Collecting Cleveland Indians Topps team sets from 1952-present, as well as post-war minor and major league autographs.
Ricky Vanasco was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 15th round of 2017 draft–a high school pick out of Florida. He was slated to go to Stetson before deciding to go pro. His numbers in 2017 and 2018, while pitching in rookie ball, were not all that great. But[…]
Teodoro Ortega is a decent pitching prospect. Signed as an international free agent by the Oakland Athletics in July 2017 Pitched very well in the Dominican Summer League in 2018 (3-1, 2.11 ERA/0.891 WHIP) It would seem that his performance was noticed, at least by the Texas Rangers, who got[…]
Triston Polley was drafted in the 16th round (475th overall) by the Texas Rangers in 2019 out of Indiana State. Congratulations to senior left-hander Triston Polley (@tristonpolley28) on being drafted to the @Rangers in the 16th round of the 2019 @MLB Draft! #MarchOn | #StateMade pic.twitter.com/25M8Xy1DVQ — Sycamore Baseball (@IndStBaseball)[…]
Adam Kloffenstein is a very good pitching prospect. He was drafted by the Blue Jays in the 3rd round of the 2019 draft out of a Texas high school. ICYMI: Full #BlueJays Draft coverage: Jordan Groshens (Rd. 1)https://t.co/4vi7hqH68y Griffin Conine (Rd. 2)https://t.co/QN351HeHs9 Adam Kloffenstein (Rd. 3)https://t.co/iCgLyNvpoL — Baseball Toronto (@BaseballTOR)[…]
Tonight’s starting pitcher is William Gaston! 🇨🇺 La Habana, Cuba 🆚 @EverettAquaSox pic.twitter.com/LBL9pgL8fF — Vancouver Canadians (@vancanadians) July 10, 2019 William Gaston was signed by the Blue Jays in December 2018 as a minor league free agent. Gaston spent most of the season in extended spring training, then was[…]
Aaron Schunk was drafted by the Rockies in the 2nd round of the 2019 draft out of the University of Georgia. With the 62nd pick of the 2019 #MLBDraft, the @Rockies select @BaseballUGA 3B Aaron Schunk: https://t.co/OHooNe2EPu pic.twitter.com/xdnFcEm3zx — MLB Draft (@MLBDraft) June 4, 2019 He was assigned to short-season[…]
Very neat card: 2002 Grandstand Cliff Lee, his first minor league card. Lee went 7-2 with a 3.23 ERA with Harrisburg in 2002. In June that season he would be involved in one of the biggest–and best–trades in Cleveland Indians history. The Montreal Expos traded Brandon Phillips, Grady Sizemore and[…]
Nolan Jones is one of the Indians best position prospects. Jones was drafted by the Indians in the 2nd round of the 2016. Drafted out of Holy Ghost Prep HS, Philadelphia. He is having another fine season in the Cleveland organization, hitting .273/.409/.438 with 14 HR between high-A and AA[…]
Ethan DeCaster was drafted in the 18th round by the Detroit Tigers in 2018 out of Duke. In 2018 he played at four levels–from Rookie League to Advanced High A-ball. And with good reason: over 32 innings of relief work he only allowed 19 hits and struck out 39–good for[…]
Garrett Cooper was drafted by the Brewers in the sixth round of 2013 draft out of Auburn. He was a decent enough minor league hitter, but as never rated as a Top 30 prospect. Which is weird in retrospect. In 2017 the Brewers traded him to the Yankees in July[…]