Matt Antonelli retires

[AmishDave]

Another super prospect who never made it. He's gonna go back to Wake Forest, finish his degree and become a student assistant for the baseball team.

 

[BiggioBrooks755]

Who?

 

[WaxPax]

Exactly

Who?

 

[js0000001]

I'm got a just minors glossy 1/1 of his sitting in front of me.

 

[ThoseBackPages]

 

[uniquebaseballcards]

Happily he had the chance to hit a dinger in The Show.

 

[CatdaddysCards]

Always liked Antonelli. Wish he could've panned out.


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Need Moustakas, Hosmer and patches.

 

[BowmanChromeAddict]

Gotta stack of them in the basement. ugh

 

[rbadger]

He was great at Wake Forest, too bad he never materialized in the majors...one of the many prospect "busts"!

 

[Austin]

I pulled an X-Fractor autograph of him from a '06 Bowman Draft Chrome blaster box from Target and thought it was awesome.

Antonelli played in the minors with the Padres, Nationals, Orioles, Yankees and Indians, but never could put it together.
He should have played football or hockey. He was the Massachusetts Player of the Year in both of those sports, and the runner-up for baseball.

 

[pootshwan]

Another Padre. Another Matt. Another Top Prospect. Another Bust.