soccer · Como (loan from Real Madrid; buyback 2027-28) · CAM · age 21 · about a year
Nico Paz — soccer, CAM, Como (loan from Real Madrid; buyback 2027-28), age 21. One of 82 entries, each scored on four separate axes rather than given a single grade.
At 65, accessibility is unusually good for something scored this highly elsewhere. Cards like that don't stay accessible forever, which is the argument for looking now rather than later.
Breakout (94) and card upside (94) sit close together, which is the straightforward case: if the performance arrives, the cards should follow it rather than shrug.
Set against the 6 soccer breakout picks scored here, its breakout of 94 ranks 1st of 6, card upside 94 ranks 2nd, accessibility 65 ranks 5th, and risk 22 is the 1st-lowest. The closest thing to it on the numbers is Yan Diomande, which scores 80 and 90 on the same two axes — if you're weighing one against the other, the difference is in the reasoning rather than the scores.
A one-year horizon means you're betting on a single body of work — one season, essentially. That's a much narrower bet than a career, and it should be sized like one.
At 22, this is one of the calmer entries in here. Read that as relative: the floor under any card is whatever the next person will pay, and that number can move a long way in a month.
Every entry gets four separate scores instead of one grade, because a single grade hides the thing you needed. Full explanation in the guide: how to spot a breakout before the cards move.
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