The August Spotlight Drop 1 Program delivers 50 total stars and a mix of Moments, PXP grinds, stat missions, and collections. Here’s your quick path to knocking it out.
How to Earn Stars
Moments
- 8 Moments → 24 total stars
Drop 1 Missions
- 500 PXP with August 1 Topps Now & Spotlight players → 10 stars
- 8 Total Bases with Eli White → 4 stars
- 3 XBH with Liover Peguero → 4 stars
Stat Missions
- 7 HRs with primary position 2B/SS → 5 stars
- 14 Hits with primary position 1B/3B/LF/RF → 5 stars
- 6 IP with SP → 5 stars
- 30 Total Bases (any players) → 7 stars
- 17 Runs (any players) → 7 stars
- 5 Hits with July Spotlight Jarren Duran → 4 stars
- 3 HRs with July Lightning Willy Adames → 4 stars
Optional Collections
- Collect 99 OVR Spotlight Warming Bernabel & Aaron Civale → 35 stars
- Collect 97 OVR Topps Now J.P. Crawford, Vanquiel Fernandez, Hurston Waldrep → 15 stars
Optional Extreme Moment
- Hit 3 HRs without making an out on Hall of Fame with the Colorado Rockies → 30 stars
Rewards
- 1 Show Pack
- April Spotlight Packs 2, 3, 4, 5
- August Spotlight Pack 1
- 5,000 XP
- 97 Topps Now Liover Peguero
- 97 Topps Now Eli White
- 99 Spotlight Anthony Volpe
August Spotlight Pack 1
- Aaron Civale, SP, Chicago White Sox (99 OVR)
- Warming Bernabel, 1B, Colorado Rockies (99 OVR)
- Hurston Waldrep, RP, Atlanta Braves (97 OVR)
- J.P. Crawford, SS, Seattle Mariners (97 OVR)
- Yanquiel Fernandez, RF, Colorado Rockies (97 OVR)
Not much exciting to write home about with this Spotlight drop. Volpe is quite good as the program reward, but is pretty bad defensively but still debuts top-10 at shortstop. Bernabel is fun as a new name, but feels pretty bland at a deep 1B. Civale actually intrigues me a bit. Everything says this should be a bad card online, but he has exceptional pitching attributes with a solid pitch mix. Featuring 88 as the lowest Control on any pitch, Civale doesn't have elite stuff by any means, but has an interesting enough profile that he'd be fun to use online a couple times.
Cory Wayne Dell
Cory has been writing about all things baseball and gaming since 2022 and has been featured at Operation Sports as well as cited by Forbes. Cory is also a multi-instrumentalist and founder of the band Cargocastle. Cargocastle's latest single, "Truth and Reconciliation," is available on Spotify and all major streaming platforms. Cory is also the author of Shadow of a Monster, a personal memoir currently seeking publication.
