Interesting story, too. Played independent ball from the ages of 21-27 out of college before getting a chance with the Twins last year.
He took Odorizzi deep twice in a game, and absolutely mashed a home run against Archer at a game I was at a week or so ago. Very nice guy, has good...
many many HOFers pitched in the bigs at a young age. I don't think that youths of a byegone generation had more intestinal fortitude than do kids of this age.
let him pitch and we'll see what he's made of.
i don't know of any other top guys that've had injuries. I had thought maybe the write-ups would say so, or that you would know.
I mean, Top 250 means what, Top 5.5 rounds? I seriously doubt even if he wanted to sign, he'd be picked that high, knowing that his characteristic that got him...
Are there any other injured players (TJ injuries, specifically) on the Top 250? Plus, he was a tough sign to begin with, and probably won't change his number despite the injury (don't know if this is top 250 draft players, or just on the basis of pure ability).
I saw Wil Myers in person tonight. He is not looking very good in non-PCL ball. Tonight he walked, grounded out, and hit into a 1-out bases loaded DP and a 1 out two men on DP. He also looked completely disinterested in fielding his position. Perhaps I just caught him on a bad day. Archer...
I prefer IP autographs. Once I get a guy in person, I tend not to seek out his cards as much.
I will say, the difference for me between paying for them at shows (which I've not done in about 12 years) and getting them at games, is that getting them at games just feels more organic to me...
Pulled this from a blaster. Doesn't seem to be an ink issue and there isn't even any recess where the letters would be. It's Colby Rasmus. Did I get a super rare 1/1tastic errorfractor? Because I will list it as such. Shamelessly.
But no, seriously, am I the only one?
There are two guys who I am targeting as low-end (read, $5ish for a base auto) prospects. Other than that, I bought three blasters out of general boredom/weakness. that might be it.
Might be Sonny's last start in the Minors (lots of rumors going around that Jarrod Parker might needs some DL time). It is in Nashville, where he has had some success, a couple years ago...
I buy scrub low #d cards (or, rather, pro scrubs. They weren't scrubs in college). I tend to overpay because they come up for sale/auction so infrequently.
I mean, two of the Supers I'm most in search of are guys that have retired from baseball, one with never getting above short season A...
My initial thought is that the folks that bought in at such high a price on Meadows will be tiiiiiiiiicked off if he goes 12 to the M's.
I (biased) think Ziomek sneaks into round 1. Odd to see Boldt fall out, but he is injured and a northern player whose season had barely started. Also I...
I'm pretty happy to see Unroe get some attention. He's gone from a 5-7 rounder to some rumors of late first/comp. Switch hitting SS with power.
Now, since you guys might know better than me, how to sell them? Last year I tried to end them the night of the first round, which was stupid in...
The Sonny Gray Mini Superfractor was pulled and is listed. The BIN is higher than what I paid for the 2011 non auto super. Good luck to the seller, though. It is a nice card.
Right, I don't mean to say that there aren't some guys that could produce value with good luck. But the three I was targeting are still getting $20+ for a base auto. For someone rather small time like me, that prices me out, especially since they are highly volatile young hitters.
I figure it is close enough to draft time that there isn't much reason for secrecy about who we've bought into to sell after they get drafted.
So, my big buy in got injured, which is fine because he'll just become a PC Vandy Guy (Jordan Sheffield)
Other than that:
DJ Peterson red ink auto /25...