Coming into the season, one of the top MLB rookies with the most hype around them was, without question, Cardinals infielder JJ Wetherholt. As a former top-10 draft pick and top minor league prospect, Wetherholt was on the short list to compete for NL Rookie of the Year alongside Konnor Griffin, Nolan McLean, and others. As a result, collectors were gobbling up his cards left and right in anticipation of his major league debut.
Well, Wetherholt made his debut and the results have been ... all over the place. He has certainly shown some flashes of his potential, and a .782 OPS is nothing to sneeze at for a guy's first 200+ plate appearances or so. However, it doesn't seem like collectors know what to make of Wetherholt right now, and the prices for his Bowman 1st autos prove it.
Analyzing Cardinals rookie JJ Wetherholt's Bowman 1st auto market over the last month
Given the delay in Topps' ability to print rookie cards for players during their debut years, we don't have any rookie cards to track when it comes to Wetherholt's market. However, Wetherholt absolutely has his Bowman 1st autos from the 2025 product we can look at to gauge collectors' temperature on him. But the results are ... inconclusive.
Just over the last month, a timeframe that helps control for that initial burst of excitement from his MLB debut, prices for Wetherholt's raw Bowman 1st base autos have risen or fallen by $20 or more a grand total of 11 times, according to data from Sports Card Investor. No, that is not a typo. They have gone as high as $233 apiece on 5/3/26 to a low of $165 back on 4/21/26. Depending on the day, you could expect to pay 15-20%, more or less.
Prices for PSA 10 versions have been somewhat more stable, but not by much. On 4/26/26, you could get a PSA 10 of Wetherholt's 1st auto for a low of $440. On 5/8/26, the same card in a PSA 10 would have cost you $785. Again, all over the place.
In a lot of ways, Wetherholt's market is just a mirror of his season at the moment. Some guys, like Griffin, have collectors willing to bet on his long-term viability, even if his current numbers don't inspire fear in the hearts of men. In Wetherholt's case, it doesn't seem like they know what to think.
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