Collecting Cleveland Indians Topps team sets from 1952-present, as well as post-war minor and major league autographs.
Ivan Rodriguez was one of those players that I grew up with and took for granted how good he was. He was…very good. He debuted in 1991 and would end up spending 21-seasons in the majors. The majority with the Texas Rangers. In his prime–I will call in from 1992[…]
Brandon Moss is one of my favorite players, having played for both the Indians and Athletics. It took him 10 years and three organizations, but in 2012 he had a breakout campaign with Oakland, hitting .291/.358/.596 with 21 HR in only 265 at-bats. From 2012-2014 he hit .254/.340/.504 and averaged[…]
Tommy Jew is a sophomore outfielder for UCSB and one of the very best players in the Big West. Last season Jew hit .312/.386/.454 with 5 HR–great numbers that got him tagged First Team All-Big West. This was coming off an impressive summer in Collegiate Summer Ball with the Mystic[…]
Christian Koss is having a very nice junior season at UC Irvine. The infielder is hitting .240/.383/.427 with 3 HR. Good numbers, and even better when you remember that he is a shortstop. Baseball America rated him the Big West best draft prospect of 2019, and he is doing nothing[…]
Aaron Hicks was the 14th overall pick of the 2008 draft by the Minnesota Twins. From 2008 to 2012 he was rated one of the Twins Top 10 prospects, including twice as their #1 (2008 and 2009), and generally considered one of the better prospects in baseball. He projected to[…]
Brandon Lewis is having a brilliant junior season with UC Irvine, hitting .325/.406/.783 with 10 HR. Those are fantastic numbers, especially considering this is his first season in D1 ball–he is a transfer from L.A. Pierce College. That said…it should not be a huge shock. Last summer he played for[…]
Brett Gardner has been in the big leagues for 12 seasons and been a consistent performer for the Yankees. Drafted in the 3rd round of the 2005 draft out of the College of Charleston by the New York Yankees. Made the majors in 2008 and has spent 12 seasons in[…]
I got this card two years ago, part of a Spring Training consignment. Paul Goldschmidt is…just a great player. Especially when you consider that he was drafted in the 8th round (2009). Eight seasons in the big leagues and he has yet to have a bad campaign. The lowest OPS+[…]
I wrote to Adam Eaton during Spring Training in 2015 and got this card back. He swapped out cards on me, but this ended up looking better than the sweet spot card I was trying to get done. I am very happy with it and its one of my favorite[…]
Grayson Greiner was drafted by the Tigers in the 3rd round of the 2014 draft out of the University of South Carolina. He made his major league debut this past season and hit .219/.328/.281 over 96 at-bats with the big league club. Good for a 70 OPS+. Coming out of[…]