Prospects that broke your heart thread

Poorboy · 01-06-2025, 01:19 PM

Seems like we all have at least one?
That one player we knew was going to be “The One!”
For whatever reason didn’t make it .
I thought might be an interesting thread for everybody
To talk about ?
No card values or wax prices …
Just baseball
I’ll start
Mine was /is nick pratto.
Yea I’m a bay holder lol
But I know he’s gonna be up this year and crush it….
Anybody else?

Bambino22 · 01-06-2025, 01:40 PM

Marco Luciano is still in process of breaking my heart. A long painful separation.

STLtoMN · 01-06-2025, 01:41 PM

Roberto Campos

clsports · 01-06-2025, 01:42 PM

The list is long, but I guess I can go back to Mike Greenwell.

He had a short career, but I thought he was going to be a superstar.

Hank Blalock
Sean Burroughs
Justin Smoak
Dominick Brown
Desmond Jennings
Brennen Davis
Jordan Walker

I could go on and on here . . .

I will be honest about Aaron Judge. I never thought he would be a star when he was in the minors High strikeout rate and at his height I never thought he would be a good defender in the OF. I was obviously wrong there. He broke my heart in that I never bought much of his stuff at release.

OhioLawyerF5 · 01-06-2025, 01:44 PM

Jose Barrero and Austin Hendrick. It's so sad that someone with crazy tools like Barrero had such a promising career destroyed by the low and away slider. He simply could not adjust.

Noles939913 · 01-06-2025, 01:59 PM

Austin Meadows. I guess people saw the writing on the wall as his prices didn’t even get that crazy after his awesome All-Star season in 2019.

atk825 · 01-06-2025, 02:07 PM

I can still see the Roger Cedeno Bowman's Best refractors now.

f2tornado · 01-06-2025, 02:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by clsports

The list is long, but I guess I can go back to Mike Greenwell.

There's a name I have not heard in a while. He had a decent albeit not illustrious career.

Matt LaPorta was one of the few prospects I followed and he washed up like a turd on the beach.

sandyfrank · 01-06-2025, 02:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Poorboy

Seems like we all have at least one?
That one player we knew was going to be “The One!”
For whatever reason didn’t make it .
I thought might be an interesting thread for everybody
To talk about ?
No card values or wax prices …
Just baseball
I’ll start
Mine was /is nick pratto.
Yea I’m a bay holder lol
But I know he’s gonna be up this year and crush it….
Anybody else?

I will have to go with Wander Franco, had the entire league in the palm of his hand and just completely wasted this incredible future and his god given talent. Disgusting.

ThoseBackPages · 01-06-2025, 02:28 PM

Razor

Poorboy · 01-06-2025, 02:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by clsports

The list is long, but I guess I can go back to Mike Greenwell.

Hank Blalock
Sean Burroughs
I could go on and on here . . .

I will be honest about Aaron Judge. I never thought he would be a star when he was in the minors High strikeout rate and at his height I never thought he would be a good defender in the OF. I was obviously wrong there. He broke my heart in that I never bought much of his stuff at release.

I don’t think you are alone here partner …..

Poorboy · 01-06-2025, 02:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ThoseBackPages

Razor

Puddle monkey mentioned that name recently ?

Poorboy · 01-06-2025, 02:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sandyfrank

I will have to go with Wander Franco, had the entire league in the palm of his hand and just completely wasted this incredible future and his god given talent. Disgusting.

Still shaking my head on that one….

Turd Ferguson · 01-06-2025, 02:43 PM

Ben Grieve. I had a really solid collection of him. Still have a couple autographed hats, but the cards are long gone.

bigdog2003 · 01-06-2025, 02:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by clsports

The list is long, but I guess I can go back to Mike Greenwell.

He had a short career, but I thought he was going to be a superstar.

Hank Blalock
Sean Burroughs
Justin Smoak
Dominick Brown
Desmond Jennings

I could go on and on here . . .

I will be honest about Aaron Judge. I never thought he would be a star when he was in the minors High strikeout rate and at his height I never thought he would be a good defender in the OF. I was obviously wrong there. He broke my heart in that I never bought much of his stuff at release.

Sold the 2013 Bowman Chrome auto I pulled for $40 for that same reason.

Poorboy · 01-06-2025, 02:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Turd Ferguson

Ben Grieve. I had a really solid collection of him. Still have a couple autographed hats, but the cards are long gone.

His first couple years looked good
What happened ?

Poorboy · 01-06-2025, 02:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigdog2003

Sold the 2013 Bowman Chrome auto I pulled for $40 for that same reason.

Like I said he is not alone ……if only we had a crystal ball

SethMurphy · 01-06-2025, 02:51 PM

Cito Culver

Nester99 · 01-06-2025, 02:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sandyfrank

I will have to go with Wander Franco, had the entire league in the palm of his hand and just completely wasted this incredible future and his god given talent. Disgusting.

I bought a card last week and the seller used 2 Topps Chrome Wander PRISMS as packing cards...i tossed them.

oddstuff · 01-06-2025, 02:59 PM

Besides names already mentioned...Mark Prior (2nd overall pick), Brandon Wood (23rd overall), Delmon Young (1st overall), Joba Chamberlain (41st overall supplemental)...all first round picks.

MiamiMarlinsFan · 01-06-2025, 03:01 PM

Sixto Sanchez.

oddstuff · 01-06-2025, 03:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by f2tornado

There's a name I have not heard in a while. He had a decent albeit not illustrious career.

Matt LaPorta was one of the few prospects I followed and he washed up like a turd on the beach.

Still have small lots (25 each maybe?) of Greenwell's Topps/Donruss in 800 count '87 cards storage boxes in the closet that will probably get cleared out soon.

Nester99 · 01-06-2025, 03:05 PM

Someone listed a ton of Arisides Aquino's superfractors on ebay yesterday.....

This thread is destiny.....

NYRE2PECT · 01-06-2025, 03:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sandyfrank

I will have to go with Wander Franco, had the entire league in the palm of his hand and just completely wasted this incredible future and his god given talent. Disgusting.

Wander, by a mile, for this guy.

Archangel1775 · 01-06-2025, 03:09 PM

01-06-2025, 01:19 PM	#1
Poorboy Banned - PBM Join Date: Dec 2024 Posts: 1,635	Prospects that broke your heart thread Seems like we all have at least one? That one player we knew was going to be “The One!” For whatever reason didn’t make it . I thought might be an interesting thread for everybody To talk about ? No card values or wax prices … Just baseball I’ll start Mine was /is nick pratto. Yea I’m a bay holder lol But I know he’s gonna be up this year and crush it…. Anybody else?

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clsports Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 635 CLSPORTS	The list is long, but I guess I can go back to Mike Greenwell. He had a short career, but I thought he was going to be a superstar. Hank Blalock Sean Burroughs Justin Smoak Dominick Brown Desmond Jennings Brennen Davis Jordan Walker I could go on and on here . . . I will be honest about Aaron Judge. I never thought he would be a star when he was in the minors High strikeout rate and at his height I never thought he would be a good defender in the OF. I was obviously wrong there. He broke my heart in that I never bought much of his stuff at release. Last edited by clsports; 01-06-2025 at 02:45 PM.

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