future big names

[HOF Auto Rookies]

He speaks truth. Scary game tho. Would rather invest in, for example, J-Up. Base chrome sell for $30 and used to be at and above $100 and embarrassed Kershaw for years in prices. Kid still has a damn good shot at 500+ HR's and the scary thing is he hasn't tapped into his full potential


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[jbbama]

The cats out of the bag, i have been prospecting for several years and it appears based on rookie cards and autographs that anyone that is a "top" prospect has almost, i hate to say topped out in card value, but are expensive and potential upside is low in my opinion. Bryant this year for example. The fun part for me is doing my own research and looking for low level guys who have potential and whose cards are cheap or very reasonable. (fangraphs is one of my favorite sites).
good luck and have fun!
Bowman chrome is your best bet

[hoebob69]

Thats what I'm doing now bama,it really has increased my love for the game to. I guess I just like being able to say I have his rookie card when someone brings a player up. I agree that with the absurd prices on the new stars auto cards,like Mike Trout,are probably not going to get much higher than they are now,and the prices of those are redicolous at the start.

[jbbama]

Its fun......also something to do in Jan, Feb and March when baseball is really off the radar for most.

[chipperhank44]

I used to be heavily into prospecting. My advice for researching prospects would be:

Go to Baseball America, look at their organizational top 10 prospect lists, sign up for their daily prospect update emails, look at their weekly hot lists. Baseball Prospectus is another good site to check out. Both Baseball America and Baseball Prospectus have chat sessions with their writers and scouts. You can gain a lot of insight from participating and reading their chat sessions. Finally, there are a lot of team specific blogs related to prospects, never a bad idea to see what they are saying about their own prospects.

As many have said, prospecting can be tough financially, but it is enjoyable. And when you guess right, you win big. Bought a signed game used Mike Trout bat for $300, flipped it for just under 2K, similar profit on a RC Autograph. But the opposite is also true, I had plenty of cash into Alex Gordon and Jason Heyward......

[jbbama]

good advice, and agree about the hits and misses.

enjoy

[bbcard1]

One other thing that is interesting…even if you accurately forecast players who are perennial all-stars, unless they break into the upper echelon of players and have a significant fan base, they won't do you much good. Someone like Stanton is a good bet for that reason…take a time like now and buy. He has seta established he can hit in a big way and is off to a slow start…bargains on his cards. A friend of mind did this with McCutcheon a few years ago and did well. You are probably better off to buy on the dips that to buy low with hopes of a player becoming a star.