Four New Autos Added to 2011 Bowman Draft Picks

[Jaypers]

According to Topps' twitter, it's:

Bubba Starling
Dylan Bundy
Archie Bradley
Taylor Guerreri

Which means the following players' autos will likely be saved for next year, if not later:

Gerrit Cole
Daniel Hultzen
Anthony Rendon
Chris Reed
Alex Meyer
Joe Ross
Sean Gilmartin
Levi Michael
Mikie Mahtook
Brian Goodwin
Henry Owens
Josh Bell
Matt Purke
Austin Hedges
Daniel Norris

 

[Dice-K Collector]

Bubba Starling!

 

[bradical]

Top 2 picks held out of Bowman Draft.

Color me unimpressed.

 

[ballerskrip]

I find it insane that they can justify leaving all four of these guys out.

Gerrit Cole
Daniel Hultzen
Anthony Rendon
Josh Bell

 

[bradical]

I suppose Cole will be in it as an AFLAC.

 

[Jaypers]

I suppose Cole will be in it as an AFLAC.

Likely. Even more likely he'll be their 2012 Bowman cover boy (if not him, Hultzen or Rendon).

I'm still waiting to see who's in the prospect base set for this product.

 

[Jaypers]

Now that we know who the 34 autographs will be, what grade would you give the crop as a whole?

Poll added.

(I give it an A-. Cole, Hultzen and Rendon are certainly losses, but I feel confident there's some good talent to be had here. I would have given it a B+ or lower had Bundy and Starling not made it.)

 

[D-Lite]

I gave it a B+. Adding Starling and Bundy is huge, but without the year's top two picks I can't give it any form of A grade. And as a Yankee fan just pissed there's no Bichette (though he's got a presence in Sterling, yes?)

 

[ThoseBackPages]

Another Great Job by Topps!

 

[Russ S.]

My guess, Bundy & Starling = BIG $$$$. :shock: :shock:

 

[carlitoson]

So, not counting the USA youngsters, you can pull:

Round - Pick#
2010 - #1......Bryce Harper OF WAS
1 - #3.....Trevor Bauer P ARI
1 - #4.....Dylan Bundy P BAL
1 - #5.....Bubba Starling OF KC
1 - #7.....Archie Bradley P ARI
1 - #8.....Francisco Lindor SS CLE
1 - #9.....Javier Baez SS CHC
1 - #10.....Corey Spangenberg 2B SD
1 - #11.....George Springer OF HOU
1 - #12.....Taylor Jungmann P MIL
1 - #13.....Brandon Nimmo OF NYM
1 - #14.....Jose Fernandez P FLA
1 - #15.....Jed Bradley P MIL
1 - #17.....C.J. Cron 1B LAA
1 - #18.....Sonny Gray P OAK
1 - #19.....Matt Barnes P BOS
1 - #20.....Tyler Anderson P COL
1 - #22.....Kolten Wong 2B STL
1 - #24.....Taylor Guerreri P TB
1 - #26.....Blake Swihart C BOS
1 - #27.....Robert Stephenson P CIN
1 - #29.....Joe Panik SS SFG
1 - #32.....Jake Hager SS TB
1 - #33.....Kevin Matthews P TEX
1A - #38.....Brandon Martin SS TB
1A - #39.....Larry Greene OF PHI
1A - #41.....Tyler Goeddel 3B TB
1A - #44.....Michael Fulmer P NYM
1A - #45.....Trevor Story SS COL
1A - #47.....Keenyn Walker OF CWS
1A - #49.....Kyle Crick P SFG
1A - #50.....Travis Harrison 3B MIN
1A - #52.....Blake Snell P TB
1A - #60.....James Harris OF TB
2 - #68.....Dan Vogelbach 1B CHC

Sounds pretty solid to me. "A"

 

[Jaypers]

Finally I have something to blog about. You can read my review of these autos in my sig.