This year, the major leagues will have six stars with special markings, and the major leagues have teamed up with Topps, Fanatics, and Nike to attach a gold MLB badge to their jerseys to become the superstars of the new season. The six include Dodger Shohei Ohtani, Aaron Judge, Chris Sale, Tarik Skubal, Paul Skenes, and Luis Gil.
Shohei Ohtani and Judge are the MVP winners last season, Sayre and Scuba are the Pitcher Cy Young Award winners, and Skins and Hill are the rookie kings, that is, the six winners of the biggest award of the year. The first player to wear the gold badge was Shohei Ohtani, who is playing in Tokyo, Japan, and overseas.
Yankees rookie pitcher Hill was injured during spring training and is expected to return as soon as June this year, and he will be the last member to wear the gold badge.
In addition, fans will also have the same gold badge on the retail jerseys of these six stars, and Topps, the player card manufacturer, plans to introduce a special signature card with the gold badge. Skins' limited edition of one rookie autographed card last year has been drawn and is expected to soar above $1 million on the auction platform, which Skins himself can't afford ($740,000).