Collecting Cleveland Indians Topps team sets from 1952-present, as well as post-war minor and major league autographs.
Marshall Kasowski was drafted out of West Texas A&M by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 13th round (400th overall) of the 2017 draft. West Texas A&M is a Division II school, and anyone who knows me knows my weird love of Divison II baseball. Kasowski was the ace of the[…]
Autograph from Spring Training, 2018. Yandy Diaz was a 2b/3b while in Cuba, but since coming to the states he has played almost exclusively at third. Teams would love to have a prospect like him ready to come to the majors except…the Indians…have a bit of a logjam. The Indians[…]
Curtis Taylor is a very good relief pitcher in the Rays organization. He was Arizona’s 4th round pick out of British Columbia back in 2016 and was traded to the Rays in 2017 for RHP Brad Boxberger. Some #Rays fans not happy w/ the Boxberger trade, but Curtis Taylor is[…]
Coming into the 2012 season Trevor May was considered the Phillies #1 prospect. He profiled as a #2 with the floor of a middle of the rotation workhorse. But that season he was traded to the Twins, part of the Ben Revere deal, and his stock slipped in the Minnesota[…]
Brock Lundquist was drafted in the 6th round (189th overall) by the Toronto Blue Jays in 2017 out of Long Beach State. I got to see him play here in Hawaii, so he is clearly a favorite. Coming out of college he had plus power and a smooth swing but[…]
One of the Blue Jays’s Top young hitting prospects of 2018
Gabriel Moya from the Diamondbacks for C John Ryan Murphy in July 2017. The #MNTwins have acquired left-handed pitcher Gabriel Moya from the Arizona Diamondbacks. pic.twitter.com/b80seG2eBj — Minnesota Twins (@Twins) July 27, 2017 He has not had a ton of success in his two brief visits to the majors–a combined[…]
I have been a big fan of Muncy for a while–I think the first time I wrote about him was in July 2013–so I am just thrilled that he has become a real sparkplug for the Dodgers. I like to think I liked him before he was cool. Muncy was[…]
Got this from a private signing a couple weeks ago. Tejada had a fantastic career. Over 16 seasons in the big leagues he would be selected to six all-star teams, win two Silver Slugger awards and was the 2002 American League MVP. Standard Batting Year Age Tm Lg G AB[…]
Carlos Pena is well known to anyone who saw Moneyball as the player that the A’s coach kept playing instead of Scott Hatteberg, despite the objections of Billy Beane. I remember him since the A’s traded away some of my favorite Oakland players to acquire him from the Rangers back in 2002.[…]