Collecting Cleveland Indians Topps team sets from 1952-present, as well as post-war minor and major league autographs.
CC Sabathia was the 20th overall pick of the 1998 draft, taken by the Cleveland Indians. In 1999 he opened the season in Low-A Mahoning Valley, but was only there for 19.2 innings, striking out 27, walking 12 and allowing 9 hits. He was quickly promoted to A-ball. 20 years[…]
Jason Castro is a former Hawaiian League player (2008 North Shore), so I like to follow his career. And he is having a very nice season, hitting .257/.331/.529 with 10 HR for the Twins. Good for an OPS+ of 125. Castro has one All-Star selection, back in 2013. That season[…]
Barret Barnes is having a nice season in AA, hitting .258/.381/.458 with 9 HR. The problem is that he is doing it as a 27-year-old. Barnes spent all of 2018 with the Sugar Land Skeeters, and Indy team. Barnes was originally a supplemental 1st round selection of the Pirates back[…]
Jose Berrios just made his second All-Star team, his second in a row. He deserves it. This season he is 8-5 with a 3.00 ERA/1.111 WHIP/151 ERA+ over 117 innings. He has only allowed 117 hits while striking out 104. Berrios has turned into one of the best pitchers in[…]
I lucked out a couple of years ago and was able to get two Manny Ramirez autographs knocked out at a private signing. I was lucky–Ramirez decided to leave the signing early and quite a few things didn’t get signed. Manny Ramirez is going to have a tough time getting[…]
I got this autograph while Sean Murphy was playing with the low-minors back in 2016. He was the A’s 3rd round pick in 2016, out of Wright State. Over the last couple of seasons, he has gone on to become one of the best catching prospects in the minors. Fangraphs[…]
Gosh, watching an Indians/A’s baseball game in 1992 would have been exciting. The A’s would more than likely stomp on the Tribe, but you would see Kenny Lofton and Rickey Henderson face off…which would be worth the price of admission. look at what they did that year: Henderson, 33, would[…]
I am not sure if Brad Zunica is going to make it to the majors. But if he does, it won’t be because he lacks pop. Zunica was drafted in the 15th round of the 2015 draft by the Padres. He is hitting .235/.333/.439 with 12 HR in 2019 in[…]
Feels like Tommy Hunter has been around forever. He was the Rangers 1st round pick back in 2007. He made the majors within a year, and despite a rough rookie season put together a couple of nice seasons in the Texas rotation. But eventually he transitioned to a pen arm,[…]
This is what I wrote about Austin Gomber back in 2016: 4th round pick of the Cardinals in 2014 out of Florida Atlantic. Was awesome in 2015 (15-3, 2.67 with 140/34 K/BB in 135 innings, 97 hits), and rated one of the Cardinals Top 15 prospects coming into 2016. This[…]