Collecting Cleveland Indians Topps team sets from 1952-present, as well as post-war minor and major league autographs.
A bunch of autographs from last season have rolled in, which is always nice this time of the year. Carl Addison Wise was drafted in 2015 by the Blue Jays; 4th round out of College of Charleston. Wise cracked the Blue Jays Baseball America Top 30 list once, for the 2016[…]
The Houston Astros signed Harold Arauz as an international FA back in 2011 for $300K. He was 16 years old. He had a rough 2015 in Low-A. He ended the season with an 0-5 record, 6.79 ERA and allowing 72 hits in 51 innings. It was a terrible season. He joined the[…]
Sam Clay was drafted by the Twins in the 4th round of the 2014 draft out of Georgia Tech. Clay was a very good reliever while at Georgia Tech, though it was not clear if he would stick to the pen as a pro or transition into a starter. He had[…]
Tyler Straub played four seasons of college ball (2013-2016), split between North Central Texas College (North Texas Junior College Athletic Conference) and Texas-San Antonio (Conference USA). He was a very good hitter in college. His senior year he hit .282/.342/.366 with 2 HR. It should be noted that most of those numbers[…]
Brett Kennedy was drafted out of Fordham in the 11th round of the 2015 draft by the San Diego Padres. His numbers in college were solid: over three seasons in the Atlantic 10 he would go 15-17 with a 3.73 ERA over 222 IP. He would allow 236 hits,[…]
Victor Robles is one of my favorite players in the National League–and easily my favorite Washinton National. I got the top card in 2016 and the bottom card on consignment during Spring Training this past season. The Nationals signed Robles for $225,000 in 2013, and he immediately became one of[…]
Logan Webb was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 4th round of the 2014 draft out of Rocklin HS (CA). Webb was one of the Giants Top 30 prospects coming into the 2015 season but struggled in both short-season ball in 2015 (3-6, 4.92 ERA) and A ball in 2016[…]
Luke Gregerson, p, Houston Astros – 28th round pick of the Cardinals back in 2006. Was a well thought of prospect while coming up through the St. Louis system, ranking in the Top 30 twice. Traded to the Padres in 2009, and has been a solid bullpen arm in the majors.[…]
AJ Hinch was one of my favorite players when I was younger–I was a bit of an Oakland Athletics fan and he was one of their biggest prospects. I always made him my #2 catcher when I played MVP Baseball on the N64. But more importantly I got to[…]
Heliot Ramos was the Giants First Round pick–19th overall–of the 2017 draft, selected out of Leadership Christian Academy, Guaynabo, P.R. He was ranked the 30th best prospect in the draft by Baseball America. Ramos was the MVP of the 2016 Under Armour All-America Game. He has plus tools across the[…]