Archive for the ‘Tristar Projections Review’ Category

I decided that instead of opening the packs one by one and reviewing each player, that I would open the whole box.  I have done many stories about the players in this product as most of them are from this year’s draft.  When I got this in the mail (thank you TRISTAR!) I wasn’t too [...]

We have two more packs to review today.  I do love these cards, and these 2 packs are a great reason why. Jason Heyward is a OF prospect for the Braves.  He was the 14th overal pick in the 2007 draft, and has been struting his stuff for the past season and a half.  Last [...]

Here is the latest and greatest pack from TRISTAR’s PROjections Series 2: This pack starts out well and ends well with Bay area prospects Tim Alderson and Brett Hunter.  Here is my breakdown of the pack: Tim Alderson is a pitching prospect for the Giants. Both he and Madison Bumgarner and slated to be the [...]

Here is another installment of the 2009 TRISTAR PROjections series 2 pack review: Brian Conley is a third base prospect for the Baltimore Orioles.  He was in short season Bluefield last season where he hit 0.248/2/10/3 in 133 at bats.  He was moved up to AA Bowie this season, but has only had 7 at [...]

Here is a look at what I found in pack number 3: Ivan DeJesus Jr. is a middle infield LA Dodgers prospect who is the son of former major leaguer with the same name.  He is a spray hitter, with a projected statline of 0.290/8/50/20 when he makes it to the pros.  He is 21 [...]