"Yaz"

This is kind of an introduction to one of the guys i'll be picking up. Have a few on the way of him as well. I am talking about Yasmani Grandal a catcher on the USA National team as well as a standout for the Miami Hurricanes baseball team. I' a big fan of this guy and he's one of the few polished pro prospects out there right now who are draft eligible at the Catcher spot. Has decent pop in his bat and can manage a staff. His cards are pretty cheap right now and i'm going to try to pick up as many as I can in the $5-8 range. I even splurged on another card of his but I will update when I have that in hand.

Picked up his Insciriptions card for a solid $8 on the bay. Pretty even with current prices but I expect to flip this for at least $15 around draft time. Also picked up his base auto for $8 at the LCS (Atlanta Sports Cards....thanks Chris!). May have overpaid a tad for it but expect a turnaround of at least $15 on this too at some point...maybe after the draft.

The bottom 3 pickups are prospects but are for my tigers PC. Got the Figaro blue for $6 dlvd. jacob Turner auto for $15 dlvd. Not really a steal or deal at $15 but i've been slow to get his stuff and saw a BIN for $15 and jumped since thats what they go for currently...maybe even a little more. I see him panning out well for the Tigers but even if he does the card will be staying in the PC. The last card is of a guy one of the local prospectors and fellow tigers fans (Brian in ATL)tipped me off to. His 2009 stuff is super cheap and as a second round pick I feel he's got great value. Got this for $7 at Atlanta Sports Cards. So all in all a fun day for project prospect, and for the PC too. On days when I don't recieve anything in the mail I may just highlight some of the better items in my Tigers/Purdue PC.

On the sales front, I just flipped the Borchering for 100% profit. Paid $3 and made $6. Yes, I could have held and made more but the object of this is to make as much as I can in as short a time holding the cards as I can. So here's an update of where I stand below:

BOUGHT:8 CURRENT INVENTORY:6 SOLD:2 $SPENT:$42 $MADE:$12 PROFIT:$8