MLB 21 Exchange calculator

The cheapest set of cards that gets you to a points target. Buying the cheapest cards is the intuitive move and it is usually the expensive one — what matters is cost per point.

Total cost: 6,538
Cards to buy: 53
Points: 100,036

Saves 59% against buying the cheapest cards. That route needs 648 cards and 15,829 stubs for the same target.

This set includes a 61 or 62 overall, whose points value is published by only one source and could not be confirmed.

#	Card	Price	Points	Stubs / point	Running
1	74Pedro StropFA	35	1,541	0.023	1,541
2	72Brady SingerKC	25	997	0.025	2,538
3	78Max StassiLAA	100	3,788	0.026	6,326
4	74Ryan BraunFA	55	1,541	0.036	7,867
5	70John HicksFA	25	651	0.038	8,518
6	77Casey MizeDET	125	3,013	0.041	11,531
7	77Charlie BlackmonCOL	150	3,013	0.050	14,544
8	72Yoenis CespedesFA	50	997	0.050	15,541
9	75Luis CastilloCIN	100	1,922	0.052	17,463
10	75Miles MikolasSTL	100	1,922	0.052	19,385
11	64Deivy GrullonFA	10	191	0.052	19,576
12	64Clayton BeeterFA	10	191	0.052	19,767
13	78Blake SnellSD	200	3,788	0.053	23,555
14	78Mike MoustakasCIN	200	3,788	0.053	27,343
15	76Garrett WhitlockBOS	128	2,404	0.053	29,747
16	63Stevie WilkersonFA	9	156	0.058	29,903
17	63Scott HeinemanFA	9	156	0.058	30,059
18	76Ke'Bryan HayesPIT	144	2,404	0.060	32,463
19	76Joe RossWAS	144	2,404	0.060	34,867
20	73Erik GonzalezFA	75	1,238	0.061	36,105
21	76Yusei KikuchiSEA	150	2,404	0.062	38,509
22	75Renato NunezFA	120	1,922	0.062	40,431
23	78Tyrone TaylorMIL	240	3,788	0.063	44,219
24	63Sal RomanoFA	10	156	0.064	44,375
25	69Garrett CleavingerLAD	35	528	0.066	44,903
26	77Nick MadrigalCHC	200	3,013	0.066	47,916
27	77Trevor MayNYM	200	3,013	0.066	50,929
28	71Anibal SanchezFA	55	805	0.068	51,734
29	71Hernan PerezFA	56	805	0.070	52,539
30	79Rhys HoskinsPHI	333	4,775	0.070	57,314
31	71Dan AltavillaFA	58	805	0.072	58,119
32	71Keynan MiddletonFA	60	805	0.075	58,924
33	71Jose De LeonFA	60	805	0.075	59,729
34	70Tyler ThornburgFA	50	651	0.077	60,380
35	75Edmundo SosaSTL	148	1,922	0.077	62,302
36	72Tommy HunterFA	77	997	0.077	63,299
37	79Miguel RojasMIA	374	4,775	0.078	68,074
38	71Joel PayampsFA	64	805	0.080	68,879
39	71Justin TopaFA	64	805	0.080	69,684
40	71Rick PorcelloFA	65	805	0.081	70,489
41	73Jonathan HernandezFA	100	1,238	0.081	71,727
42	84Adam DuvallATL	1,299	15,909	0.082	87,636
43	71Josh ReddickFA	66	805	0.082	88,441
44	71Chase AndersonFA	66	805	0.082	89,246
45	77Zack GreinkeHOU	248	3,013	0.082	92,259
46	76A.J. MinterATL	198	2,404	0.082	94,663
47	77Zach EflinPHI	249	3,013	0.083	97,676
48	70Felix PenaFA	54	651	0.083	98,327
49	70Chaz RoeFA	54	651	0.083	98,978
50	62T.J. ZeuchFA	9	108	0.083	99,086
51	70Homer BaileyFA	55	651	0.084	99,737
52	64Anibal SierraFA	17	191	0.089	99,928
53	62Zack ZehnerFA	10	108	0.093	100,036

How this works

A card's exchange value is fixed by its overall rating, and the curve is steep — a 74 is worth 1,541 points where a 60 is worth 100, though both can sit at the 25-stub floor. So the best cards to feed an exchange are cheap bronzes, not commons. The set below is chosen by cost per point, and stops valuing points once the target is met, so it does not spend on a diamond to close a small gap. Prices are the current buy-now asks and one copy of each card is assumed.

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