I Bought a Marlins Card

That title alone is enough to cut potential page views in half.  I probably should have centered something around Giancarlo Stanton and Shohei Ohtani for click bait!

2013 Bowman Chrome Gold Trevor Williams Auto /50

Trevor Williams path to the Pirates is one of the more interesting ones in recent memory.  Before the 2016 season, the Marlins lured two executives away from the Pirates front office. Apparently it is common practice to not let this happen in the same offseason so the Marlins compensated the Pirates by sending Trevor Williams.  At the time Williams wasn't seen as a huge prospect, but he was in the upper minor leagues and could start.

As luck would have it Williams would play himself into the rotation during the 2017 season and now is seen as a likely lock to be penciled in for next season.  Also, if you want a good follow on Twitter you check him out.  He is one of the few active players that makes me laugh.  

The card itself was a nice bargain for a low numbered Chrome rookie.  It cost me around $8 shipped! Having that Marlins uniform is the MLB version of the Scarlet Letter.  

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Dropkicked Cole

My wife surprised me with tickets to the Dropkick Murphys show tonight in Pittsburgh.  Should be a fun time! Work tomorrow might be difficult.....

Card time!

2013 Bowman Chrome Gerrit Cole /50

In a perfect world I would love to add more Chrome autos and rookies to my collection, but the art of prospecting is something I'll never quite understand. The prices sometimes get so out of hand that I abandon all hope and try to find the Panini Elite or Leaf Trinity equivalent. I have no brand loyalty.

With that being said I do sometimes luck into cards. Gerrit Cole had a little lull in his prices at a few points in his minor league career so I was able to snag up most of his base autos and a couple refractors. That method seems to suit me best for high end rookie autos.  Sure you will get burnt by the likes of guys like Mike Trout and Bryce Harper for not acting early, but more times than not you will find a point when prices calm to a more comfortable amount. 

Recently Cole's base gold parallel popped up. I was a little late to this party as I probably could have got this card more in the $10-13 range towards the end of last season.  This one cost me around $18. Not a great deal by any means, but I suspect if Cole continues to have success that the amount spent will look okay by the end of this season. At least it is not $300 for the /10 base parallel or something of that sorts. 

As a fun exercise check out completed auctions for bowman chrome baseball.  Yikes! I saw a Trout sale for more than 15k. 

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