Collecting Cleveland Indians Topps team sets from 1952-present, as well as post-war minor and major league autographs.
Rutgers baseball is having a heck of a season. As of today they are sitting atop the Big 10 standings with a 25-6 record, and are riding a 10-game winning streak. One of the big reasons for this is catcher redshirt junior Nick Cimmino
Micah Pries was drafted out of Point Loma Nazarene University, a D3 school, by Cleveland in the 19th round of the 2019 draft. 2021 was his first professional campaign, and he was just fantastic
Cole Irvin was purchased by the Oakland Athletics from the Philadelphia Phillies in early 2021. Irvin saw some time with the Phillies in both 2019 and 2020, but he didn’t pitch particularly well in either the starter or pen roles he was handed. But the A’s inserted him into their[…]
An on-card autograph! I could not pass it up. Will Wilson was selected by the Angels with the 15th overall pick of the 2019 draft. I saw Wilson play here in Hawaii while with North Carolina State, so it was neat seeing him go so high in the draft. Wilson[…]
Will Saxton is a junior LHP for Florida International. During the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, he transitioned from the pen to the rotation. He started four games, and over 15.1 innings allowed 14 hits, 8 walks, and 13 K’s–good for a 1.17 ERA. He limited hitters to a .233 AVG. He[…]
AJ Block is one of the Cougar’s starting pitchers for the 2020 season. He was solid in his first start of the season, going 7 innings against CSU Bakersfield, allowing 6 hits and 1 ER, striking out 4. It a bummer he did not get the win–this is his fourth[…]
Zane Mills is a sophomore at Washington State University. Last night he pitched against Hawaii and had a very nice game: 7 IP, 5 hits with 7 K’s and only 2 walks. He really only had a rough time of it in the 3rd inning when he allowed two runs.[…]
Troy Johnston was drafted by the Marlins in the 17th round of the 2019 draft out of Gonzaga. In 2019 he hit .330/.402/.610 with 10 HR for Gonzaga. He has almost as many walks (20) as K (26). The Marlins assigned him to Low-A to start his pro career and[…]
Matt Murton was the Red Sox first-round pick back in 2003. He was not with the organization long, being part of the package that sent Nomar Garciaparra to the Cubs in 2003. He was well thought of as a prospect, ranking in ranking the Red Sox #5 prospect in 2003,[…]
I wrote the Taylor Harbin while he was playing for Clemson University back in 2007. I really like Clemson and wrote to their players a lot back then. That season Harbin hit .296/.343/.510 with 11 HR. He was a solid mid-range draft prospect. He was drafted in the 8th round[…]