Name A Forgotten Once-Big Prospect

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[NY Tony]

Rocco Baldelli was called the next Joe DiMaggio
Delmen Young was the Lebron James of baseball
Jesus Montero was supposed to be the next Manny Ramirez
Cameron Maybin supposed to be exactly what Baldelli was supposed to be

Honorable mentions
Jose Tabata
Fernando Martinez (FMART) - had a nickname before he did anything
Craig Hanson - Supposed to be billy Wagner

........ TBC

 

[RStadlerASU22]

Rocco Baldelli was called the next Joe DiMaggio
Delmen Young was the Lebron James of baseball
Jesus Montero was supposed to be the next Manny Ramirez
Cameron Maybin supposed to be exactly what Baldelli was supposed to be

Honorable mentions
Jose Tabata
Fernando Martinez (FMART) - had a nickname before he did anything
Craig Hanson - Supposed to be billy Wagner

........ TBC

I agree w your top 4 as being big busts. ESP Baldelli, he received a lot of hype and magazine covers etc, then flatline

Ryan

 

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[digicat]

ThoseBackPages, you've got quite the "Prospecting House of Horrors" going on here.

 

[ThoseBackPages]

lol absolutely!

Collecting is awesome!

 

[carlitoson]

Is it sad that I have rookie cards for every guy mentioned except David Clyde and Billy Beane? LOL!

Here are a few more (sorry if already mentioned):

 

[ThoseBackPages]

not sad at all.

WOULD be sad if you had them in graded form

 

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[carlitoson]

...WOULD be sad if you had them in graded form

Ouch babe. Ha.
Although I've purchased a random graded card here and there over the years, my last submission was 13 years ago.

 

[VandyDan]

See that Glenn Davis (the late 90s one) makes an appearance. If anyone has any nice cards of him, let me know. He's a Vandy player. Not sure that they made high end cards of prospects back then, though.

 

[VandyDan]

Also, speaking of former VU guys, is Casey Weathers on this list? Jeremy Sowers? (also, if you have nice cards of them, pm me).

I try to prospect in guys that went to top college programs, because even if they tank as pros, there are morons (like me!) that will pay for their stuff for their old college exploits.

 

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[carlitoson]

Cool! (although I don't think he's forgotten).




Here's some more:

 

[BiggioBrooks755]

Clint Barmes?

 

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