Todd Van Poppel
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I’m thinking the Braves made the right choice. A little ironic that that draft produced one of the best picks of all time and one the biggest busts of all time
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@KILLERPRESENCE4 said in Todd Van Poppel:
@Yankee_Nation said in Todd Van Poppel:
All these ridiculous & absurd future stars cards incoming got me remembering my childhood baseball card collection. I’m in my 40’s so alot of you won’t get this but to those of you that do......Remember how every card company back then were marketing hard the top prospect Todd Van Poppel? TONS of incredible cards with the best card art dedicated to him & all us kids were buying them all up because we’d be able to retire off his rookie cards. Yeah.....Dude was a total bust just like most of these future stars cards will be as well. How about SDS put out more cards of players who have earned the right to be featured prominently in this game. That’s all, Rant over.
Now without googling it, who was the number one overall draft pick from that same draft? Hint.... He would help transform a franchise into a perennial contender?
The Braves were already turning into perennial contenders before chipper ever put on a big league uniform. And chipper didn’t start producing in a big way until 96, and the Braves were already dominant by then.
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@SchnauzerFace said in Todd Van Poppel:
@KILLERPRESENCE4 said in Todd Van Poppel:
@Yankee_Nation said in Todd Van Poppel:
All these ridiculous & absurd future stars cards incoming got me remembering my childhood baseball card collection. I’m in my 40’s so alot of you won’t get this but to those of you that do......Remember how every card company back then were marketing hard the top prospect Todd Van Poppel? TONS of incredible cards with the best card art dedicated to him & all us kids were buying them all up because we’d be able to retire off his rookie cards. Yeah.....Dude was a total bust just like most of these future stars cards will be as well. How about SDS put out more cards of players who have earned the right to be featured prominently in this game. That’s all, Rant over.
Now without googling it, who was the number one overall draft pick from that same draft? Hint.... He would help transform a franchise into a perennial contender?
The Braves were already turning into perennial contenders before chipper ever put on a big league uniform. And chipper didn’t start producing in a big way until 96, and the Braves were already dominant by then.
Thats what I was thinking. When I think of those Braves teams Chipper doesnt come to mind right away. Obviously Maddux, Glavine and Smoltz, then maybe David Justice.
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@SchnauzerFace said in Todd Van Poppel:
@KILLERPRESENCE4 said in Todd Van Poppel:
@Yankee_Nation said in Todd Van Poppel:
All these ridiculous & absurd future stars cards incoming got me remembering my childhood baseball card collection. I’m in my 40’s so alot of you won’t get this but to those of you that do......Remember how every card company back then were marketing hard the top prospect Todd Van Poppel? TONS of incredible cards with the best card art dedicated to him & all us kids were buying them all up because we’d be able to retire off his rookie cards. Yeah.....Dude was a total bust just like most of these future stars cards will be as well. How about SDS put out more cards of players who have earned the right to be featured prominently in this game. That’s all, Rant over.
Now without googling it, who was the number one overall draft pick from that same draft? Hint.... He would help transform a franchise into a perennial contender?
The Braves were already turning into perennial contenders before chipper ever put on a big league uniform. And chipper didn’t start producing in a big way until 96, and the Braves were already dominant by then.
He was robbed of the ROY award in 95. And there is no way the Braves win 14 straight division titles without Chippers yearly contributions. Yes they were producing before he ever put a mlb uniform on but the year they drafted him (1990) they finished in last place and lost 100 games. The next heart they would play The Twins in what many consider to be one of the greatest World Series of all time because of the storylines involved and the fact that both teams were worst to first teams and the first teams to accomplish that feat.
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@the_dragon1912 said in Todd Van Poppel:
More recently: Matt Laporta. Was hyped up to pretty much be the next pujols and was horrible at the big league level
As a life long tribe fan reading his name still triggers me. The freaking heartache this guy gave us. A monster in AAA and would flop every single time he was called up. He had all the chances in the world during the Manny Acta era. He's a true AAAA player. Also, he's a realtor now...so yeah, life comes at you fast.
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@Jeviduty said in Todd Van Poppel:
@the_dragon1912 said in Todd Van Poppel:
More recently: Matt Laporta. Was hyped up to pretty much be the next pujols and was horrible at the big league level
As a life long tribe fan reading his name still triggers me. The freaking heartache this guy gave us. A monster in AAA and would flop every single time he was called up. He had all the chances in the world during the Manny Acta era. He's a true AAAA player. Also, he's a realtor now...so yeah, life comes at you fast.
Us Brewers fans appreciate him, since he was the centerpiece for the Sabathia deal. LOL.
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@KILLERPRESENCE4 said in Todd Van Poppel:
@gatormike4id said in Todd Van Poppel:
@KILLERPRESENCE4 said in Todd Van Poppel:
@Yankee_Nation said in Todd Van Poppel:
All these ridiculous & absurd future stars cards incoming got me remembering my childhood baseball card collection. I’m in my 40’s so alot of you won’t get this but to those of you that do......Remember how every card company back then were marketing hard the top prospect Todd Van Poppel? TONS of incredible cards with the best card art dedicated to him & all us kids were buying them all up because we’d be able to retire off his rookie cards. Yeah.....Dude was a total bust just like most of these future stars cards will be as well. How about SDS put out more cards of players who have earned the right to be featured prominently in this game. That’s all, Rant over.
Now without googling it, who was the number one overall draft pick from that same draft? Hint.... He would help transform a franchise into a perennial contender?
Larry Wayne Jones, whoever that is...
Yep, possibly the best number one overall pick of all time.
Griffey?
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@formallyforearms said in Todd Van Poppel:
@Jeviduty said in Todd Van Poppel:
@the_dragon1912 said in Todd Van Poppel:
More recently: Matt Laporta. Was hyped up to pretty much be the next pujols and was horrible at the big league level
As a life long tribe fan reading his name still triggers me. The freaking heartache this guy gave us. A monster in AAA and would flop every single time he was called up. He had all the chances in the world during the Manny Acta era. He's a true AAAA player. Also, he's a realtor now...so yeah, life comes at you fast.
Us Brewers fans appreciate him, since he was the centerpiece for the Sabathia deal. LOL.
@formallyforearms said in Todd Van Poppel:
@Jeviduty said in Todd Van Poppel:
@the_dragon1912 said in Todd Van Poppel:
More recently: Matt Laporta. Was hyped up to pretty much be the next pujols and was horrible at the big league level
As a life long tribe fan reading his name still triggers me. The freaking heartache this guy gave us. A monster in AAA and would flop every single time he was called up. He had all the chances in the world during the Manny Acta era. He's a true AAAA player. Also, he's a realtor now...so yeah, life comes at you fast.
Us Brewers fans appreciate him, since he was the centerpiece for the Sabathia deal. LOL.
Lol yeah we both won. Very rare that happens, CC was a monster for you guys. Probably the best version of CC is in a Milwaukee uni. We traded him since he was not re-signing with Cleveland at end of year & got Brantley out of it.
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Can we get a Jose Offerman Future Stars card ... I’ll drop 200k right now ... super glitchy all 120s with power of 5 from both sides.
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@formallyforearms said in Todd Van Poppel:
@Jeviduty said in Todd Van Poppel:
@the_dragon1912 said in Todd Van Poppel:
More recently: Matt Laporta. Was hyped up to pretty much be the next pujols and was horrible at the big league level
As a life long tribe fan reading his name still triggers me. The freaking heartache this guy gave us. A monster in AAA and would flop every single time he was called up. He had all the chances in the world during the Manny Acta era. He's a true AAAA player. Also, he's a realtor now...so yeah, life comes at you fast.
Us Brewers fans appreciate him, since he was the centerpiece for the Sabathia deal. LOL.
Don't forget us trading ultra prospect turned bust Lewis Brinson for some guy named Yelich
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@formallyforearms said in Todd Van Poppel:
@msuchancey said in Todd Van Poppel:
Todd Zeile & Ellis Burks baby!
Both those players had good careers, unless I'm missing something.
I was thinking the same thing
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@Yankee_Nation said in Todd Van Poppel:
All these ridiculous & absurd future stars cards incoming got me remembering my childhood baseball card collection. I’m in my 40’s so alot of you won’t get this but to those of you that do......Remember how every card company back then were marketing hard the top prospect Todd Van Poppel? TONS of incredible cards with the best card art dedicated to him & all us kids were buying them all up because we’d be able to retire off his rookie cards. Yeah.....Dude was a total bust just like most of these future stars cards will be as well. How about SDS put out more cards of players who have earned the right to be featured prominently in this game. That’s all, Rant over.
His name was cool though lol.....wasn't he supposed to be the next Nolan Ryan?
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David Clyde (texas rangers) would be good for this. So would Danny Hultzen
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Mark Appel
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@x-Alec_J-x said in Todd Van Poppel:
Jesús Montero was better than Gary Sanchez before Gary Sanchez. I heard about him for years and then....poof.....he was gone.
I was so pumped when the Mariners got him.......the most notable thing he did with us is get into it with a bench coach (who was being a [censored] though)
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I wish SDS would pay "Steve Dalkowski"'s estate for the rights to his likeness. He could be a 99 Prospect card with a 110 MPH Fastball but with no control. Would be interesting to play with.
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Where is my Sidd Finch FS card? I mean hey I know I'm not a met fan but everyone should be allowed to use the "real life" Pepe. Have you read the scouting report on that kid he's going to be a beast.
