Collecting Cleveland Indians Topps team sets from 1952-present, as well as post-war minor and major league autographs.
Bo Naylor is Cleveland’s #1 prospect and, hopefully, their starting catcher in the very near future. His status as the organization’s best prospect was cemented by an awesome 2022 campaign, where he hit .263/.392/.496 between AA and AAA.
On July 6th, 2012 the Lake County Captains played the West Michigan Whitecaps. The Captain’s line-up had two future major league players batting at the top of the order, with Jose Ramirez leading off and Francisco Lindor in the #2 hole.
Russell Branyan was a very well thought of prospect when he was coming up through the minors. In 1999 he was Cleveland’s #1 prospect, and was through to the premier power hitter in all of minor league baseball.
Cleveland Shortstop Juan Benjamin, 19, opened his 2022 season in the Arizona Complex League (ACL). He hit a very impressive .300/.462/.500 with 3 HR. One stat to highlight is that he walked almost as much as he struck out (25:27), which is always a nice surprise in today’s game. These[…]
Cleveland Guardians seem to have yet another solid middle infield prospect coming up through the system: Angel Genao.
There are a bunch of reasons the Cleveland Guardians are successful this season. Triston McKenzie is high on the list of reasons why.
Will Brennan was drafted by Cleveland in the 8th round of the 2019 draft out of Kansas State. He was a decent prospect coming out of college, with good outfield defense and great on-base skills. But he did not have a ton of pop, so his ability to limit strikeouts[…]
Brandon Moss is one of my favorite players, having played for both Cleveland and Oakland. Moss was a very productive bat during his three seasons (2012-2014) with the A’s, hitting .254/.340/.504 and averaging 25 HR a season. Good for an OPS+ of 135. This included his only All-Star selection in[…]
In 2007 Perez was the left-handed battery mate to right-hander Rafael Betancourt, who together made one of the most impressive bullpen duos in the game and a big reason that the Tribe won 96-games and nearly went to the World Series.
The Card: 2020 Panini USA Stars & Stripes Autograph Doug Nikhazy Doug Nikhazy was drafted in the 2nd round of the 2021 draft by Cleveland out of the University of Mississippi. In his last season at Mississippi, he went 12-2, striking out 142 in only 92 innings. This season Nikhazy[…]