Collecting Cleveland Indians Topps team sets from 1952-present, as well as post-war minor and major league autographs.
Dylan Thomas has a very good 2018 campaign with Hawaii. The 2017 Big West Conference Freshman Pitcher of the Year went 3-2 with a 1.85 ERA. He allowed only 27 hits over 39 innings, striking out 43 and only walking four. He has an opponent batting average of only .200.[…]
Another late arrival from the college baseball season. Bryson Stott had a very strong sophomore season with UNLV baseball. He hit .365/.442/.556 with 4 HR. Great numbers. This is coming after a strong freshman campaign that saw him selected to the Collegiate Baseball’s Freshman All-American Team and was the[…]
This was a nice surprise autograph that rolled in, a late arrival from the college baseball season. Kyle Isbel was great this season at UNLV, hitting .365/.643/.441 with 14 HR. He was drafted by the Royals in the 3rd round of the 2018 draft. He was taken about where[…]
I’ve seen Keston Hiura twice in Hawaii, in 2016 and 2017. He was always very cool. The autograph above is from his 2016 visit to the islands. In 2017 he was projected to be a 1st round pick in the draft, though questions about an elbow injury were tamping down[…]
It’s always fun to see a player that came through Hawaii get drafted. Weiss was a senior at Cal State Northridge this season and hit .290/.324/.592 with 20 HR. The power is certainly there–he led the Big West in homers in 2018 and was fourth overall in the Nation. He[…]
With Jackson Rees, Dominic DeMiero and Neil Uskali the 2018 Hawaii team has one of the most talented rotations in the Big West. This past Friday I was able to grab Neil Uskali’s autograph after the game. Uskali spent two seasons playing at Cuesta College, a community college in San[…]
The Air Force Academy baseball team was in town this weekend. They are a really fun team, but its always hard to tell who are legit prospects since they play in Colorado, and the air up there tends to really help the offensive numbers. The one player that I[…]
Garrett McCain was drafted by the Tigers in the 10th round of the 2017 draft out of Oklahoma State University. An outfielder, he had a pretty amazing junior season, hitting .388/.491/.549 with 4 HR. Anyone who knows me knows that I have an unhealthy fascination with high on-base percentage guys…so McCain[…]
As a sophomore Eric Gilgenbach started 14 games for Notre Dame in 2017 and over 36 at bats hit .333/.500/.608. He had three home runs and a 13/23 BB/K ratio. This summer Gilgenbach played for the Fond du Lac Dock Spiders in the collegiate Northwoods League. He would tie for[…]