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Weekly Top 10 Highest Priced Modern Baseball Cards

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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 Manny Machado 2010 Bowman Chrome Red Refractor Autograph /5
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#2 Andrew McCutchen 2004 Bowman Chrome Aflac Refractor Autograph Graded BGS Pristine 10/10
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#3 Jacob Turner 2011 Bowman Chrome Superfractor Autograph 1/1
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#4 Mike Trout 2009 Bowman Chrome Autograph Graded BGS Pristine 10
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#5 Manny Machado 2010 Bowman Chrome Gold Refractor Autograph /50 Graded BGS 9.5/10
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#6 Derek Jeter 1993 SP Rookie Graded PSA 9
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#7 Mike Trout 2011 Bowman Chrome Superfractor 1/1
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#8 Mike Trout 2009 Bowman Chrome Refractor Autograph /500 Graded BGS 9.5/10
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#9 Mickey Mantle 2012 Topps Tier One Cut Signature 1/1
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#10 Trevor Story 2011 Bowman Chrome Superfractor Autograph 1/1 Graded PSA 10
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Weekly Top 10 Highest Priced Modern Baseball Cards

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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 Mike Trout 2009 Bowman Chrome Refractor Autograph /500 Graded BGS 10 Pristine
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#2 Jacob Turner 2011 Bowman Chrome Superfractor 1/1 Autograph
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#3 Mike Trout 2009 Bowman Chrome Blue Refractor Autograph Graded BGS 9
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#4 Bryce Harper 2012 Bowman Platinum MONDO Bat Plate 1/1
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#5 Don Mattingly, Cal Ripken Jr, Ryne Sandberg, Daryl Strawberry, Ken Griffey Jr, Jose Canseco, Roger Clemens, Wade Boggs 2012 SP Signature 80’s Hot List Autograph /2
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#6 Bryce Harper 2011 Bowman Chrome Gold Refractor Autograph /50
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#7 Tim Lincecum 2007 Bowman Sterling Black Refractor Autograph /25 Graded BGS 9.5/10
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#8 Manny Machado 2010 Bowman Chrome Red Refractor Autograph /5
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#9 Yu Darvish 2012 Bowman Chrome Orange Refractor /25 Graded BGS 9.5/10
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#10 Mike Trout 2012 Allen & Ginter Mini Wood Card 1/1
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2012 Baseball Prospect Rankings

Miami Marlins 2012 Mid-Season Top 5 Prospect Rankings

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By: J.P. Schwartz
@Jaypers413

As we are now halfway into the season and the signing deadline for 2012 draft picks has passed, here is my revised list of top 5 prospects in the Miami Marlins organization.

Remember, a prospect must have fewer than 130 ABs or 50 IP in the Major Leagues to qualify.
(Stats through 7/28/2012)

1) Jose Fernandez – P
Highest Level: High-A Jupiter Hammerheads
2012 Stats:
MILB: 9-1, 2.08ERA, 104IP, 25BB, 121K, .203BAA

2) Christian Yelich – OF
Highest Level: High-A Jupiter Hammerheads
2012 Stats:
MILB: .320, 21(2B), 4(3B), 11HR, 40RBI, 15SB

3) Andrew Heaney – P
Highest Level: 2012 Draft Pick – Has Not Played

4) Jacob Turner – P
Highest Level: MLB Detroit Tigers (Traded to FLA)
2012 Stats:
MLB: 1-1, 8.03ERA, 12.1IP, 7BB, 7K, .321BAA
MILB: 6-4, 2.72ERA, 89.1IP, 34BB, 59K, .221BAA

5) Zack Cox – 3B
Highest Level: AAA Memphis Redbirds (Traded to Marlins)
2012 Stats:
MILB: .254, 23(2B), 9HR, 30RBI

Send your questions or feedback to J.P. on twitter @Jaypers413

2012 Baseball Prospect Rankings

2012 Detroit Tigers Top 15 Prospect Rankings

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By: J.P. Schwartz
@Jaypers413 on Twitter
JP’s FreedomCardboard Blog

2012 Detroit Tigers 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 Detroit Tigers Top Prospects. If you have any questions about my rankings, feel free to shoot me a message on twitter @Jaypers413

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

#1 Jacob Turner RHP
Born: 5/21/1991
Highest Level Reached: MLB Detroit Tigers
2011 Combined Stats: MINORS: 4-5, 3.44ERA, 131IP, 35BB, 110K, .238BAA
MAJORS: 0-1, 8.53ERA, 12.2IP, 4BB, 8K, .315BAA

#2 Nick Castellanos 3B
Born: 3/4/1992
Highest Level Reached: Low-A West Michigan Whitecaps
2011 Combined Stats: .312, 36(2B), 3(3B), 7HR, 76RBI

#3 Aaron Westlake 1B
Born: 12/27/1988
Highest Level Reached: Short-A Connecticut Tigers
2011 Combined Stats: .250, 5(2B), 1(3B), 3HR, 19RBI

#4 Drew Smyly LHP
Born: 6/13/1989
Highest Level Reached: Double-A Erie Seawolves
2011 Combined Stats: 11-6, 2.07ERA, 126IP, 36BB, 130K, .227BAA

#5 Andy Oliver LHP
Born: 12/3/1987
Highest Level Reached: MLB Detroit Tigers
2011 Combined Stats: MINORS: 8-12, 4.71ERA, 147IP, 80BB, 143K, .272BAA
MAJORS: 0-1, 6.52ERA, 9.2IP, 8BB, 5K, .289BAA

#6 James McCann C
Born: 6/13/1990
Highest Level Reached: Low-A West Michigan Whitecaps
2011 Combined Stats: .146, 2(2B), 1HR, 7RBI (7 hits in 48 at-bats) (2nd Round Pick 2011 MLB Draft)

#7 Casey Crosby LHP
Born: 9/17/1988
Highest Level Reached: Double-A Erie Seawolves
2011 Combined Stats: 9-7, 4.10ERA, 131.2IP, 77BB, 121K, .253BAA

#8 Brenny Paulino RHP
Born: 2/21/1993
Highest Level Reached: High-A Lakeland Flying Tigers
2011 Combined Stats: 4-5, 4.41ERA, 51IP, 27BB, 52K, .222BAA

#9 Tyler Gibson OF
Born: 6/17/1993
Highest Level Reached: Rookie League GCL Tigers
2011 Combined Stats: .143 (2 hits in 14 at-bats) (15th Round Pick 2011 MLB Draft)

#10 Brian Flynn LHP
Born: 4/19/1990
Highest Level Reached: Low-A West Michigan Whitecaps
2011 Combined Stats: 7-2, 3.46ERA, 67.2IP, 23BB, 57K, .235BAA

#11 Brandon Loy SS
Born: 5/3/1990
Highest Level Reached: High-A Lakeland Flying Tigers
2011 Combined Stats: .250, 2(2B), 5RBI (14 hits in 56 at-bats) (5th Round Pick 2011 Draft)

#12 Avisail Garcia OF
Born: 6/12/1991
Highest Level Reached: High-A Lakeland Flying Tigers
2011 Combined Stats: .264, 16(2B), 6(3B), 11HR, 56RBI, 14SB

#13 Danry Vasquez OF
Born: 1/8/1994
Highest Level Reached: Rookie League GCL Tigers
2011 Combined Stats: .272, 8(2B), 1(3B), 2HR, 30RBI

#14 Jose Ortega RHP
Born: 10/12/1988
Highest Level Reached: Triple-A Toledo Mudhens
2011 Combined Stats: 1-3, 6.30ERA, 50IP, 27BB, 44K, .310BAA

#15 Matt Hoffman LHP
Born: 11/18/1988
Highest Level Reached: Triple-A Toledo Mudhens
2011 Combined Stats: 2-5, 3.45ERA, 62.2IP, 25BB, 46K, .252BAA

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.

Prospect Rankings

2011 Detroit Tigers Top 15 Prospects Post Season Report Card

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With the 2011 minor league season complete we check in on the progress of each of the Detroit Tigers 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 Jacob Turner GRADE: A-
Turner went a combined 4-5 with a 3.44ERA between the Double-A Erie Seawolves and Triple-A Toledo Mudhens. He walked 35 and struck out 110 in 131 innings of work. Opposing batters hit .238 off of Turner on the season. Through September 20th, Turner logged two starts at the big league level with the Tigers going 0-1 with a 7.45ERA in 9.2 innings.

#2 Nick Castellanos GRADE: A
Castellanos batted .312 with 36 Doubles, 3 Triples, 7 Home Runs and 76 RBI’s for the Low-A West Michigan Whitecaps. He walked 45 times and struck out 130 times in 135 games. The Tigers recently named Castellanos their organization’s Minor League Player Of The Year

#3 Andy Oliver GRADE: C+
Oliver went 8-12 with a 4.71ERA for Triple-A Toledo. He walked 80 and struck out 143 in 147 innings of work. Opposing batters hit .272 off of Oliver on the season. Through September 20th, Oliver was 0-1 with a 6.52ERA in two big league starts with the Tigers.

#4 Casey Crosby GRADE: B-
Crosby went 9-7 with a 4.10ERA for the Double-A Erie Seawolves. He walked 77 and struck out 121 batters in 131.2 innings of work. Opposing batters hit .253 off of Crosby on the season.

#5 Chance Ruffin TRADED TO SEATTLE
Ruffin went a combined 3-3 with a 2.03ERA and 19 saves between Double-A Erie and Triple-A Toledo. He was the player to be named later in the Doug Fister trade. Through September 20th, Ruffin was 1-0 with a 3.21ERA in 14 big league innings covering two appearances with the Tigers and ten with the Mariners following the trade.

#6 Daniel Schlereth GRADE: A-
Through September 20th, Schlereth was 2-1 with a 3.40ERA in 47 big league appearances out of the Tigers bullpen. He has walked 30 and struck out 42 in 47.2 innings. Opposing major league hitters are batting just .204 off Schlereth this season. In 8 Triple-A appearances, Schlereth was 1-0 with a 0.77ERA in 11.2 innings of work.

#7 Francisco Martinez TRADED TO SEATTLE
Martinez batted a combined .289 with 21 Doubles, 7 Triples, 10 Home Runs and 69 RBI’s for Double-A Erie and the Mariners Double-A club the Jackson Generals. He was traded to Seattle in the Doug Fister deal.

#8 Drew Smyly GRADE: A
Smyly went a combined 11-6 with a 2.07ERA for the High-A Lakeland Flying Tigers and Double-A Erie. He walked 36 and struck out 130 in 126 innings of work. Opposing batters hit .227 off Smyly on the season. He was named by the Tigers as the organization’s Minor League Pitcher of the Year.

#9 Charlie Furbush TRADED TO SEATTLE
Through September 20th, Furbush was a combined 4-9 with a 5.22ERA between Detroit and Seattle in 81 big league innings. At Triple-A Toledo, Furbush went 5-3 with a 3.17ERA.

#10 Avisail Garcia GRADE: B
Garcia batted .264 with 16 Doubles, 6 Triples, 11 Home Runs and 56 RBI’s for High-A Lakeland. He also added 14 stolen bases. Garcia walked 18 times and struck out 132 times in 129 games.

#11 Rob Brantly GRADE: B-
Brantly batted a combined .274 with 22 Doubles, 1 Triple, 10 Home Runs, and 62 RBI’s between Low-A West Michigan and High-A Lakeland. He walked 29 times and struck out 56 times in 114 games.

#12 Daniel Fields GRADE: C-
Fields batted .220 with 14 Doubles, 4 Triples, 8 Home Runs, and 46 RBI’s for High-A Lakeland. He walked 49 times and struck out 133 times in 124 games.

#13 Adam Wilk GRADE: B
Wilk went 8-6 with a 3.24ERA for Triple-A Toledo. He walked 14 and struck out 76 in 102.2 innings of work. Opposing batters hit .262 off Wilk on the season. Through September 20th, Wilk was 0-0 with a 5.40ERA in 13.1 big league innings for the Tigers.

#14 Bruce Rondon GRADE: A-
Rondon went 2-2 with a 2.03ERA and 19 saves for Low-A West Michigan. He walked 34 and struck out 61 in 40 innings of work before being shut down in August. Opposing batters hit just .164 against Rondon on the season.

#15 Josue Carreno GRADE: C+
Carreno went 7-10 with a 4.55ERA at Low-A West Michigan. He walked 41 and struck out 115 in 124.2 innings of work. Opposing batters hit .270 off of Carreno on the season.

Major League Baseball News

Jacob Turner Called Up To Pitch For The Detroit Tigers

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As first reported by SI.com’s Jon Heyman late Friday night, the Detroit Tigers plan to call up the organization’s top pitching prospect Jacob Turner. The 20 year old was 3-5 with a 3.48ERA in 17 starts for the Double-A Erie SeaWolves. Turner has struck out 90 batters while walking just 32 in 113.2 innings this year. Eastern League batters are hitting just .239 against him. Turner who was 9th overall pick in the 2009 draft went a combined 6-5 with a 3.28ERA between the Low-A Western Michigan Whitecaps and the High-A Lakeland Flying Tigers in 2010. He is considered to be one of the top pitching prospects in all of baseball and was among the key pieces of the Tigers bid to acquire Colorado Rockies pitcher Ubaldo Jimenez at the trading deadline.