Connor Joe 1/1

2014 Bowman Draft Orange Paper Parallel 1/1

Back in the early Spring I went on a nice run of adding cards of the Pirates first two picks of 2014, Cole Tucker and Connor Joe. Both were considered safe picks and a little bit of a reach but the Pirates used to savings to get some harder to sign kids in the later rounds. For both I focused on Leaf Trinity and Bowman cards.

It is always nice to add a 1 of 1, even if it is one of the ridiculous parallels from Bowman. Either way I purchased this card for around $30 which seems like a pretty good deal for a 1/1 of a legitimate prospect. 

Vegas is kicking my butt a little, but my hope is to win a little bit on table games. We've been pretty busy the first couple nights, so this is my first day where I have most of the day to gamble. I'll probably try my luck at some blackjack and poker. 

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A Look at Trinity

Not that Trinity.

2014 Leaf Trinity is a set based around autographs of prospects. The set has 3 different type of cards. You will either get a patch auto, inscribed auto or plexi-glass auto. This is a type of product that I would never open, but love to buy on the secondary market. It is a great way to get some nice on card autos of prospects for a much cheaper price then some of the Topps/Bowman products.

This years set featured both of the first round picks of the Pirates this past year Cole Tucker (picked 24th) and Connor Joe (39th). I've been buying a lot of cards of each lately as prices have been very affordable. As you will see I've went a little overboard with adding some cards from Trinity, but it will showcase all the auto types I referenced above.  While the pictures are pretty plain, the autos are very bright and on card!

I think my favorite is the acetate card of Cole Tucker. It is one of those cards that a scan doesn't really capture the essence of the card.  It looks really nice!

If you are a prospect collector take a look at Trinity.  You might be able to find a really nice card for under $10. The printing plate was the most expensive card out of this group, costing around $15-20. 

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