Even when players like J.J. Watt switched teams, from the Houston Texans to the Arizona Cardinals, the gold patch carried over, honoring their legacy as captains. Flexibility In Naming Captains.

Six award winners — Aaron Judge, Shohei Ohtani, Paul Skenes, Luis Gil, Tarik Skubal, and Chris Sale — will wear a Gold MLB Logo Patch throughout the 2025 season.

After the season, 10 authenticated gold logo patches from each player will be used to create Topps trading cards. Each gold logo emblem will be removed from the jersey and inserted into Topps cards.

Right now, the 2024 Topps MLB Debut Patch Autograph card of Paul Skenes is up for auction at Fanatics Collect. Bidding has surpassed $500,000, with the auction set to close on March 20 .

The Gold MLB Logo Patch promotion follows the Debut Patch initiative that launched at the beginning of the 2023 season. Those patches, which adorn a player's jersey during his MLB debut, ...