We begin with thanks to our man in Binghampton,Jason Christensen,who hammered out some stuff from the AA New Hampshire squad that featured top prospects Anthony Gose and Travis D"Arnaud.
Jason also added former number one pick Allan Dykstra from the home team as well as some Pirate cards of B-Mets manager Wally Backman.
Jason also added some players from Akron and Portland.
Nick Hagadone was the notable from Akron,while Jason cleared out the Red Sox portion of the 2010 Carolina League prospects set with Will Middlebrooks.Stolmy Pimentel,Alex Wilson Oscar Tejada and Brock Huntzinger as well as some cards from Ryan Lavarnway,who was difficult for some at Frederick last year...
Thanks to Tom O'Brien for his help with the usually tough Erie SeaWolves.
The main hits there were 70's outfielder Jerry Martin,who has an excellent signature and Tom reports is very nice and pitching prospect Casey Crosby.
The Hickory Crawdads hit Hagerstown and the better prospects weren't the easiest players to get.
Touted shortstop Jurickson Profar was a one per,while Kellin Deglan was terrific the first night and tough thereafter.
The Hickory coaching staff was great,manager Bill Richardson is a super nice guy as is former big leaguer Storm Davis,who signed everything for everyone.
Davis is returning to the game and was very nice.
This was an extremely difficult series as the Suns have begun to close to the "chute area" off when a party has been bought for the evening.
This means lots of yelling so players can hear you,which is a task made more difficult by being directly under a loudspeaker.
The team has been helpful in addressing issues,but weekends are going to be tough at the Muni on such evenings.
The Frederick Keys homestand brought in Winston Salem's Dash and Wilmington's Blue Rocks to Harry Grove Stadium.
Winston-Salem featured former first rounder Jared Mitchell,who missed most of 2010 due to injury.
Mitchell was engaging and signed everything for me,which surprised me when I heard about issues from others.My experience was a good one.
Other pickups were pitching prospect Addison Reed,former Arkansas star Andy Wilkins and former White Sox closer Bobby Thigpen.
Wilmington featured Jake Odorizzi,who was a vital part of the Royals trade with Milwaukee that saw Zack Grienke go to the Brewers.
Odorizzi is dominating the Carolina League right now and might not be still in Wilmington for their Frederick return in June.
Jake signs three cards as long as they are different and was very nice about his rules.
I had next to nothing else for the Blue Rocks as cards didn't arrive in time for them,so I'll be back for them next series.
The Lexington Legends featured several first round picks with Delino DeShields Jr. pacing the pace.
DeShields has the early lead for signer of the year as he signed anything and everything for everybody!
Mike Foltynewicz,Mike Kvansnicka and Telvin Nash were other prospects that were excellent signers..
Finally,thanks to the "Superfan" Dave Sloan for his help with the Astros in spring training.
Dave was able to add Astros prospects Jordan Lyles,Ben Heath,T.J. Steele,J.D.Martinez and Ross Seaton as well as Braves top pitching prospects Julio Teheran and Randall Delgado
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