Collecting Cleveland Indians Topps team sets from 1952-present, as well as post-war minor and major league autographs.
ack in 2005, J.B. Cox was Huston Street’s successor in the closing role at the University of Texas. During his junior year, Cox racked up 19 saves and closed out Texa’s 2005 College World Series win.
I have seen tons of Cleveland position prospects never pan out. In fact, even now, I just assume the worst when it comes to the organization developing good major-league hitters. Still, I think Will Benson might be special.
I was able to get pitcher David Peterson‘s autograph back in 2015 when he was visiting Hawaii with the Oregon Ducks. That weekend he would make his first NCAA start, pitching 6.0 innings and striking out eight. Peterson was drafted by the New York Mets with the 20th overall pick[…]
I got this autograph from Mike Trout…through the mail. There was while, when Trout was in the low minors, he signed TTM. Not really so much anymore, obviously. … Trout recently passed Pete Rose on the career WAR list, with 79.9 over 12 seasons in the big leagues. What is[…]
Josh Naylor came over to Cleveland in the August 2020 Mike Clevinger trade. This trade might end up being up there with the 2002 Bartolo Colon trade as one of the better in the team’s history, with the team losing Clevinger and Greg Allen but adding Joey Cantillo, Gabriel Arias,[…]
Michael Toglia was the Denvers #1 pick in the 2019 draft, 23rd overall. He was taken out of UCLA. He is one of my favorite players in the low-minors, so I was thrilled to get this autograph. Very much a power-hitter in college. His senior year he hit .314/.392/.624 with[…]
Kevin Newman was the Pirates 1st round pick back in 2015. 19th overall. Newman had consistently ranked as one of the Pirates Top 10 prospects since being drafted and made the majors this season. He has zero power, but his contact skills and defense are top notch. This season he[…]
Brady Singer was selected by the Royals with the 18th overall pick of the 2018 draft out of the University of Florida. This was the second time he was drafted, the first time being in 2015 when he was the Blue Jays second-round pick. He was a fantastic college pitcher.[…]
I got this J.J. Matijevic autograph back in 2016 while the University of Arizona was playing here in Hawaii. My notes at the time: This weekend Arizona is visiting Hawaii…and the series is not going well for Hawaii. There are a couple Arizona players that have really impressed me on the[…]
Matt Krook was the 35th overall pick in 2013 out of a San Francisco high school, but he did not sign since he failed his physical with the Marlins. So he went to college at Oregon. He ended up needing Tommy John surgery and missed his sophomore season. When he[…]