Prospects that broke your heart thread

[jbriskin05]

Originally Posted by bblair_2002

Generation K and the other Mets prospects who came up in the early-mid 90s.

you mean Preston Wilson, Jay Payton, Butch Huskey, Alex Escobar, Lastings Milledge...I could go on

[Poorboy]

Originally Posted by jbriskin05

you mean Preston Wilson, Jay Payton, Butch Huskey, Alex Escobar, Lastings Milledge...I could go on

I didn’t realize so many wow!

[ChicagoWest1]

Pat "The Bat" Burrell

Currently Zac Veen has me nervous

[Porktornado]

Matt Laporta and Brett Lawrie for me. Not from a card perspective as much as a fantasy perspective. I think I took Lawrie in the 4th or 5th round after his solid couple of months in his rookie season. I'd prefer fantasy busts than buying a bunch of numbered autos and watching them bust.

[SetBuildingGuy]

In the 80s i bought hundreds of anthony young rc’s. He went on to set the record for most consecutive losses.

[ObanMontecristo]

Originally Posted by ChicagoWest1

Pat "The Bat" Burrell

Currently Zac Veen has me nervous

What? Burrell had a pretty solid career in the bigs

[beens75]

Originally Posted by Chris P

For me as a kid, it was Brooks Kieschnick. Being from Corpus Christi, he was the first "major" local star that I could remember from when I started watching sports (the Labonte brothers are from here but I wasn't into racing). I remember getting him to sign his 1994 Score Gold Rush card at a local card show and it was the cornerstone of my collection lol.

Milwaukee loved Brooks. Pitching out of the pen and pinch hitting and hitting bombs off the bench.

[Poorboy]

Originally Posted by ObanMontecristo

What? Burrell had a pretty solid career in the bigs

mnnnn im still a bag holder on veen and montgomery

[Halonut]

As an Angel fan/collector, the early 2000s top ranked farm system got me. Luckily I wasn’t as heavily invested as I would have been nowadays and I sold enough to recoup my initial investment. A handful of these guys had long successful careers (*), they just didn’t turn out to be hobby good.

Dallas McPherson
Casey Kotchman
Jeff Mathis
Ervin Santana*
Alberto Callaspo
Erick Aybar*
Howie Kendrick*
Mike Napoli*
Joe Saunders
Jeff Weaver*
Bobby Jenks
Sean Rodriguez
Brandon Wood

I did well obviously with Trout in 2009-2012 but this early 2000’s group really changed my buying habits. I dabble in prospects still if the price is right but I wait for them to have a little success in the majors before really buying in. It costs a little bit more but helps to mitigate the risk.

[Poorboy]

Originally Posted by Halonut

As an Angel fan/collector, the early 2000s top ranked farm system got me. Luckily I wasn’t as heavily invested as I would have been nowadays and I sold enough to recoup my initial investment. A handful of these guys had long successful careers (*), they just didn’t turn out to be hobby good.

Dallas McPherson
Casey Kotchman
Jeff Mathis
Ervin Santana*
Alberto Callaspo
Erick Aybar*
Howie Kendrick*
Mike Napoli*
Joe Saunders
Jeff Weaver*
Bobby Jenks
Sean Rodriguez
Brandon Wood

I did well obviously with Trout in 2009-2012 but this early 2000’s group really changed my buying habits. I dabble in prospects still if the price is right but I wait for them to have a little success in the majors before really buying in. It costs a little bit more but helps to mitigate the risk.

sound advice thanks

[bblair_2002]

Originally Posted by jbriskin05

you mean Preston Wilson, Jay Payton, Butch Huskey, Alex Escobar, Lastings Milledge...I could go on

Payton and Wilson had a few good years...........just not with the Mets lol.

[NoName76]

Ozzie Canseco.

[Poorboy]

Originally Posted by bblair_2002

Payton and Wilson had a few good years...........just not with the Mets lol.

unfortunately

[Poorboy]

Originally Posted by NoName76

Ozzie Canseco.

i remember him short shelf life

[theflushingmets]

Matt Moore. I had sooo many of his cards at one point.

[Poorboy]

Originally Posted by theflushingmets

Matt Moore. I had sooo many of his cards at one point.

what happened to his control?

[Bergkamp11]

Originally Posted by SetBuildingGuy

In the 80s i bought hundreds of anthony young rc’s. He went on to set the record for most consecutive losses.

That would be a little tough. Anthony Young RC are in 1991 sets, he was a 90s MLB player

[Poorboy]

Was there a different young ?

[Bergkamp11]

No it's the same Anthony Young, who had the infamous consecutive losses record. A 1990s guy but some just forget, nothing big.

[Poorboy]

Originally Posted by Bergkamp11

No it's the same Anthony Young, who had the infamous consecutive losses record. A 1990s guy but some just forget, nothing big.

Ok was just checking so many players already named in here lol

[Poorboy]

Dickie thon

[Poorboy]

Wasn’t a prospect at that point but j r Richard oh my he could pitch!

[Poorboy]

any more we forgot?

[Brady7799]

Originally Posted by Poorboy

any more we forgot?

while everyone was on Todd Van Poppel, i was putting away Rico Brogna and Wilfredo Cordero.

heart broken twice!

[Poorboy]

Originally Posted by Brady7799

while everyone was on Todd Van Poppel, i was putting away Rico Brogna and Wilfredo Cordero.

heart broken twice!

wow that was a while back lol
those guys were gold! lol