Collecting Cleveland Indians Topps team sets from 1952-present, as well as post-war minor and major league autographs.
Dante Mendoza was drafted by the Indians in the 12th round of 2017 draft. In 2018 he spent the season in the Arizona League and went 2-2 with a 4.58 ERA/1.42 WHIP over 37.1 innings. The 19-year old only allowed 33 hits and struck out 37. He walked 20. The[…]
Carlos Vargas was semi-big deal international signing of the Mariners back in 2015 out of the Dominican Republic. Following the 2016 season he was rated as the Rays #26 prospect. He has since fallen off the prospect lists–his bat is not really all that impressive. Last season in Rookie ball[…]
Alex Fagalde went to college at UC Riverside. I got this autograph in 2016 when UC Riverside visited Hawaii. That season he went 3-1 with a 2.47 ERA/1.12 WHIP. He stuck out 51 and only walked 12 in 43.2 innings. He was drafted by 2017 by the St. Louis Cardinals in[…]
This was another card that I got from a collector selling off his signed 1990 Bowman set. David Cone was a very good pitcher, spending 17 seasons in the majors with a career record of 194-126. He was a two time 20-game winner, and led the league in strikeouts twice.[…]
More autographs from a late-season consignment. Nick Ciuffo, c, Rays – Ciuffo was a 1st round pick of Tampa’s back in 2013. From 2013-2017 he ranked as one of the organizations Top 30 prospects five times, though much of this was due to his plus defense. He hit .262/.301/.380 this[…]
Some new stuff that has come in over the last couple weeks. Alex Bregman 2017 Gypsy Queen – Very nice looking card of a player who is already looking like he will be one of the best players in the game come 2019. Last season he hit .286/.394/.532 with 31 HR,[…]
There were all acquired late in the season from consignments. Some neat stuff. Emilio Pagan, p, Oakland Athletics – 10th round pick of the Mariners back in 2013. Came to the A’s in 2017 as part of the Ryon Healy deal. He got 62 innings in with the big league[…]
The 1980 Cleveland Indians went 79-81, Finishing 6th in the American League East. Key Cards and Notes There are no key cards in this set. Gosh, this team had terrible pitching. The only thing really worth remembering this club for was it was the rookie year of “Super Joe” Charboneau.[…]
Ryan Lillie was drafted out of UC Riverside in the 5th round of 2017 draft. He started off his college career as a catcher but transitioned to pitching. So his arm does not have as many miles on it as some. He had a very solid 2018 pitching between for[…]
I am really bummed out about the Yandy Diaz trade. This season he hit .312/.375/.422 over 109 at-bats–good for a 115 OPS+. I know that he was not a traditional power hitter because of his low launch angle, but considering his exit velocity it’s not like he is having to[…]