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Originally Posted by maniac_73
Forgot about the big unit! I agree though that speculating a few hundred grand on a rookie is insanity!
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What's crazy about Randy Johnson, is nobody would have ever "invested" in him to begin with.
He was an unheralded 2nd round pick with a mediocre minor league career. A live arm for sure, but with really bad control issues.
His first several years as a starter he struck out a ton of guys, but had a horrible problems with Walks, and sported some atrocious WHIP numbers.
The same could be said of Nolan Ryan, but Nolan came out of it at a much younger age then Randy.
Johnson didn't even begin to become dominating until he was almost 30, which by then "investors" would think it's a complete waste of time putting money into a guy who has to crawl out of a giant statistical hole to one day be considered one of the best pitchers to ever live.
That would be like, all of a sudden, deciding to invest in Cliff Lee Rookie cards in 2008.
Even, with all that said. Considering the numbers he eventually compiled throughout his career. I don't see a lot of general interest in Randy Johnson Rookie cards.