Collecting Cleveland Indians Topps team sets from 1952-present, as well as post-war minor and major league autographs.
Josh Tomlin was Cleveland’s 19th round pick in 2006 draft. He has had a pretty good career, spending 12-seasons in the big leagues with Cleveland and Atlanta. Excellent control, less excellent stuff, Tomlin is a classic 4th or 5th starter who will shine on occassion. His biggest strength has always[…]
Aaron Cunningham was quite a prospect while in the minors. He was one of the Top 10 prospects of both White Sox (#7 in 2007), and Diamondbacks (#7 in 2008), and in 2009 was rated the 55th best prospect in baseball. If its any gauge, he was part of the[…]
In February 2021 the Indians selected outfielder Harold Ramirez off waivers from the Marlins. It was not a huge move at the time, but in retrospect it was a pretty fantastic decision. Ramirez has has a good season, hitting .263/.304/.405 with 6 HR, good for a 90 OPS+. Those are[…]
Triston McKenzie has been one of the Indians Top Prospects since 2016, often sitting in one of the top three spots. While injuries slowed his ascent to the majors, McKenzie finally made the big leagues in 2020 and, since then, has flashed the talent that made him one of the[…]
Jason Krizan was drafted by the Tigers in the 8th round of the 2011 draft. He has never really gotten much prospect attention, which is a little frustrating since he has hit at every level he has played. Over his 10 seasons in the majors, he has a career line[…]
Starting pitcher Juan Hillman was drafted by the Indians in the 2nd round of the 2015 draft. He was rated one of the Indians top 15 prospects in both 2016 and 2017, but he he struggled at Low-A in both 2017 and 2018 and fell off the prospect map. This[…]
Ronny Rodriguez spent part of 2018 and all of 2019 on the Tiger’s major league roster as a super-utility player. Over those two seasons, he hit .221/.254/.396 with 19 HR, good for a 70 OPS+. He was granted free agency in November 2020 and is not playing baseball right now.[…]
I got this Mike Yastrzemski autograph while he was with the Baltimore Orioles AA-Club back in 2015. He was traded to the Giants in 2019 and has come out of nowhere to become one of the better outfielders in the National League. This season he is hitting .294/.402/.563 with 8[…]
Aaron Harang is one of my favorite all-time pitchers. Harang was drafted in the 6th round (195th overall) by the Texas Rangers in 1999 out of San Diego State University. He was a well thought of prospect as he made his way up through the minors, ranking as one of[…]
Back in 2012, Jose Lopez was a Cleveland Indian. Over 213 at-bats he hit .249/.272/.366 with 4 HR. Even though he was only 28 years old his career was all but over. He was released by the Tribe in August and has been out of baseball ever since. But he[…]