Major Leaguers Is it sad that the abridged Upper Deck set has more U-M alums than anything Topps put out for the rest of the year?
Jake Fox
2010 Upper Deck #124 |
2010 Upper Deck #159 |
Two cards for Jake, both from the illegal Upper Deck set. He's shown here as a cub, but actually started the 2010 season with the A's and finishing it with O's.
Rich Hill
2010 Upper Deck #90 |
2010 Allen & Ginter #AGA-RHI |
Rich Hill has an autographed card in a marquee set that pictures him on a team he never played for.
Sadly, Rich's career appears to be over. He was signed as by the Cardinals last winter, released by June, signed by the Red Sox (for whom he pitched 4 innings), and was granted free-agency and re-signed by them this winter. Whether he actually pitches for them in 2011 is unknown.
JJ Putz
#2010 Topps Update #US-148 |
Clayton Richard
2010 Topps #456 |
2010 Upper Deck #417 |
Bobby Scales
2010 Upper Deck #112 |
Chris Getz
2010 Topps #508 |
2010 Topps Heritage #148 |
2010 Topps T-206 #151 |
2010 Topps #PPA-CGE |
2010 Topps T-206 ACA-CG |
2010 Triple Threads #153 |
Down on the Farm
There are a slew of Michigan alumni in the Minors right now, only a handful of which seem to have a real shot at the show. As is the way with these things, cards are typically made of the best of the 2010 draftees, and everyone else who has been toiling away for years will just have to wait until they make it. Obviously, MiLB team sets and oddball sets aren't included here, just major releases.
Jason Christian
2010 Bowman #BP28 |
2010 Bowman #BCP28 |
Ryan LaMarre
2010 Bowman Draft #BDPP8 |
2010 Bowman Draft Chrome #BDPP8 |
2010 Donruss EEE #114 |
2010 Donruss EEE #7 |
2010 Donruss EEE #RL |
2010 Donruss EEE #8 |
His Donruss Elite Extra Edition cards are shown here in their autographed versions, but non-auto, and a slew of parallel, versions also exist.
Matt Miller
2010 Donruss EEE #174 |
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And that's it for 2010! It goes without saying that each of these cards comes with a slew of parallel versions, which I obviously didn't highlight here. 2011 does not project to be as strong for U-M alums, but Clayton Richard may solidify his position has a legitimate starting pitcher.
Personally, I'm looking for Zach Putnam to make the leap to the bigs, something that he is certainly capable of doing after dominating AAA at the end of last season.