He’d only had 31 at-bats above the Class A level before joining the Washington Nationals but Juan Soto baseball cards have been around for a few years. Despite his youth (19 years and 208 days upon his big league arrival), the Dominican born Soto has cards dating back to 2016, a year after he signed with the Washington Nationals for a reported $1.5 million. In … [Read more...]
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Hottest Mookie Betts Prospect and Rookie Cards
In the beginning of the 2018 season Boston Red Sox right fielder Mookie Betts became the first Red Sox player to hit three home runs in a game four times. breaking a tie with Ted Williams. While no one's ready to anoint him as the equal of the Splendid Splinter, Betts' offensive and defensive abilities have put him in the discussion about the best current all around … [Read more...]
Collecting Alex Ovechkin Rookie Cards: Top Options and eBay Hot List
Despite his team's well documented playoff failures, one of the NHL's most prolific scorers is building a career portfolio that will undoubtedly end with induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame. An explosive scorer for the Washington Capitals, the only NHL team he's ever known, Alex Ovechkin rookie cards remain among the most valuable and popular of any active … [Read more...]
Hottest Dennis Smith Rookie Cards
When the rebuilding Dallas Mavericks decided to look to the future they wanted an athletic point guard with size and skill. They were not sure the player they had their eyes on would last to the tenth pick, but he did and quickly became in instant star who made highlight plays virtually every night. The hobby was quick to jump aboard the bandwagon and Dennis … [Read more...]
Hottest Shohei Ohtani Baseball Cards
Could he not just be as good as advertised… but maybe better? The fascinating arrival of a big league unicorn from Japan who has led baseball historians to the record books has spearheaded a stampede of collectors and dealers searching for Shohei Ohtani baseball cards. If it seemed impossible for any player to put the market on his shoulders as well as Aaron … [Read more...]
Nikita Kuchrov Rookie Card Checklist is Missing One Thing: Autographs
If you spent the 2013-14 hockey card season looking for autographed versions of Nikita Kucherov rookie cards, you had a long wait. Unlike most major NHL stars today, the right wing standout for the Tampa Bay Lightning didn't have one, unless you consider autographed buy backs issued in packs two years later. Kucherov's rookie card checklist is almost 1990s old … [Read more...]
Joel Embiid Rookie Cards (Finally) Proving Worth the Wait
The start to his NBA career was anything but normal but Joel Embiid’s rookie cards are now among the hobby’s hottest hoopsters. After just one year at Kansas, Embiid nearly went first in the 2014-15 NBA Draft, until the discovery of an injury saw him drop to the third pick. He appeared in multiple trading card products that season but it would be a two-year wait for … [Read more...]
Mathew Barzal Rookie Cards Still Within Reach
His first few games were nothing to write home about but it didn't take long for Mathew Barzal rookie cards to catch fire. The slow start was quickly forgotten as his first full season unfolded. Consider this: The roster of NHL rookies who have scored 50 points in their first 50 games over the last 20 years includes Sidney Crosby, Evegny Makin, Alex Ovechkin...and … [Read more...]
A Roundup of Early Eloy Jimenez Cards as Sox Prospect Awaits Call
His stay at big league spring training 2018 was brief but it was enough to whet the appetite of Chicago White Sox fans and keep collectors busy searching for Eloy Jimenez baseball cards. The team's top prospect cold be one of baseball's top impact players in the next decade. Born in the Dominican Republic he was signed as a free agent by the Chicago Cubs in 2013 when … [Read more...]
Hottest Trea Turner Rookie Cards
Trea Turner is considered one of the fastest runners in Major League Baseball with a recorded speed of 22.7 mph. Turner was a much heralded college star for the NC State Wolfpack, which resulted in him being selected by the San Diego Padres with the thirteenth pick of the first round of the 2014 MLB Draft. Later in 2014 he was traded to the Washington Nationals for whom he … [Read more...]
