Beginning this season, the league is bestowing a gold MLB patch on the jerseys of the reigning MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of ...

Advertisement The gold MLB logo patches will be authenticated over the course of the season and 10 for each player will be removed from the jersey and put into Topps trading cards the following year.

MLB has announced that six players will wear a special gold patch on their jersey during the upcoming baseball season.

MLB, Topps and Nike have partnered to recognize baseball's elite performers from last season with custom gold-embellished MLB logos on their jerseys that will then be used to create trading cards.

Each golden MLB logo patch will be removed from the jersey and wholly inserted into Topps cards.The resulting insert cards will be known as Gold Logoman cards. Fanatics, which acquired Topps in ...

Dan Hajducky is a staff writer for ESPN. He has an MFA in creative writing from Fairfield University and played on the men's soccer teams at Fordham and Southern Connecticut State universities.