Discussion: What is the longest you have held prospect?

[The_ReverendAct2]

I know that there are many who have been prospecting a long time and it got me thinking, what is the longest time you have held a prospect before they hit it big? not talking about small profits I mean big time money. I have held a certain football player, matt schaub bc gold ref, for a bit, but in actuality this will be his third year starting.

no baseball really, but wes might be the longest. he is still in the mix to some extent and the move to 1b helped.

 

[Topnotchsy]

Depending on how you look at it:

Carl Crawford- Been picking him up since around 2001. Have bought and sold some smaller cards over the years but sitting on 20 9.5's (out of 47 in existence) and in theory plan on selling when he really explodes.

BJ Upton- For a guy who hasn't really broken out as a player, he's probably the longest I've actively picked up, since 2002 and I still look to pick up his stuff when they are cheap.

 

[leatherman]

You should see my stack of 1988 Donruss Gregg Jefferies.

 

[NECpilgrims8]

Howie Kendrick
Chris Nelson
Angel Salome

Still holding from 2004.

*Sigh*

I need to rescan my (8) BGS 9.5 2004 Sterling Black Refractors #'d /16.

 

[Jays_Cards]

I have been holding some super high end Jay Bruce FY stuff for a few years now. I doubt it goes anywhere anytime soon, but there is no doubt in my mind that he will be a superstar one day.

 

[The_ReverendAct2]

I have been holding some super high end Jay Bruce FY stuff for a few years now. I doubt it goes anywhere anytime soon, but there is no doubt in my mind that he will be a superstar one day.

i am holding his bowman heritage red ink auto for this reason.

 

[AKT74]

Anytime you hold another man longer than 2-3 seconds it start to get a little weird. IMO

 

[BowmanChromeAddict]

I've been holding on to Chad Billingsley stuff since 2003.

 

[richezOne]

Jon Jay since his first chrome and Jesse Foppert, which is pretty much a PC now..

 

[hive17]

I've held Hernan Iribarren for 5+ years now. I don't know if he will take off, but if he can do in Texas what Kinsler and Cruz did (maybe not power, but production), I could make a good deal.

Otherwise, since I have a TON of his high-end cards, I might just package them all up and send them to him one day.

 

[Bob Loblaw]

Got rid of a lot of JA Happ stuff last year, as well as a little Lou Marson... but I am still sitting on a ton of 2004 Lou Marson stuff.

Go indians?

 

[donrusscrusademan]

Upper Deck has been holding my Kershaw rookie jersey auto for a few years ::facepalm:: ::facepalm::

other than that only other rookie I have is my Porcello red. although he is good now hes only getting better

 

[NECpilgrims8]

Upper Deck has been holding my Kershaw rookie jersey auto for a few years ::facepalm:: ::facepalm::

other than that only other rookie I have is my Porcello red. although he is good now hes only getting better

Oh really? Have you seen his stats so far?

Yikes.

 

[G $MONEY$]

You should see my stack of 1988 Donruss Gregg Jefferies.

You should see my Paul Sorrento stash

 

[Huffamaniac]

For me it is Scott Kazmir. Been sitting on his stuff for a while. Hopefully he can stay healthy and work depepr into games

 

[pigskincardboard]

For me it is Scott Kazmir. Been sitting on his stuff for a while. Hopefully he can stay healthy and work depepr into games

I think what you mean to say is, "I hope he gets his slider back and stops actin' like a pansy-ass fastball-change pitcher"

You could've said the same thing about LIriano last year..

 

[muchuckwagon]

Hopefully he can stay healthy and work deeper

That is what she said.... 8-----)

 

[donrusscrusademan]

Upper Deck has been holding my Kershaw rookie jersey auto for a few years ::facepalm:: ::facepalm::

other than that only other rookie I have is my Porcello red. although he is good now hes only getting better

Oh really? Have you seen his stats so far?

Yikes.

yeah he has been getting the absolute crap kicked out of him this year but he will bounce back.

 

[lisu]

I've been holding on to Cliff Pennington since 2005.

 

[Seiya]

Matt Antonelli, 2 years too long.