Collecting Cleveland Indians Topps team sets from 1952-present, as well as post-war minor and major league autographs.
Daniel Mengden as drafted by the Astros in the 4th round of the 2014 draft out of Texas A&M. He came to the A’s in the July 2015 Scott Kazmir deal. Mengden was never a flashy prospect, but his instincts and ability to throw strikes meant that he projected to be[…]
There are not many players that I was more excited to see the majors than Jason Heyward. After being the 14th overall pick of the Braves in 2007 he moved quickly through the minors. By 2009 he was considered by many to be the #1 prospect in all of baseball.[…]
When this card came out in 2012 it was one of the more popular cards in the set. And with good reason! By the end of 2012, Andrew McCutchen was already a two-time All-Star, Silver Slugger and Gold Glove winner. He ended the 2012 season 3rd in MVP voting. And[…]
Albert Pujols is a first ballot Hall of Famer: 2001 Rookie of the Year Ten All-Star selections Six Silver Sluggers Two Gold Gloves 2003 batting title Three-time National League MVP Two time World Champion 633 career home runs–which is good for 6th all-time. Just the amount of black ink here…is impressive:[…]
I absolutely loved Jason Stokes when he was coming up. I was able to get him once through the mail, though the card he signed did not turn out. He is–in my experience–impossible through the mail now. Why did I like him? He was a huge prospect. For seven seasons[…]
I was really happy to add this autograph to my collection this week– it’s one less guy that I have to stress out about getting this coming season. Richie Palacios is one of the Indians better prospects. He was drafted in the 3rd round of the 2018 draft out of Towson[…]
Barry Bonds was a very good baseball player. Maybe one of the best ever. So good that I imagine if he was not such a dick during his playing days people might be willing to overlook his PED use and he would already be in the Hall of Fame. Looks[…]
Bobby Bonilla‘s son Brandon Bonilla pitched here in Hawaii a couple years ago. He was the closer of the Hawaii Pacific (D2) team that plays right down the street. He was a very good pitcher and ended up getting drafted by Baltimore in the 13th round of the 2016 draft.[…]
I got this autograph in 2016. At the time Daniel Zamora was playing with the Pirates A-ball team in West Virginia. He was having a very nice season pitching in relief, allowing only 23 hits while striking out 39 in 33.1 innings. The numbers are great, but what I really[…]
Mitch Keller was a 2nd round pick of the Pirates back in 2014. He was a high school selection out of Iowa. Baseball America rated him the Pirates #12 prospect coming into the season. And he will probably be higher on the next list. This season, spent mostly between AA[…]