03-02-2012, 05:03 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-02-2012, 05:56 PM by norcalcollectibles.)
Dante Bichette Jr. w/ Bonus Prospect Rant
Dante Bichette Jr. w/ Bonus Prospect Rant
Hello everyone,
I have been an avid prospect collector since 1997 Bowman Chrome was released and have about a 98% rookie fail rate so in that 2% Jeter is the only one that REALLY panned out and I'm sure I'm not the only one. Anyway, I mainly try to stick to my Yankee prospects and was pumped when I pulled his Bowman Draft card. Now his autos are getting carried away. My question is how good is this kid?? If he was drafted by the Cubs I think his cards would be a fraction of what they are currently because I think $100 for a guy in Staten Island A ball is a tad steep. Now a days you have to research every stat, are they prone to injury, the whole ball of wax because back in the day we didn't have the resources we have now and Baseball America was pretty much all we had for reference so a lot of money was dropped on "Where are they now" guys like Ben Grieve, Jerome Walton, Dwight Smith, etc. You catch my drift. I have pretty much narrowed my criteria to power guys , I've learned to NEVER invest in pitchers. Lately it's been Michael Choice, Yasmani Grandal and a few others. These guys put up great numbers and have the size and age on there side because if a guy has been in the minors for 5 years there is a reason. I'm still leery of Josh Vitters granted he is only 22. Sorry for the rant. I guess I should start a blog on this subject.
Thanks for your time.
Oh yeah!! This guy panned out pretty good too!!
<a href="http://s99.photobucket.com/albums/l291/gbanzhaf/?action=view&current=ichirosweet.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l291/gbanzhaf/ichirosweet.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>
I have been an avid prospect collector since 1997 Bowman Chrome was released and have about a 98% rookie fail rate so in that 2% Jeter is the only one that REALLY panned out and I'm sure I'm not the only one. Anyway, I mainly try to stick to my Yankee prospects and was pumped when I pulled his Bowman Draft card. Now his autos are getting carried away. My question is how good is this kid?? If he was drafted by the Cubs I think his cards would be a fraction of what they are currently because I think $100 for a guy in Staten Island A ball is a tad steep. Now a days you have to research every stat, are they prone to injury, the whole ball of wax because back in the day we didn't have the resources we have now and Baseball America was pretty much all we had for reference so a lot of money was dropped on "Where are they now" guys like Ben Grieve, Jerome Walton, Dwight Smith, etc. You catch my drift. I have pretty much narrowed my criteria to power guys , I've learned to NEVER invest in pitchers. Lately it's been Michael Choice, Yasmani Grandal and a few others. These guys put up great numbers and have the size and age on there side because if a guy has been in the minors for 5 years there is a reason. I'm still leery of Josh Vitters granted he is only 22. Sorry for the rant. I guess I should start a blog on this subject.
Thanks for your time.
Oh yeah!! This guy panned out pretty good too!!
<a href="http://s99.photobucket.com/albums/l291/gbanzhaf/?action=view&current=ichirosweet.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l291/gbanzhaf/ichirosweet.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>