Collecting Cleveland Indians Topps team sets from 1952-present, as well as post-war minor and major league autographs.
Anthony Vizcaya is a pitcher in the Twins organization. I am not sure he is really a prospect, but he is interesting. He was signed as an international free agent by Indians in March 2012. He would spend three seasons in the organization, pitching terribly and never advancing to any[…]
Luis Escobar was signed as an international free agent by Pirates in July 2013. He made his major league debut earlier this season. Over 42.2 innings in AAA he has allowed 36 hits while striking out 46. Good for a 3.59 ERA/1.453 WHIP. He has always been a strikeout machine:[…]
Got this card this week from a consignment deal. Cal Stevenson is having a great season in high-A, hitting .295/.385/.389 with 5 HR. At 22 he is a shade under the league average age. The Blue Jays drafted him in the 10th round of the 2018 draft out of the[…]
Andrew Vaughn is a very good baseball player. This past June he was drafted 3rd overall by the Chicago White Sox out of Cal. This season at Cal he hit .374/.539/.704 with 60 walks compared to just 33 strikeouts. He also hit 15 home runs and has 50 career dingers,[…]
George Valera came into this season rated the Indians #5 prospect. The ranking was based heavily on his tools and a brief showing in the Arizona League in 2018, where he hit .333/.409/.556 with one home run before going down with an injury. This season he opened the year in[…]
Last season Roberto Perez was one of the worst regulars in all of baseball, hitting .168/.256/.263 with 2 HR. At the same time Yan Gomes, the Indians starting catcher, had a great year hitting .266/.313/.449 with 16 HR and getting his first All-Star selection. This past off-season the Indians[…]
I got this autograph in-person a couple years ago in Lake County. Albert Abreu was on the Houston Astro’s low-A team when I got this autograph. He was already well thought of prospect at the time. My notes: Abreu entered the season as one of the Astros top 15[…]
Back in 2016, I drove the two hours from Lake Country to Mahoning Valley to see the Astro’s short-season affiliate play the Scrappers. One of the big reasons I wanted to make the drive to get Stephen Wrenn. Wrenn was the 6th round pick of the Astro’s out the University of Georgia. Being[…]
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[…]
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[…]