Deal Sniper

Robert Hipwell

3B · High-A · 23.0y · #2897 of 7,922 we rate

The player
FRINGE

45 out of 100 — our all-round score from the season line, his tools against the level, and how young he is for it.

The market
Untested

66 cards of his are listed and nothing comparable has verifiably sold, so we will not tell you whether the asks are fair.

What to do
Wait

Closest of his is 2025 Bowman Chrome Robert Hipwell 1st TRUE… at $74.98. Waiting on sales.

Our take

Fringe prospect, untested market.

Robert Hipwell scores 45 out of 100 (#2897 of the 7,922 we score), and the case rests on one thing: plate discipline: plus — 16.7% BB — walk rate — higher means he makes pitchers come to him Better than 85% at his level.

Nothing of his has verifiably sold in 90 days and there is no benchmark price, so we will not tell you what his cards are worth.

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: swing-and-miss — contact grades 34 on the 20–80 scale (41.4% K). strikeout rate, inverted — lower means more bat-to-ball

The signal

  • Contact: bottom of the scale

    41.4% K — strikeout rate, inverted — lower means more bat-to-ball

  • OPS slipping

    .824 last season to .681 this one.

  • Power slipping

    .209 last season to .161 this one.

  • Plate discipline: plus

    16.7% BB — walk rate — higher means he makes pitchers come to him Better than 85% at his level.

  • Moved up and held it

    Low-A to High-A.

  • Premium position

    3B — the bat does not have to carry the whole profile.

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

  • Swing-and-miss

    Contact grades 34 on the 20–80 scale (41.4% K). strikeout rate, inverted — lower means more bat-to-ball

  • Nothing has sold

    No confirmed sale of any card of his in 90 days, so nothing on this page can tell you what a fair price is.

  • Benchmark not checklist-verified

    His core card was identified from how sellers describe it, not from a checklist. The identity is likely, not established.

What the hobby pays for him

Benchmark card: 2025 Bowman Chrome 1st Auto CPA-RH — raw, base, unnumbered.

Described by 35 independent sellers — observed, not checklist-verified.

No price on this card yet

sales exist for this player, none on the benchmark card 37 copies are listed right now — asking prices are supply, never evidence of what it sells for.

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.

2025 Bowman Chrome 1st Auto CPA-RH

Raw base 1st Bowman Chrome Auto

The canonical prospect vehicle — every player who has one is compared on it. Identified from 35 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 2025 Bowman Chrome Prospect Speckle Refractor 238/299 Robert Hipwell Auto 1l7v at $20.77, 419% over the $4 that copies of it have confirmed sold in. Nothing of his is currently below its own sold band.

/299 at or under $4 delivered would be at the bottom of what it has actually sold for.

What would make this a buy

  • Waiting on sales
  • Player not there yet

What is for sale right now

66 cards of his are listed · 0 of the 66 we can judge clear the investment bar. These are the 6 worth looking at, best first; the other 60 are under "The whole live market".

  • ROBERT HIPWELL 2025 Bowman Chrome REFRACTOR ~ Giants 1st RC AUTO /499

    /499 · raw · condition not stated · listed 7d

    Waiting on sales · 1 other thing in the way

    Data staleLast confirmed live 56h ago — beyond the 48h bar. Needs a re-sight before the analysis is current.

    $7.80

    modeled ~$12.50

    LOTTERY

  • 2025 1st Bowman Chrome Robert Hipwell Reptilian Blue CPA-RH Refractor Auto /150

    /150 · raw · condition not stated · listed 24d

    Waiting on sales · 1 other thing in the way

    Data staleLast confirmed live 89h ago — beyond the 48h bar. Needs a re-sight before the analysis is current.

    $7.99

    modeled ~$39.00

    LOTTERY

  • 2025 Bowman Chrome Robert Hipwell #CPA-RH Auto Refractor /499 1st Prospect

    /499 · raw · condition not stated · takes offers · listed 106d

    Waiting on sales · 1 other thing in the way

    Data staleLast confirmed live 56h ago — beyond the 48h bar. Needs a re-sight before the analysis is current.

    $8.98

    modeled ~$12.50

    LOTTERY

  • /150 Robert Hipwell 2025 Bowman Chrome #CPA-RH Auto Refractor 1st RC Auto /150

    /150 · raw · condition not stated · takes offers · listed 20d

    Waiting on sales · 1 other thing in the way

    Data staleLast confirmed live 56h ago — beyond the 48h bar. Needs a re-sight before the analysis is current.

    $10.00

    modeled ~$19.99

    LOTTERY

  • 2025 1st Bowman Chrome Robert Hipwell HTA Choice Refractor Auto /150 Giants

    /150 · raw · condition not stated · listed 4d

    Waiting on sales · 1 other thing in the way

    Data staleLast confirmed live 60h ago — beyond the 48h bar. Needs a re-sight before the analysis is current.

    $11.99

    modeled ~$11.50

    LOTTERY

  • Robert Hipwell 2025 Bowman Chrome 1st Auto Purple /250 Prospects Giants B3

    /250 · raw · condition not stated · listed 163d

    Waiting on sales · 1 other thing in the way

    Data staleLast confirmed live 56h ago — beyond the 48h bar. Needs a re-sight before the analysis is current.

    $12.94

    modeled ~$7.49

    LOTTERY

Your research

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The evidence

Everything the reading above is built on. Open whichever part you want to check.

The parallel ladder14 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

    Listed at $6.38, but nothing confirmed has sold on this rung.

    Sold
    Scarcity
    unnumbered
    Trades
    no sales
    Premium
  • Gold Shimmer RefractorTHIN EVIDENCE

    Listed at $33.94, but nothing confirmed has sold on this rung.

    Sold
    Scarcity
    unnumbered
    Trades
    no sales
    Premium
    +432%
    Premium from asking prices, not sales
  • Purple RefractorTHIN EVIDENCE

    Listed at $15.69, but nothing confirmed has sold on this rung.

    Sold
    Scarcity
    unnumbered
    Trades
    no sales
    Premium
    -54%
    Premium from asking prices, not sales
  • Refractor /499THIN EVIDENCE

    Listed at $7.80, but nothing confirmed has sold on this rung.

    Sold
    Scarcity
    499 made
    Trades
    no sales
    Premium
    -50%
    Premium from asking prices, not sales
  • Speckle Refractor /499THIN EVIDENCE

    Listed at $12.95, but nothing confirmed has sold on this rung.

    Sold
    Scarcity
    299 made
    Trades
    no sales
    Premium
    +66%
    Premium from asking prices, not sales
  • Purple /250THIN EVIDENCE

    Listed at $12.94, but nothing confirmed has sold on this rung.

    Sold
    Scarcity
    250 made
    Trades
    no sales
    Premium
    -0%
    Premium from asking prices, not sales
  • Blue Reptilian Refractor /150THIN EVIDENCE

    Listed at $7.99, but nothing confirmed has sold on this rung.

    Sold
    Scarcity
    150 made
    Trades
    no sales
    Premium
    -38%
    Premium from asking prices, not sales
  • HTA Choice Refractor /150THIN EVIDENCE

    Listed at $11.99, but nothing confirmed has sold on this rung.

    Sold
    Scarcity
    150 made
    Trades
    no sales
    Premium
    +50%
    Premium from asking prices, not sales
  • Mini Diamond Refractor /150THIN EVIDENCE

    Listed at $16.24, but nothing confirmed has sold on this rung.

    Sold
    Scarcity
    100 made
    Trades
    no sales
    Premium
    +35%
    Premium from asking prices, not sales
  • Refractor /150THIN EVIDENCE

    Listed at $10.00, but nothing confirmed has sold on this rung.

    Sold
    Scarcity
    150 made
    Trades
    no sales
    Premium
    -38%
    Premium from asking prices, not sales
  • Green Lava Refractor /99THIN EVIDENCE

    Listed at $17.94, but nothing confirmed has sold on this rung.

    Sold
    Scarcity
    99 made
    Trades
    no sales
    Premium
    +79%
    Premium from asking prices, not sales
  • True Green Refractor /99THIN EVIDENCE

    Listed at $13.99, but nothing confirmed has sold on this rung.

    Sold
    Scarcity
    99 made
    Trades
    no sales
    Premium
    -22%
    Premium from asking prices, not sales
  • Refractor /25 and underTHIN EVIDENCE

    Listed at $250.00, but nothing confirmed has sold on this rung.

    Sold
    Scarcity
    10 made
    Trades
    no sales
    Premium
    +1687%
    Premium from asking prices, not sales
  • True Black Refractor /25 and underTHIN EVIDENCE

    Listed at $74.98, but nothing confirmed has sold on this rung.

    Sold
    Scarcity
    10 made
    Trades
    no sales
    Premium
    -70%
    Premium from asking prices, not sales

1 listing sits in a different grade class or auto status and is kept off this ladder — a slabbed sale is not evidence about a raw card.

What he is good atSkills 49 on the 20–80 scale, against 492 hitters at High-A

What he is good at

skills overall 49 / 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?

    34

    bottom of the scale · better than 6% at his level

    41.4% K

    strikeout rate, inverted — lower means more bat-to-ball

  • Power

    Can he hit it hard?

    54

    above average · better than 65% at his level

    .161 ISO

    isolated power — slugging minus batting average, so hits that go for extra bases

  • Plate discipline

    Does he pick his pitch?

    60

    plus · better than 85% at his level

    16.7% BB

    walk rate — higher means he makes pitchers come to him

  • Speed

    Can he run?

    46

    below average · better than 33% at his level

    6 SB per 600 PA

    stolen bases per full season of plate appearances

  • Production

    Is it showing up in the box score?

    48

    average · better than 42% at his level · the result, not a skill

    .681 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?

    51

    average · better than 53% at his level · context, not a skill

    0.0y 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 47th percentile of the cohort, production at the 42th — 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 47 and his production sits at 42, a gap of +5. 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 55th percentile.

Will he get there?

Long shot 4.0 / 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

215

AVG

.184

OBP

.336

SLG

.345

OPS

.681

better than 42%

HR

6

SB

2

BB%

16.7

K%

41.4

Is this player getting better?

Down from .824 to .681 OPS, but he moved up to High-A — a step back at a harder level is normal.

Moved up from Low-A to High-A — the pitching is harder this year.

OPS

.824.681

Power

.209.161

Walks

15.6%16.7%

Strikeouts

31.2%41.4%

Last season, 429 times at bat. Two seasons that already happened. Nothing here is a prediction.

What his cards have sold forno completed sales logged yet

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.

No sales logged yet. 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.

Look up past sales on eBay
The whole live market66 listed · 66 eBay-verified · 60 not shown above
Listings
66

66 eBay-verified

Lowest seen
$6.38
Median ask
$12.22
Cheapest 1st auto
$6.38
Cheapest numbered 1st auto
$7.80

Latest eBay verification: 7 hours ago.

The other 60 cards

  • $13.992025 1st Bowman Chrome Robert Hipwell True Green Refractor Auto /99 GiantsLOTTERY
  • $15.302025 Bowman Chrome #CPA-RH Robert Hipwell 1st Bowman Auto Refractor/499LOTTERY
  • $16.24ROBERT HIPWELL 2025 Bowman Chrome 1st Mini Diamond Refractor Autograph Auto /100LOTTERY
  • $17.942025 Bowman Chrome Robert Hipwell Auto Green Lava Refractor /99 1st ProspectLOTTERY
  • $22.002025 Bowman Chrome Robert Hipwell Auto Refractor 21/499 1st Prospect GiantsLOTTERY
  • $39.992025 Bowman Chrome 1st Robert Hipwell Auto /100 Mini Diamond Refractor #CPA-RHNEEDS EVIDENCE
  • $74.982025 Bowman Chrome Robert Hipwell 1st TRUE Black Refractor Auto /10 GiantsNEEDS EVIDENCE
  • $250.00Robert Hipwell 2025 Bowman Chrome 1st BLACK Refractor Auto RC #'d /10 ProspectNEEDS EVIDENCE
  • 2025 1st Bowman Chrome Robert Hipwell True Blue CPA-RH Refractor Auto /150NEEDS EVIDENCE
  • 2025 Bowman Chrome Robert Hipwell Refractor Auto /499 1stNEEDS EVIDENCE
  • Robert Hipwell /299 - 2025 Bowman Chrome 1st Bowman Speckle Auto SF GiantsNEEDS EVIDENCE
  • Robert Hipwell 274/299 - 2025 Bowman Chrome 1st Bowman Speckle Auto SF GiantsNEEDS EVIDENCE
  • ROBERT HIPWELL 2025 BOWMAN CHROME 1ST REFRACTOR AUTO /499NEEDS EVIDENCE
  • 2025 BOWMAN CHROME ROBERT HIPWELL 1ST PURPLE REFRACTOR /250 AUTONEEDS EVIDENCE
  • 2025 Bowman Chrome Robert Hipwell Red 2/5 1st Bowman Prospect Bowman Auto GiantsNEEDS EVIDENCE
  • 2025 Bowman Chrome 1st Refractor /499 Auto Robert Hipwell CPA-RHNEEDS EVIDENCE
  • $6.382025 Bowman Chrome Robert Hipwell Auto 1st Prospect #CPA-RH GiantsLOTTERY
  • $6.922025 Bowman Chrome Robert Hipwell Auto 1st Prospect RC San Francisco GiantsLOTTERY
  • $6.992025 Bowman Chrome Robert Hipwell Auto 1st Prospect #CPA-RH GiantsLOTTERY
  • $7.272025 Bowman Chrome Robert Hipwell Auto 1st #CPA-RH GiantsLOTTERY
  • $7.482025 Bowman Chrome Robert Hipwell Auto 1st Prospect #CPA-RH GiantsLOTTERY
  • $7.942025 Bowman Chrome Auto #CPA-RH ROBERT HIPWELL 1st Prospect RC GiantsLOTTERY
  • $8.002025 Bowman Chrome Robert Hipwell 1st Bowman Chrome AutoLOTTERY
  • $8.002025 Bowman Chrome Robert Hipwell 1st Bowman Chrome AutoLOTTERY
  • $8.99Robert Hipwell 2025 Bowman Chrome 1st Auto Giants CPA-RHLOTTERY
  • $11.50Robert Hipwell 2025 Bowman Chrome 1st Auto Giants CPA-RHLOTTERY
  • $12.222025 Bowman Chrome 1st Prospect - Robert Hipwell Auto San Francisco GiantsLOTTERY
  • $16.88ROBERT HIPWELL 2025 Bowman Chrome #CPA-RH Giants 1st AutoLOTTERY
  • $33.942025 Bowman Chrome Robert Hipwell Auto Gold Shimmer Refractor 50 1st ProspectNEEDS EVIDENCE
  • 2025 Bowman Chrome Robert Hipwell Auto 1st Bowman SF Giants MLBNEEDS EVIDENCE
  • 2025 Bowman Chrome Robert Hipwell 1st Bowman Auto CPA-RH GiantsNEEDS EVIDENCE
  • 2025 BOWMAN CHROME ROBERT HIPWELL 1ST PROSPECT AUTO #CPA-RH GIANTS Q4339 🟠⚫️NEEDS EVIDENCE
  • 2025 Bowman Chrome Prospect - Robert Hipwell Gold Refractor Auto /50NEEDS EVIDENCE
  • 2025 Bowman Chrome Robert Hipwell Auto 1st Prospect #CPA-RH GiantsNEEDS EVIDENCE
  • 2025 Bowman Chrome ROBERT HIPWELL Prospect Auto 1st Bowman #CPA-RH GIANTSNEEDS EVIDENCE
  • 2025 Bowman Chrome Robert Hipwell #CPA-RH 1st Bowman Auto San Francisco Giants NEEDS EVIDENCE
  • 2025 Bowman Chrome #CPA-RH ROBERT HIPWELL On Card Auto 1st Bowman ProspectNEEDS EVIDENCE
  • 2025 Bowman Chrome Robert Hipwell 1st Bowman Base Auto-Giants #CPA-RHNEEDS EVIDENCE
  • 2025 Bowman Chrome ROBERT HIPWELL Prospect Auto 1st Bowman #CPA-RH GIANTSNEEDS EVIDENCE
  • 2025 Bowman Chrome Robert Hipwell 1st Bowman Auto Giants ProspectNEEDS EVIDENCE
  • 2025 Bowman Chrome Robert Hipwell Auto 1st Bowman #CPA-RH GiantsNEEDS EVIDENCE
  • 2025 Bowman Chrome #CPA-RH ROBERT HIPWELL Auto 1st Bowman Prospect AutographNEEDS EVIDENCE
  • 2025 Bowman Chrome #CPA-RH ROBERT HIPWELL Auto 1st Bowman Prospect AutographNEEDS EVIDENCE
  • 2025 Bowman Chrome - Robert Hipwell 1st Bowman Auto #CPA-RH GiantsNEEDS EVIDENCE
  • 2025 Bowman Chrome Robert Hipwell 1st Bowman Base Auto-Giants #CPA-RHNEEDS EVIDENCE
  • 2025 Bowman Chrome Robert Hipwell 1st Auto San Francisco Giants CPA-RHNEEDS EVIDENCE
  • 2025 Bowman Chrome Robert Hipwell 1st Bowman Base Auto-Giants #CPA-RHNEEDS EVIDENCE
  • 2025 Bowman Chrome 1st Bowman Auto Robert Hipwell Giants CPA-RHNEEDS EVIDENCE
  • 2025 Bowman Chrome Robert Hipwell 1st Bowman Base Auto-Giants #CPA-RHNEEDS EVIDENCE
  • Robert Hipwell 2025 Bowman Chrome Auto 1st Bowman San Francisco Giants #CPA-RHNEEDS EVIDENCE
  • 2025 Bowman Chrome #CPA-RH ROBERT HIPWELL Auto 1st Bowman Autograph DetroitNEEDS EVIDENCE
  • Robert Hipwell 2025 Bowman Chrome Auto 1st Bowman San Francisco Giants #CPA-RHNEEDS EVIDENCE
  • 2025 Bowman Chrome Robert Hipwell Auto Speckle /299 #CPA-RH San Francisco PSA 9NEEDS EVIDENCE
  • $15.692025 BOWMAN CHROME ROBERT HIPWELL 1ST BOWMAN PURPLE REFRACTOR AUTO 250 GiantsLOTTERY
  • 2025 Bowman Chrome Auto Robert Hipwell SF Giants 1st Bowman CPA-RHNEEDS EVIDENCE
  • 2025 Bowman Chrome Robert Hipwell Auto 1st Bowman SF Giants MLBNEEDS EVIDENCE
  • 2025 Bowman Chrome Robert Hipwell 1st Bowman AutoNEEDS EVIDENCE
  • $19.622025 Bowman Chrome Prospect Refractor 434/499 Robert Hipwell #CPA-RH Auto 1l7vLOTTERY
  • $12.95Robert Hipwell Auto /299 1st 2025 Bowman Chrome Speckle Refractor SF GiantsLOTTERY
  • $20.772025 Bowman Chrome Prospect Speckle Refractor 238/299 Robert Hipwell Auto 1l7vLOTTERY
What this page is missing1 thing we do not hold for him

What this page is missing

Everything above is built from what we actually hold. These are the gaps, so you know which parts of the argument are thin rather than wondering why a panel is quiet.

  • We do not have a sold price in 90 days — add one and the whole price side fills in.

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