Kade Snell
CF · High-A · 24.0y · #3684 of 7,922 we rate
- The player
- FRINGE
- The market
- Untested
- What to do
- Wait
39 out of 100 — our all-round score from the season line, his tools against the level, and how young he is for it.
36 cards of his are listed and nothing comparable has verifiably sold, so we will not tell you whether the asks are fair.
Closest of his is 2026 Bowman Chrome 1st Kade Snell… at $7.40. Player not there yet.
Our take
Fringe prospect, untested market.
Kade Snell scores 39 out of 100 (#3684 of the 7,922 we score), and the case rests on one thing: speed: above average — 31 SB per 600 PA — stolen bases per full season of plate appearances Better than 72% at his level.
His core Bowman card has been selling at $2–5 off 4 confirmed sales.
Cards of his are listed and none of them can be priced against a confirmed sale, so any judgment about value today would be a guess dressed as a number.
The thing most likely to be wrong here: thin comp evidence — 1 confirmed sale in 90 days. Treat any value here as a single data point, not a price.
The signal
Old for the level
-1.0y vs his level at High-A — younger than only 30% of the players there.
The case is fading
Baseball momentum 0/100 — the on-field case is fading. Read from his baseball alone — never from what his cards did.
Speed: above average
31 SB per 600 PA — stolen bases per full season of plate appearances Better than 72% at his level.
Premium position
CF — the bat does not have to carry the whole profile.
Contact: above average
21.5% K — strikeout rate, inverted — lower means more bat-to-ball Better than 68% at his level.
What the hobby pays up for
CF is a position the hobby pays up for; 24.0 is old for a prospect card.
Why now
No catalyst right now — no promotion, no logged step change, and no measurable move in his card prices. This is a valuation-driven watch rather than a timing one.
What could go wrong
Thin comp evidence
1 confirmed sale in 90 days. Treat any value here as a single data point, not a price.
Benchmark not checklist-verified
His core card was identified from how raw base 1st bowman chrome auto sellers describe it, not from a checklist. The identity is likely, not established.
What the hobby pays for him
Benchmark card: 2026 Bowman Chrome 1st Auto — raw, base, unnumbered.
Described by 23 independent sellers — observed, not checklist-verified.
$2.25–5midpoint $5.00
Confirmed· 4 salesmost recent 2026-08-26 · 24 listed now
- 7 days
- not enough sales
- 30 days
- not enough sales
- 90 days
- not enough sales
This is his benchmark, not the value of any particular card in front of you — a /250 is a different market.
The card that matters
A card-quality answer, not a price one. It does not change when a seller changes their mind.
2026 Bowman Chrome 1st Auto
Raw base 1st Bowman Chrome Auto
The canonical prospect vehicle — every player who has one is compared on it. Identified from 23 independent sellers describing it — likely, not established.
A card is never the one to own because it is numbered. Scarcity is a modifier on a vehicle, not a vehicle — a /25 of a card nobody collects is a rarer version of nothing.
Best value right now
Where the money would go today, which is frequently a lesser card than the one above — or nowhere.
No good entry today
The closest to fair is 2026 Bowman Chrome 1st Kade Snell Auto Cubs #CPA-KSN at $16, 220% over the $2.25–5 that copies of it have confirmed sold in. Nothing of his is currently below its own sold band.
That card at or under $2.25 delivered would be at the bottom of what it has actually sold for.
What would make this a buy
- Needs a $4 drop
- Player not there yet
- On his best-priced card: evidence still thin.
What is for sale right now
36 cards of his are listed · 0 of the 36 we can judge clear the investment bar. These are the 6 worth looking at, best first; the other 30 are under "The whole live market".
2026 Bowman Chrome 1st Black X-fractor /10 Kade Snell Auto #CPA-KSN Cubs
/10 · raw · condition not stated · takes offers · listed 98d
Evidence still thin · 2 other things in the way
$374.99
modeled $4.05–21
PASS
KADE SNELL 2026 BOWMAN CHROME 1ST MINI-DIAMOND AUTO /100 #CPA-KSN
/100 · raw · condition not stated · takes offers · listed 6d
Evidence still thin · 2 other things in the way
Data stale — Last confirmed live 61h ago — beyond the 48h bar. Needs a re-sight before the analysis is current.
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modeled $2.03–10.50
PASS
Topps Kade Snell 1st Bowman Chrome Auto Purple Card Refractor #CPA-KSN /250 Cubs
/250 · raw · condition not stated · takes offers · listed 5d
Evidence still thin · 2 other things in the way
Data stale — Last confirmed live 61h ago — beyond the 48h bar. Needs a re-sight before the analysis is current.
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modeled $1.76–9.10
PASS
Topps 2026 1st Bowman Chrome Prospects Kade Snell #BCP-105 Purple /250 Auto
/250 · raw · condition not stated · takes offers · listed 4d
Evidence still thin · 2 other things in the way
Data stale — Last confirmed live 61h ago — beyond the 48h bar. Needs a re-sight before the analysis is current.
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modeled $1.76–9.10
PASS
2026 Topps Chrome 1ST Bowman True Purple KADE SNELL Auto /250 Cubs
/250 · raw · condition not stated · takes offers · listed 0d
Evidence still thin · 2 other things in the way
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modeled $1.76–9.10
PASS
Kade Snell 2026 Bowman Chrome 1st Auto 56/499
/499 · raw · condition not stated · listed 1d
Evidence still thin · 2 other things in the way
$20.98
sold $9.20
PASS
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The evidence
Everything the reading above is built on. Open whichever part you want to check.
The parallel ladder6 versions of his cards in raw autos, each priced off its own confirmed sales
Every version of his cards we can see, base to 1/1. Each rung is priced off its own confirmed sales — a rung nothing has verifiably sold at shows no value rather than borrowing a neighbour's.
Showing Raw autos.
NO CLEAR SWEET SPOT
No rung of his has a confirmed sale behind it, so there is no price to compare any step against.
- BaseTHIN EVIDENCE
1 listing watched off the board here, none confirmed sold — no price to judge.
- Sold
- —
- Live
- $7.40 live
- Scarcity
- unnumbered
- Trades
- no sales
- Premium
- —
- /499THIN EVIDENCE
Listed at $20.98, but nothing confirmed has sold on this rung.
- Sold
- —
- Live
- $20.98 live
- Scarcity
- 499 made
- Trades
- no sales
- Premium
- +184%
Premium from asking prices, not sales - Refractor /499THIN EVIDENCE
Listed at $23.99, but nothing confirmed has sold on this rung.
- Sold
- —
- Live
- $23.99 live
- Scarcity
- 499 made
- Trades
- no sales
- Premium
- +14%
Premium from asking prices, not sales - Aqua Refractor /150THIN EVIDENCE
Listed at $21.24, but nothing confirmed has sold on this rung.
- Sold
- —
- Live
- $21.24 live
- Scarcity
- 125 made
- Trades
- no sales
- Premium
- -12%
Premium from asking prices, not sales - Gold Lava Refractor /50THIN EVIDENCE
Listed at $294.00, but nothing confirmed has sold on this rung.
- Sold
- —
- Live
- $294.00 live
- Scarcity
- 50 made
- Trades
- no sales
- Premium
- +1284%
Premium from asking prices, not sales - /25 and underTHIN EVIDENCE
Listed at $374.99, but nothing confirmed has sold on this rung.
- Sold
- —
- Live
- $374.99 live
- Scarcity
- 10 made
- Trades
- no sales
- Premium
- +28%
Premium from asking prices, not sales
What he is good atSkills 53 on the 20–80 scale, against 492 hitters at High-A
What he is good at
skills overall 53 / 80
On the 20–80 scale every scouting report uses: 50 is average, and every 10 points is one standard deviation. Measured against 492 hitters at High-A — measured against real players at the same level right now — not a scout's projection of what he becomes.
Contact
Can he hit it?
55
above average · better than 68% at his level
21.5% K
strikeout rate, inverted — lower means more bat-to-ball
Power
Can he hit it hard?
54
above average · better than 67% at his level
.163 ISO
isolated power — slugging minus batting average, so hits that go for extra bases
Plate discipline
Does he pick his pitch?
47
average · better than 37% at his level
9.8% BB
walk rate — higher means he makes pitchers come to him
Speed
Can he run?
56
above average · better than 72% at his level
31 SB per 600 PA
stolen bases per full season of plate appearances
Production
Is it showing up in the box score?
53
above average · better than 62% at his level · the result, not a skill
.753 OPS
on-base plus slugging — the result, which carries the luck as well as the skill
Age for the level
Is he doing it young?
45
below average · better than 30% at his level · context, not a skill
-1.0y vs his level
years younger than the median player at his level — positive is young for the level
The overall figure averages the 4 skill rows only. The box-score row and the age row are shown but deliberately left out of it — one is the result those skills produced, and the other is not a skill at all.
The argument
skills at the 61th percentile of the cohort, production at the 62th — the gap between the two is ordinary for this level.
Nothing to arbitrage here: he is producing about what his skills say he should. Judge the card on price and the player on the grades.
How this is read: his skills average 61 and his production sits at 62, a gap of -1. That gap on its own means little — an average of several percentiles always sits nearer the middle than a single one — so it is ranked against the same figure computed the same way for the 492 players at his level we hold a full profile for, where it lands at the 46th percentile.
Will he get there?
Long shot 3.8 / 10
- old for High-A
This is an ordering score, not a percentage. We hold no outcome data and have run no backtest, so “a 93% chance of reaching the majors” would be a number we made up and you then spent money on. Built on 100% of what it wants to know.
How he is playingThe High-A line, and how it compares with last season
Hover any stat to see what it means. How each compares with the 492 other hitters at his level is graded in "What he is good at".
PA
307
AVG
.252
OBP
.338
SLG
.415
OPS
.753
better than 62%
HR
8
SB
16
BB%
9.8
K%
21.5
Is this player getting better?
Hitting better than last season — .487 up to .753 OPS.
Still at High-A, the same level as last season.
OPS
.487▲.753
Power
.052▲.163
Walks
12.5%▼9.8%
Strikeouts
17.0%▲21.5%
Last season, 112 times at bat. Two seasons that already happened. Nothing here is a prediction.
What his cards have sold for1 logged sale
Real completed sales only — nothing here is an estimate. These come from the scan: it asks eBay about listings it has already seen, and one that ends at a fixed price is recorded as a sale. That builds up over days. You can add one by hand below if you happen to know it, but you are not meant to be the price database.
Only 1 sale logged so far. We need at least two to draw a line, and about five spread over a month before the numbers mean much. Add sales you find using the button below.
- 2026-08-26 — $6.88 plus $1.36 shipping · tracked disappearance — not a confirmed sale proof
The whole live market36 listed · 36 eBay-verified · 30 not shown above
- Listings
- 36
- Lowest seen
- $7.40
- Median ask
- $16.00
- Cheapest 1st auto
- $7.40
- Cheapest numbered 1st auto
- $20.98
36 eBay-verified
Latest eBay verification: 7 hours ago.
The other 30 cards
- $294.00KADE SNELL 2026 BOWMAN CHROME PROSPECT GOLD LAVA AUTO REFRACTOR AUTO 09/50PASS
- —Kade Snell 2026 1st Bowman Auto Orange X-Fractor /25 Cubs Au Rc (CPA-KS)PASS
- $23.99Kade Snell Auto 2026 Bowman #CPA-KSN Chrome Prospect Refractor /499PASS
- $21.242026 Bowman | Kade Snell | 1st Bowman Aqua Refractor Auto /125 | CubsPASS
- —KADE SNELL 2026 Bowman 1st Orange Border /25 Auto - CHICAGO CUBS AUTOGRAPHPASS
- $7.402026 Bowman Chrome 1st Kade Snell Autographed Signed Auto Cubs Auto BCP-105PASS
- $8.782026 Bowman Kade Snell Chrome Auto 1st Prospect #CPA-KSN CubsPASS
- $9.482026 Bowman Chrome 1st Kade Snell Auto #CPA-KSN CubsPASS
- $11.982026 Bowman Kade Snell 1st Chrome Auto SP #CPA-KSN Cubs Autograph Parallel RCPASS
- $13.502026 MLB Bowman Chrome Kade Snell 1st Bowman Auto #CPA-KSN Chicago CubsPASS
- $16.002026 Bowman Chrome 1st Kade Snell Auto Cubs #CPA-KSNPASS
- $16.00Topps Bowman Chrome 2026 Kade Snell 🔥1st Bowman Auto🔥CPA-KSN Chicago CubsPASS
- —2026 Bowman Chrome Kade Snell 1st Bowman On Card Auto #CPAKSN Chicago Cubs RCPASS
- —2026 Bowman - Chrome Prospect Autographs Kade Snell #CPA-KSN 1st Auto CubsPASS
- —2026 Bowman Kade Snell Chrome 1st Auto #CPA-KSNPASS
- —2026 Bowman Kade Snell Chrome Auto 1st Prospect #CPA-KSN CubsPASS
- —2026 Bowman Kade Snell Chrome Auto 1st Prospect #CPA-KSN CubsPASS
- —Topps 2026 Bowman Chrome Kade Snell 1st Bowman Prospect Auto #CPA-KSN CubsPASS
- —Topps 2026 Bowman Chrome 1st Bowman Kade Snell Cubs Auto Prospect Auto #CPA-KSNPASS
- —2026 Bowman Chrome Kade Snell 1st Bowman Cubs AUTO PASS
- —2026 Bowman Kade Snell 1st Chrome Auto SP #CPA-KSN Cubs Autograph Parallel RCPASS
- —2026 Bowman | Kade Snell | 1st Bowman Chrome Auto | CubsPASS
- —2026 Bowman Chrome Prospect 1st Autograph Auto Kade SnellPASS
- —2026 Bowman Chrome Kade Snell 1st Auto #CPA-KSN Chicago Cubs ProspectPASS
- —KADE SNELL Auto 1st Bowman 2026 Bowman Chrome #CPA-KSN Chicago CubsPASS
- —2026 Bowman Chrome Kade Snell Auto 1st Bowman CubsPASS
- —2026 Bowman | Kade Snell | 1st Bowman Chrome Auto | CubsPASS
- —2026 Bowman Kade Snell 1st Bowman Chrome Auto 🔥 Cubs CPA-KSNPASS
- —2026 Bowman 1st Kade Snell Chrome AutoPASS
- —2026 Bowman 1st Kade Snell Auto Chicago CubsPASS
Worth reading for this player
- What a modeled fair value means — at least one value on this page was modeled rather than taken from a sale
- Parallel scarcity calculator — numbered parallels of his cards are in play, and print run drives the premium
- Best Offer calculator — at least one of his live listings accepts offers
- Certified vs aftermarket autographs — signed cards of his are listed, and the two kinds are not worth the same
- Parallels and print runs — his market includes numbered parallels, which are priced off the print run