For those who missed the previous posts, the general conceit of this series is that I’m making my own custom box set in the 1980’s Fleer style and each weekend I will feature a custom card of one of “Baseball’s Best Relievers” and another custom featuring one of “Baseball’s Best Supersubs”.
Our reliever of the week is the Athletics’ Mason Miller, who pitched mostly as a starter in 2023 but has been impressive since being converted to be the A’s closer and putting his 100+ mph fastball to work at the ends of games. He has 8 saves in 12 appearances with a 1.26 ERA, a 0.767 WHIP and he’s averaging 18.2 strikeouts per nine innings.
(Update: I forgot to mention that he was named the A.L. Reliever of the Month for March/April, which is reason I’d picked him in the first place)
The Blue Jays’ Cavan Biggio is our Supersub for the week. Biggio payed in 99 defensive games in 2023, half of them at 2nd base but also putting in double-digit games in the outfield and at 1st and 3rd. This year he’s maintaining a presence at all of those positions, but is playing the majority of his games at 2nd. He is the son of Hall of Famer Craig Biggio.
The Shlabotnik Report 
Dang it. Miller won an award? Guess that means he’ll be traded soon. :D
Someone missed the meeting where everyone was told that they shouldn’t become a respectable team until after they left Oakland :-P