Prospect hype

[MrMet]

We may show our ages here, but when was the first time you remember hearing real hype about a prospect, and who was it.

I think mine was Generation K...and well, we all know how that turned out...


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[Jaypers]

Andruw Jones.

 

[Austin]

For me, the late '80s with prospects like Gregg Jefferies, Tom Gordon, Mike Harkey, Todd Zeile, and all of those dozens of other minor league hotshots that Baseball Cards Magazine used to hype up, Topps made "Future Stars" cards of, Fleer had the Prospect Duo cards and of course Donruss had Rated Rookies of players who hadn't hit the majors yet.

In the early '80s, rookie cards didn't usually come out until a player reached the majors. Then the prospect boom started in the late '80s, and Topps soon went overboard with the '92 Bowman sets, picturing high school boys in preppy school clothes leaning against trees and in other awkward poses.

 

[Gjb70]

When I was young, I remember one of my best friends trading for all of my 1979 Ozzie smith cards. I was more than happy to take his George Brett cards in return. When I got back into the hobby in the late 90s, the first one that comes to mind was Kerry Wood.


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[matfanofold]

Ron Kittle was the first prospect I ever remember hearing hype about.

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[bstanwood]

I've been a baseball fan since the late 80s but I never followed it with enough detail to know about "the next big thing" until the mid/late 90s. I was in high school for Kerry Wood, I remember Andrew Jones first playoff run pretty well. I think Shawn Greene is probably the first name I heard while he was still in the minors though.

 

[bmp1971]

Roy Hobbs.

 

[AnthonyCorona]

Todd Van Poppel went I was in first grade

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[linuxabuser]

Troy Glaus / JD Drew / Pat Burrell

 

[death2redemptions]

Andruw Jones

 

[joey12508]

Brien Taylor


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[maestracewslover]

Joe Charboneau


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[Super Mario]

Considering my age, the first prospect I can really remember being hyped up be Cardinals fans on his way up was JD Drew.

You would have thought he was the second coming of Mickey Mantle.

 

[RNCoyote]

Brien Taylor and Todd Van Poppel

 

[onionring9]

Gregg Jeffries then Todd Van Poppel here as well

 

[WaxPax]

I'm showing my age here but Clint Hurdle....he was a Sports Illustrated cover boy back in the 70's......

 

[AnthonyCorona]

I'm showing my age here but Clint Hurdle....he was a Sports Illustrated cover boy back in the 70's......

Showing your age? Barry's answer is Ty Cobb

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[gamecockfanatic]

i seem to recall reading a few articles in my younger days that touted brad komminsk as becoming the "next hank aaron" for the braves...

 

[Letch77]

Shaq. There was a local radio show called Sportscard Talk hosted by Randy Cook and I remember him talking everyday about this kid drafted by Orlando.

That was a fun talk show...he'd often broadcast on location at different card shops around town and have "pack wars" with the shop owners and customers.

 

[phillyfan0417]

the first two players I ever prospected were Pat Combs and Stanley Jefferson.