Monday, April 5, 2010

Its One Home Run, Dont Go Nuts Or Anything

I have always said that prospecting is the one way to make money in the hobby, if you are actually good at it. Despite the fact that many people arent very good at it, many still try based on the buy low and sell high. This is not one of those instances.

In his first major league at bat top prospect Jason Heyward hit a three run home run off Carlos Zambrano. Its one at bat of a predicted 500 this year, but it has caused major value ripples across eBay. His cards have gone nuts, with people paying ridiculous amounts of money expecting him to continue on his pace. Obviously they didnt get the prospector's rulebook memo.

This comes a few weeks after the Braves announced him as their starter for the 2010 season, causing a huge spike in value among collectors looking to get in on the 32nd level. Yes, the ground level has come and gone, but that hasnt stopped people.

Its called small sample size, and I can only wonder what will happen if he hits a few more.

7 comments:

  1. He hit it off of Carlos Zambrano. The Braves are playing the Cubs. Padilla pitches for the Dodgers.

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  2. Sorry, I had dodgers on the brain, my friend was talking in my ear as I was writing. My bad.

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  3. 500 home runs for Heyward in his rookie year? That's just ludicrous.

    He'll have 500 by June.

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  4. The funny thing is I bought 2 of his autographed bats from Just Minors about a month ago. Now they're sold out of everything of his just about. I hope he does good. We could use a different focus.

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  5. Look out Tebow, this guy is walkin' on water!

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  6. I bought a 2007 Donruss Elite auto of his over a year ago for $38. Now they're going on ebay for upwards of $125. I guess I was ahead of the curve. ;^)

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  7. I'm still waiting for all my prospect cards of Todd Van Poppel and Eric Anthony cards to skyrocket. Those guys are going to be huge one day.

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