Miles	88	80	70	36	about six months
Tre Johnson	68	82	70	52	about two years
Wembanyama Y3 Peak (Partial Sell)	55	38	15	38	about six months
Yves Missi	48	72	80	48	about two years
Zaccharie Risacher	62	82	65	46	about a year
Zion Williamson	58	94	45	55	about six months

Football (11)

Breakout Pick	Breakout	Card upside	Access	Risk	Horizon
Bhayshul Tuten	80	80	78	36	about a year
Carnell Tate	84	80	70	42	about a year
CJ Stroud	76	88	55	38	about six months
Fernando Mendoza	86	92	48	48	about a year
Jayden Daniels Sophomore Peak (Sell)	52	35	55	42	about six months
Jeremiyah Love	90	90	58	28	about a year
Luther Burden III	80	84	65	28	about a year
Malik Nabers	82	90	55	52	about a year
Shedeur Sanders	62	78	72	62	about six months
Travis Hunter	60	78	60	55	about six months
Tyler Shough	76	84	73	40	about a year

Soccer (6)

Breakout Pick	Breakout	Card upside	Access	Risk	Horizon
Geovany Quenda	70	86	78	40	about a year
Lamine Yamal	80	92	38	32	about a year
Lennart Karl	58	96	75	32	about three years
Nico Paz	94	94	65	22	about a year
Noah Sadiki	78	82	90	34	about two years
Yan Diomande	80	90	85	38	about a year

Formula 1 (5)

Breakout Pick	Breakout	Card upside	Access	Risk	Horizon
Antonelli Race-Weekend Recurring Flip	88	82	35	28	roughly a month
Gabriel Bortoleto	64	78	82	46	about three years
Isack Hadjar	58	84	82	52	about a year
Kimi Antonelli	98	98	35	18	about a year
Oliver Bearman	70	84	72	42	about two years

Tennis (5)

Breakout Pick	Breakout	Card upside	Access	Risk	Horizon
Coco Gauff	72	82	60	35	about a year
Iva Jovic	78	84	86	36	about a year
Jakub Mensik	78	88	74	58	about two years
Jannik Sinner Y2 Peak (Sell)	52	35	38	40	about six months
Learner Tien	84	88	78	28	about two years

Pokémon (5)

Breakout Pick	Breakout	Card upside	Access	Risk	Horizon
Charizard ex SAR	68	85	40	25	about two years
Pikachu ex SIR	74	78	48	24	about two years
Pokemon 30th Celebration (Sept 16)	82	86	70	34	about six months
Prismatic Evolutions Sealed ETBs	72	62	60	22	about two years
Umbreon VMAX Alt Art	68	90	15	30	about three years

Magic: The Gathering (5)

Breakout Pick	Breakout	Card upside	Access	Risk	Horizon
Commander Staples (Foil/Extended)	70	78	75	30	about three years
MTG The Hobbit — Universes Beyond (Aug 14)	78	80	70	36	about six months
Reserved List Dual Lands	55	90	10	10	five years or longer
The One Ring (Serialized)	60	98	1	15	five years or longer
Universes Beyond Serialized	78	94	20	40	about two years

Yu-Gi-Oh (3)

Breakout Pick	Breakout	Card upside	Access	Risk	Horizon
Dark End Dragon (Prize Card)	50	95	2	10	five years or longer
Vintage 1st Edition LOB/MRD	60	88	15	15	five years or longer
Yu-Gi-Oh Magnificent Monsters (Sept 4)	74	76	85	38	roughly a month

Hockey (3)

Breakout Pick	Breakout	Card upside	Access	Risk	Horizon
Connor Bedard Y3 Peak (Sell)	52	35	35	42	about six months
Lane Hutson	96	98	45	18	about a year
Macklin Celebrini	92	96	44	22	about a year

Golf (3)

Breakout Pick	Breakout	Card upside	Access	Risk	Horizon
Ludvig Aberg	86	88	46	24	about a year
Robert MacIntyre	70	72	75	30	about two years
Scottie Scheffler Peak (Sell)	52	35	55	40	about six months

Wrestling (2)

Breakout Pick	Breakout	Card upside	Access	Risk	Horizon
Je'Von Evans	72	86	80	32	about a year
Oba Femi	88	86	60	22	about a year

UFC (2)

Breakout Pick	Breakout	Card upside	Access	Risk	Horizon
Jacobe Smith	52	80	88	40	about two years
Quillan Salkilld	92	90	65	28	about a year

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