San Diego Padres pitcher Mat Latos is the final SPx redemption
By Chris Olds
10/8/2009 9:33:32 AM
Upper Deck has announced its final SPx Mystery Rookie Redemption of the year and it’s San Diego Padres pitcher Mat Latos.
Theseautograph redemptions can be found two per 14-box case and should be ofinterest to Baltimore Orioles fans with three of the seven cardsfeaturing an O’s youngster.
Latos went 4-5 with a 4.62 ERA and 39 strikeouts in 50.2 inningsthis season for the Padres, who finished fourth in the NL West — 20games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Here’s the complete SPx checklist:
No. RR1 — Orioles P Koji Uehara (25 signed in Japanese)
No. RR2 — Cardinals OF Colby Rasmus (25 signed “Go Redbirds”)
No. RR3 — Pirates OF Andrew McCutchen
No. RR4 — Orioles C Matt Wieters
No. RR5 — Orioles P Chris Tillman (right)
No. RR6 — Red Sox OF Josh Reddick
No. RR7 — Padres P Mat Latos
Chris Olds is the editor of Beckett Baseball and Beckett Graded Card Investor. Have a comment, question or idea? Send an e-mail to him at colds@beckett.com.