Collecting Cleveland Indians Topps team sets from 1952-present, as well as post-war minor and major league autographs.
This set took a little longer than most to finish. I bought most of the set through a guy selling partial team sets. But he did not have any of the “Semi High” (cards #447-522) or “High” (#523-576), which cost a little extra time and money to get. Notable cards with[…]
Matt LaPorta was a really well thought of prospect with the Brewers. He was drafted 7th overall in the 2007 Draft, and in 2008 was rated the #23 prospect in baseball. His mix of power, speed and contact skills made him one of the best prospects in the game. Then[…]
I was really happy to add this autograph to my collection this week– it’s one less guy that I have to stress out about getting this coming season. Richie Palacios is one of the Indians better prospects. He was drafted in the 3rd round of the 2018 draft out of Towson[…]
I was buying a small lot of cards and decided to toss this one in too. The design is clean and the autograph really pops nicely. Cory Snyder was drafted 4th overall in the 1984 draft and only spent one full season in the minors before getting the call to[…]
This was acquired late in the season while the Indians were in Tampa Bay. The Indians traded for Josh Donaldson in a desperate attempt to fortify their offense in preparation for the playoffs. Unfortunately to gamble did not work–the Indians simply had too many holes in both their line-up and[…]
Brandon Barnes was the Astro’s 6th round pick in the 2005 draft and has spent parts of six seasons in the majors. He signed with the Indians as a free agent this past November. He spent most of 2018 with the Indians AAA affiliate but was called up in September for[…]
Aguilar signed with the Indians as a non-drafted free agent on Nov. 13, 2007. He made it to affiliate ball in 2010 and was almost immediately recognized as one of the best power prospects in the organization. From 2011-2014 he was rated one of the Indians Top 25 prospects, showing[…]
This was signed in 2017 during Spring Training. Shawn Armstrong was drafted out of East Carolina University in the 18th round of the 2011 draft. He moved quickly through the system, advancing more than a level per season before finally making it to the majors in 2015. He spent most[…]
Grant Sides was the Indians 12th round pick of the 2011 draft out of Samford. He was not a terribly exciting prospect, but he put up good numbers as a relief pitcher from 2011-2016. I liked him. His 2016 season in AA was pretty great: 61.2 innings, 41 hits allowed[…]
I spent like $30 on this card. At the time–2008–it was not the worst idea. Beau Mills was taken by the Indians with the 13th overall pick of the 2007 MLB draft. His bat was one of the best in the draft that year, but he was defensively limited to[…]