When it comes to scouting stat lines, I’m a firm believer in throwing out most stats from A ball and below. If you look back at previous players who came out hot in rookie or A ball and then fizzle out, you’ll find a long list of bad investments. Here’s a great example: After being

Around mid-March is when investors make their final push to snatch prospects before the MiLB season kicks off. There are many investments out there currently that can explode depending on performance. Today, Bowman Chrome autos and their volatility is looking more like the stock market than the card market in the past. Even without a

When a team is building up their farm system, which position do they stock up, pitchers or hitters? Minus a few amazing hitting prospects under their control, the Padres have largely been developing pitchers. Their top 10 pitching prospects are better than almost all teams top 10 prospects. They’ve got a little bit of everything

The other day, @bluechipbaseballcards on Instagram reached out seeing if we accepted suggestions for upcoming articles, and of course, the answer was yes! He wanted to see what the market looks like for 1st Bowman Chrome autos versus autos that release later in their prospect life span (2nd Bowman). Clearly, 1st Bowman cards are far

I’ve got a series of questions for you. Do you a like big time fastball? Yeah SlabStoxNate, we love a big time fastball! Do you like a wipe out slider? Who doesn’t? Do you like huge strikeout potential? Please tell me more! Do you like big time walk potential? Um…why would we like that? Do

Anyone following Spring Training and pitching prospects closely knows yesterday (3/5/2019) was a big day for some top minor league talent. Jesus Luzardo (12 on Pipeline) and Dylan Cease (21) started for the first time this spring, while Kyle Wright (30), Ian Anderson (32), and Alex Reyes (33) all came out of the bullpen. Let’s

I’ve been around the hobby for quite some time, but two years ago is when I took it to the next level. Through the first year, I knew cracking graded cards and regrading to BGS or PSA (most likely) was a practice, but in the last year it has taken off. For those not in

When it comes to judging prospects, there are a few biases I need to work through. One bias is towards uncommonly tall players. Growing up, I always heard tall players had holes in their swing because of their long arms. The thought process was the longer the arms, the slower the bat gets through the