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Weekly Top 10 Highest Priced Modern Baseball Cards

Each week we will take a look at the Top 10 Highest priced active items on Ebay’s auction format from the modern baseball card era

#1 Albert Pujols 2001 Bowman Autograph Graded BGS Pristine 10/10
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#2 Bryce Harper 2011 Bowman Chrome Autograph Graded BGS Pristine 10/10
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#3 Derek Jeter 1993 Upper Deck SP Rookie Graded BGS 9.5
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#4 Mike Trout 2009 Bowman Chrome Refractor Autograph /500 Graded BGS Pristine 10
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#5 Ronald Reagan 2012 Topps Allen & Ginter DNA Hair Relic
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#6 Anthony Rizzo 2010 Bowman Chrome Orange Refractor Autograph /25 Graded BGS 9.5
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#7 Mike Trout 2009 Bowman Chrome XFractor Autograph /225
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#8 Bubba Starling 2011 Bowman Chrome Orange Refractor Autograph /25 Graded BGS 9.5/10
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#9 Bryce Harper 2012 Topps Finest Printing Plate Patch Autograph 1/1
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#10 Josh Hamilton 1999 Topps Traded Autograph Graded PSA 10
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Weekly Top 10 Highest Priced Modern Baseball Cards July 29

Each week we will take a look at the Top 10 Highest priced active items on Ebay’s auction format from the modern baseball card era.

#1 Bryce Harper 2012 Bowman Platinum “MONDO” Bat Nameplate 1/1
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#2 Frank Thomas 1990 Topps No Name On Front Graded PSA 9
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#3 John F Kennedy JFK 2006 Legendary Cuts Autograph 1/1
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#4 Bryce Harper 2011 Bowman Chrome Gold Refractor Autograph /50
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#5 Mike Trout 2011 Topps Finest Red Refractor Autograph /25 Graded BGS 10/10
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#6 Stephen Strasburg 2010 Triple Threads Printing Plate Autograph 1/1
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#7 Yu Darvish 2012 Gold Refractor Autograph /50
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#8 Mike Trout 2011 Topps Finest Purple Refractor Autograph /5
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#9 Bryce Harper 2011 Bowman Autograph Graded BGS 10/10
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#10 Anthony Rizzo 2010 Bowman Chrome Orange Refractor Autograph Graded BGS 9.5/10
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2012 Chicago Cubs Top 15 Prospect Rankings

By: J.P. Schwartz
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2012 Chicago Cubs Top 15 Prospect Rankings

Every year at this time I like to rank each team’s top prospects. My criteria is based upon both past performance and future potential to his parent team. This is my ranking of the 2012 Chicago Cubs Top Prospects.

To qualify, a prospect must have fewer than 130 at-bats or 50 innings in MLB

#1 Anthony Rizzo 1B
Born: 8/8/1989
Highest Level Reached: MLB San Diego Padres (Traded From Padres January 2012)
2011 Combined Stats: MINORS: .331, 34(2B), 1(3B), 26HR, 101RBI
MAJORS: .141 (18 hits in 128 at-bats), 8(2B), 1(3B), 1HR, 9RBI

#2 Javier Baez SS
Born: 12/1/1992
Highest Level Reached: Short-A Boise Hawks
2011 Combined Stats: .278, 2(2B), 1RBI (5-18 in 5 pro games; 2011 1st Round Pick)

#3 Brett Jackson OF
Born: 8/2/1988
Highest Level Reached: Triple-A Iowa Cubs
2011 Combined Stats: .274, 23(2B), 5(3B), 20HR, 58RBI, 21SB

#4 Matt Szczur OF
Born: 7/20/1989
Highest Level Reached: High-A Daytona Cubs
2011 Combined Stats: .293, 22(2B), 3(3B), 10HR, 46RBI

#5 Dillon Maples RHP
Born: 5/9/1992
Highest Level Reached: 14th Round Pick 2011 MLB Draft
2011 Combined Stats: Did Not Play In 2011

#6 Jeimer Candelario 3B
Born: 11/24/1993
Highest Level Reached: Rookie League Dominican Summer League Cubs
2011 Combined Stats: .337, 16(2B), 2(3B), 5HR, 53RBI

#7 Josh Vitters 3B
Born: 8/27/1989
Highest Level Reached: Double-A Tennessee Smokies
2011 Combined Stats: .283, 28(2B), 2(3B), 14HR, 81RBI

#8 Dan Vogelbach 1B
Born: 12/17/1992
Highest Level Reached: Rookie League AZL Cubs
2011 Combined Stats: .292, 3(2B), 1HR, 6RBI (7-24 in 6 pro games; 2011 2nd Round Pick)

#9 Pin-Chieh Chen 2B
Born: 7/23/1991
Highest Level Reached: Short-A Boise Hawks
2011 Combined Stats: .301, 14(2B), 4(3B), 2HR, 30RBI

#10 Tony Zych RHP
Born: 8/7/1990
Highest Level Reached: Short-A Boise Hawks
2011 Combined Stats: 0-0, 2.25ERA, 4IP, 2BB, 5K (2011 4th Round Pick)

#11 Ben Wells RHP
Born: 9/10/1992
Highest Level Reached: Short-A Boise Hawks
2011 Combined Stats: 4-4, 4.66ERA, 77.1IP, 19BB, 53K, .265BAA

#12 Trey McNutt RHP
Born: 8/2/1989
Highest Level Reached: Double-A Tennessee Smokies
2011 Combined Stats: 5-6, 4.55ERA, 95IP, 39BB, 65K, .319BAA

#13 Ronald Torreyes 2B
Born: 9/2/1992
Highest Level Reached: Low-A Dayton Dragons (Traded From Reds December 2011)
2011 Combined Stats: .356, 9(2B), 5(3B), 3HR, 41RBI, 12SB

#14 Marco Hernandez SS
Born: 9/6/1992
Highest Level Reached: Rookie League AZL Cubs
2011 Combined Stats: .333, 16(2B), 5(3B), 2HR, 42RBI

#15 Chris Carpenter RHP
Born: 12/26/1985
Highest Level Reached: MLB Chicago Cubs
2011 Combined Stats: MINORS: 3-4, 5.91ERA, 42.2IP, 27BB, 34K, .269BAA
MAJORS: 0-0, 2.79ERA, 9.2IP, 7BB, 8K, .316BAA

Disclaimer – I did not attend any minor league games this year, nor do I claim to have any scouting experience. These lists are the product of my own research of statistics and online scouting reports.

2011 San Diego Padres Top 15 Prospects Post Season Report Card

With the 2011 minor league season complete we check in on the progress of each of the San Diego Padres preseason Top 15 prospects as ranked by our prospect ranker J.P. Schwartz. The post season grading report was done by the publisher of Top Prospect Alert, not Mr. Schwartz, and reflects only the 2011 season and not future upside or downside of the individual prospect. Our 2012 preseason rankings will be published in the coming months.

#1 Casey Kelly GRADE: B-
Kelly went 11-6 with a 3.98ERA for the Double-A San Antonio Missions. He walked 46 and struck out 105 in 142.1 innings. Opposing batters hit .278 off Kelly on the season.

#2 Simon Castro GRADE: C
Castro went a combined 7-8 with a 5.63ERA between Double-A San Antonio and the Triple-A Tucson Padres. He walked 34 and struck out 94 batters in 115 innings. Opposing batters hit .286 off Castro.

#3 Anthony Rizzo GRADE: A-
Rizzo batted .141 with 8 Doubles, 1 Triple, 1 Home Run and 9 RBI’s for the big league Padres. He walked 21 times and struck out 46 times in 49 games. Rizzo was a monster at Triple-A Tucson batting .331 with 34 Doubles, 1 Triple, 26 Home Runs and 101 RBI’s in just 93 games.

#4 Cory Luebke GRADE: A
Luebke went 6-10 with a 3.29ERA for San Diego. He walked 44 and struck out 154 in 139.2 big league innings. Major league hitters batted just .209 against Luebke.

#5 Donavan Tate GRADE: C
Tate batted a combined .288 with 10 Doubles, 4 Triples and 22 RBI’s between the Short-A Eugene Emeralds and Low-A Fort Wayne Tin Caps. He also stole 19 bases. Tate played in just 39 games due to injury and a 50 game suspension for a second failure of a drug test. If he can ever stay healthy and away from issues, he showed glimpses of what he could be.

#6 Rey Fuentes GRADE: B
Fuentes batted .275 with 15 Doubles, 9 Triples, 5 Home Runs, and 45 RBI’s for the High-A Lake Elsinore Storm. He also stole 41 bases. Fuentes walked 44 times and struck out 117 times in 124 games.

#7 Jedd Gyorko GRADE: A+
Gyorko batted a combined .333 with 47 Doubles, 2 Triples, 25 Home Runs and 114 RBI’s between High-A Lake Elsinore and Double-A San Antonio. He also had 12 stolen bases on the season. Gyorko walked 64 times and struck out 114 times in 140 games.

#8 Jaff Decker GRADE: B
Decker batted .236 with 29 Doubles, 2 Triples, 19 Home Runs and 92 RBI’s for Double-A San Antonio. He also stole 13 bases. Decker walked 103 times and struck out 145 times in 133 games.

#9 Edinson Rincon GRADE: A-
Rincon batted .329 with 24 Doubles, 1 Triple, 8 Home Runs and 50 RBI’s for High-A Lake Elsinore. He walked 32 times and struck out 59 times in 74 games.

#10 Matt Lollis GRADE: C
Lollis went 4-8 with a 5.35ERA for High-A Lake Elsinore. He walked 45 and struck out 114 in 119.1 innings of work. Opposing batters hit .285 against Lollis on the season.

#11 James Darnell GRADE: A
Darnell batted a combined .310 with 29 Doubles, 1 Triple, 23 Home Runs and 79 RBI’s between Double-A San Antonio and Triple-A Tucson. He walked 68 times and struck out 78 times in 111 games. In the big leagues with the Padres, Darnell batted .222 with 2 Doubles, 1 Home Run and 7 RBI’s in 18 games.

#12 Everett Williams NO GRADE
Williams tore his ACL 6 games into the season at Low-A Fort Wayne and missed the remainder of the 2011 season.

#13 Zach Cates GRADE: C+
Cates went 4-10 with a 4.73ERA for Low-A Fort Wayne. He walked 53 batters and struck out 111 in 118 innings. Opposing batters hit .244 of Cates on the year.

#14 Juan Oramas GRADE: B+
Oramas went a combined 10-6 with a 3.49ERA between Double-A San Antonio and one start at Triple-A Tucson. He walked 29 and struck out 106 in 108.2 innings. Opposing batters hit .255 against Oramas on the season.

#15 Drew Cumberland RETIRED
Cumberland retired due to complications from concussions and a rare inner ear disease. You can Follow This Link to learn more about Cumberland’s condition.

Padres Prospect Anthony Rizzo Talks About His Major Big League Struggles After Monster Minor League Season

He’s only 21, his the future is very bright and his minor league past was very successful, but for Anthony Rizzo, the present which involves hitting major league pitching has been a huge struggle thus far. In 93 minor league games for the Triple-A Tucson Padres, Rizzo batted .331 with 34 Doubles, 26 Home Runs and 101 RBI’s. In two separate stints with the Padres, Rizzo has been a shell of his minor league self betting just .144 with 8 Doubles, 1 Home Run, and 9 RBI’s. In the story link below, Rizzo participates in a Q&A with Dan Hayes, @NCTPadres of the North County Times, in which he talks about his big league struggles and his battle to overcome them.

SHOOTING THE BREEZE: A Q&A with Padres first baseman Anthony Rizzo

Friday’s Notable Minor League Home Runs

AAA:
Jesus Montero New York Yankees – Home Run #13

Cord Phelps Cleveland Indians – Home Run #12

Devin Mesoraco Cincinnati Reds – Home Run #13

Brandon Inge Detroit Tigers – Home Run #6

Lastings Milledge Chicago White Sox – Home Run #11

Taylor Green Milwaukee Brewers – Home Run #21

Anthony Rizzo San Diego Padres – Home Run #23

Pedro Feliz San Diego Padres – Home Run #1

Brett Jackson Chicago Cubs – Home Run #6

Brandon Belt San Francisco Giants – Home Run #8

Alex Liddi Seattle Mariners – Home Run #26

Brandon Allen Oakland Athletics – Home Run #21

AA:
Bryce Harper Washington Nationals – Home Run #3

Travis D’Arnaud Toronto Blue Jays – Home Run #17

Mike McDade Toronto Blue Jays – Home Run #17

Brahiam Maldonado New York Mets – Home Run #21

Kyle Skipworth Florida Marlins – Home Run #9

Ernesto Mejia Atlanta Braves – Home Run #19

Francisco Martinez Seattle Mariners – Home Run #1

High-A:
Robbie Grossman Pittsburgh Pirates – Home Run #10

Xavier Scruggs St Louis Cardinals – Home Run #15 & #16

Jonathan Schoop Baltimore Orioles – Home Run #4

Tommy Joseph San Francisco Giants – Home Run #14 & #15

Kole Calhoun Los Angeles Angels – Home Run #19

Nathan Freiman San Diego Padres – Home Run #18

Low-A:
Jake Marisnick Toronto Blue Jays – Home Run #12

Chris Jacobs Los Angeles Dodgers – Home Run #10 & #11

Travis Witherspoon Los Angeles Angels – Home Run #12

Trayce Thompson Chicago White Sox – Home Run #19

Marcell Ozuna Florida Marlins – Home Run #18

Jacob Realmuto Florida Marlins – Home Run #7

Xander Bogaerts Boston Red Sox – Home Run #12

Sunday’s Notable Minor League Home Runs

AAA:
Josh Phegley Chicago White Sox – Home Run #1

Jared Head Cleveland Indians – Home Run #17

Cord Phelps Clevland Indians – Home Run #9

Chris Carter Oakland Athletics – Home Run #9

Carlos Peguero Seattle Mariners – Home Run #7

Lorenzo Cain Kansas City Royals – Home Run #13

Anthony Rizzo San Diego Padres – Home Run #21

AA:
Tim Federowicz Boston Red Sox – Home Run #8

Oscar Tejada Boston Red Sox – Home Run #4

Jonathan Villar Houston Astros – Home Run #8

High-A:
Jon Mark Owings Arizona Diamondbacks – Home Run #12 & #13

Erik Castro Houston Astros – Home Run #6 & #7

Brad Glenn Toronto Blue Jays – Home Run #19

Low-A:
Nick Ramirez Milwaukee Brewers – Home Run #1

Kolten Wong St Louis Cardinals – Home Run #3

Jonathan Garcia Los Angeles Dodgers – Home Run #18

Anthony Hewitt Philadelphia Phillies – Home Run #11

Anderlin Rodriguez New York Mets – Home Run #13

Friday’s Notable Minor League Home Runs

AAA:
Ryan Strieby Detroit Tigers – Home Run #17

Jorge Vazquez New York Yankees – Home Run #25

Chris Valaika Cincinnati Reds – Home Run #3

Brett Jackson Chicago Cubs – Home Run #2

Salvador Perez Kansas City Royals – Home Run #1

Anthony Rizzo San Diego Padres – Home Run #20

Jai Miller Oakland Athletics – Home Run #26

Hank Conger Los Angeles Angels – Home Run #3

Nick Noonan San Francisco Giants – Home Run #1

AA:
Neftali Soto Cincinnati Reds – Home Run #20

L.J. Hoes Baltimore Orioles – Home Run #3 & #4

Andrew Lambo Pittsburgh Pirates – Home Run #3

Michael Bianucci Texas Rangers – Home Run #25

Christian Colon Kansas City Royals – Home Run #8

Josh Vitters Chicago Cubs – Home Run #11

Ryan Jackson St Louis Cardinals – Home Run #9

High-A:
Wilmer Flores New York Mets – Home Run #8

Robbie Grossman Pittsburgh Pirates – Home Run #10

Tony Plagman Detroit Tigers – Home Run #16

L.V. Ware Atlanta Braves – Home Run #6

Jonathan Galvez San Diego Padres – Home Run #9 & #10

Reymond Fuentes San Diego Padres – Home Run #3

Nolan Arenado Colorado Rockies – Home Run #6

Low-A:
Cody Rogers Tampa Bay Rays – Home Run #11

Marcus Knecht Toronto Blue Jays – Home Run #11

Marcell Ozuna Florida Marlins – Home Run #16

Christian Yelich Florida Marlins – Home Run #11

Corey Dickerson Colorado Rockies – Home Run #21

Kevin Keyes Washington Nationals – Home Run #10

David Freitas Washington Nationals – Home Run #12

Sean Coyle Boston Red Sox – Home Run #11

Jim Murphy Philadelphia Phillies – Home Run #21

Wednesday’s Notable Minor League Home Runs

AAA:
Jordan Danks Chicago White Sox – Home Run #11

Lars Anderson Boston Red Sox – Home Run #10

Chris Carter Oakland Athletics – Home Run #8

Matt Dominguez Florida Marlins – Home Run #9

Adam Loewen Toronto Blue Jays – Home Run #15

Bryan LaHair Chicago Cubs – Home Run #29

Anthony Rizzo San Diego Padres – Home Run #19

Brett Lawrie Toronto Blue Jays – Home Run #17 & #18

Brett Pill San Francisco Giants – Home Run #20

Alexi Amarista Los Angeles Angels – Home Run #3

AA:
Bryce Harper Washington Nationals – Home Run #1

Travis D’Arnaud Toronto Blue Jays – Home Run #13

Will Middlebrooks Boston Red Sox – Home Run #14

Ben Paulsen Colorado Rockies – Home Run #13

Blake Tekotte San Diego Padres – Home Run #17

High-A:
Andy Wilkins Chicago White Sox – Home Run #17

Cesar Puello New York Mets – Home Run #9

Kyle Jensen Florida Marlins – Home Run #21

Low-A:
Luke Bailey Tampa Bay Rays – Home Run #7

Jairo Perez Minnesota Twins – Home Run #10 & #11

Josh Whitaker Kansas City Royals – Home Run #14