Steven Moya Return!

The Tigers released Steven Moya due to not having a direct spot for him on the 25 man roster and he was out of options. Luckily, he found his way through waivers unscathed and is back with the organization playing in Toledo. I hope he finds his swing there. He is a giant man with all the potential in the world. I love to see him knock the ball around. I sent him two different letters with two different items to spring training and he sent both back signed for me.

Allen and Ginter are always perfect for a sharpie and this is my 2nd Detroit Tiger 5x7 Signed and 3rd overall. I love collecting these jumbos.

2017 Detroit Tigers Predictions

Here are some predictions and hopes I have for the 2017 Detroit Tigers:

Team: 94 Wins
(UNLESS: 1. Cabrera, Verlander, Fulmer miss over 40 games collectively for any reason and 2. the greatest factor; Zimmermann starts less than 16 games and wins less than 68% of them)

Miguel Cabrera- Batting Average > .360 and 35 homeruns but loses out on MVP to an up and comer non 2016 all star player nobody saw coming.

James McCann- Break out season. Voted an all star starter and gold glover. 25 Homeruns

Justin Verlander- 19 Wins, ERA < 2.60 but not the Cy Young winner

JaCoby Jones- .268 average, 18 homeruns, 22 steals, AL rookie of the year


Pitchers' wins:
Boyd - 13
Norris - 14
Fulmer - 18
Sanchez -8
Zimmermann - 16 

Notable Players' Homeruns:
JD Martinez - 31
Victor Martinez - 15
Justin Upton - 28
Nick Castellanos - 35 Homeruns!
Kinsler - 22 with a .325 average
Collins - 18

Most starts in Center: Andrew Romine

Again, these are my very hopeful, somewhat lofty predictions for the season. Nothing seems too crazy or out of reach but you never know what the injury bug will do.

Box Breaks and Classic Cards

INSTANT CLASSICS

I love, love, love these heritage '68 Topps card game remake cards. They look terrific. I've only pulled the three above but talk about some good pulls. I am contemplating sending the Renfroe for a TTM signature. The Kaline I got for a steal off eBay. Its an original 1968 card and you can see they were a little smaller.

 

BOX BREAKS

I am so broke its ridiculous but I have the craving to get into box breaks. I won a spot in a Bowman one on facebook when their 2016 set came out and got decent cards. That hooked me though in the "first one is always free" crack dealer sort of way. I found a .99 Detroit Tiger team break available on eBay from a guy who had good feedback and thought what the heck. It was for 2015 Diamond Kings and if I added 2.67 he would send me my commons. I thought that was a good deal as the cards look great and hold ink well and I am chasing a James McCann Relic/Auto for my PC so I added the facebook group and watched the break and didn't get any actual hits. Long story kinda short; he forgot to send me the commons so I messaged him. The guy's name is Clint and he is a great guy. He was very apologetic and offered to send me some Tiger commons from some other breaks that nobody wanted. I was very grateful for that and offered to up the shipping but he said just enjoy the group and jump in on some more breaks in the future. My package came from him a couple weeks later loaded with cards!

He even tossed in the Upton jersey card. There were hundreds of cards, many of which will be sent out and brought to games hoping for some ink. I HIGHLY recommend joining the facebook group DUDE Sports Displays and Breaks Group. Check it out for a while, watch some breaks and then join in. Its a great group and from what I have noticed its hard to find a break leader who is trustworthy but this Clint guy is top notch! Check out his eBay offerings too at Clintob2000.