Collecting Cleveland Indians Topps team sets from 1952-present, as well as post-war minor and major league autographs.
Gabriel Moya from the Diamondbacks for C John Ryan Murphy in July 2017. The #MNTwins have acquired left-handed pitcher Gabriel Moya from the Arizona Diamondbacks. pic.twitter.com/b80seG2eBj — Minnesota Twins (@Twins) July 27, 2017 He has not had a ton of success in his two brief visits to the majors–a combined[…]
I have been a big fan of Muncy for a while–I think the first time I wrote about him was in July 2013–so I am just thrilled that he has become a real sparkplug for the Dodgers. I like to think I liked him before he was cool. Muncy was[…]
Got this from a private signing a couple weeks ago. Tejada had a fantastic career. Over 16 seasons in the big leagues he would be selected to six all-star teams, win two Silver Slugger awards and was the 2002 American League MVP. Standard Batting Year Age Tm Lg G AB[…]
Carlos Pena is well known to anyone who saw Moneyball as the player that the A’s coach kept playing instead of Scott Hatteberg, despite the objections of Billy Beane. I remember him since the A’s traded away some of my favorite Oakland players to acquire him from the Rangers back in 2002.[…]
A bunch of autographs from last season have rolled in, which is always nice this time of the year. Carl Addison Wise was drafted in 2015 by the Blue Jays; 4th round out of College of Charleston. Wise cracked the Blue Jays Baseball America Top 30 list once, for the 2016[…]
The Houston Astros signed Harold Arauz as an international FA back in 2011 for $300K. He was 16 years old. He had a rough 2015 in Low-A. He ended the season with an 0-5 record, 6.79 ERA and allowing 72 hits in 51 innings. It was a terrible season. He joined the[…]
Sam Clay was drafted by the Twins in the 4th round of the 2014 draft out of Georgia Tech. Clay was a very good reliever while at Georgia Tech, though it was not clear if he would stick to the pen as a pro or transition into a starter. He had[…]
Tyler Straub played four seasons of college ball (2013-2016), split between North Central Texas College (North Texas Junior College Athletic Conference) and Texas-San Antonio (Conference USA). He was a very good hitter in college. His senior year he hit .282/.342/.366 with 2 HR. It should be noted that most of those numbers[…]
Brett Kennedy was drafted out of Fordham in the 11th round of the 2015 draft by the San Diego Padres. His numbers in college were solid: over three seasons in the Atlantic 10 he would go 15-17 with a 3.73 ERA over 222 IP. He would allow 236 hits,[…]
Victor Robles is one of my favorite players in the National League–and easily my favorite Washinton National. I got the top card in 2016 and the bottom card on consignment during Spring Training this past season. The Nationals signed Robles for $225,000 in 2013, and he immediately became one of[…]