Living in west central Florida, Tim Trently has a distinct advantage when it comes to prospecting MLB players.
Trently frequently attends spring training and minor league games near his Bradenton residence to check out all the young talent on the diamond. When it comes to card collecting, Trently sees firsthand who could become a future MLB star. His analytic-based research then helps him determine which prospects to start collecting.
Dan Kuligowski is also big into digging into the background and crunching numbers on the best up-and-coming players; he also uses his research when it comes to collecting cards.
“I’ll do research on guys; from there, I’ll usually pick five to 10 guys to kind of chase in breaks,” Kuligowski said. “After that, I’ll usually buy some singles as well.”




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A little while ago I bought a box of 2024 Topps Heritage and pulled this Elly de la Cruz ‘white’ parallel and Colton Cowser #’d/75. It was some of the better luck I’ve had with busting packs in a long time.

I usually auto-flip any flashy rookies I pull because I’ve lived long enough to find out what happens when you hold onto rookies of an Austin Kearns or Corey Patterson or Travis Lee, but these two seem different. Then again, I think I also said that about Dominic Smith, so…