2008 Tristar Prospects Plus Hobby Box Break (Box 2, Just the Hits)

2008 Tristar Prospects Plus Hobby Box

20 packs, 6 cards per pack

Every Box contains (4) Autograph Cards, (1) Game-Used Memorabilia Card, and (4) Parallel Cards
Cost:  $24.95 (Blowout Cards - Black Friday deal)

For those curious how the first box break of this product went here's the post: Box Break 1.

Gordon Beckham (s/n: #10/25, yellow version).  Good pull.  Beckham looks like a lock to be a star for years.

Price/Fife/Weiland (s/n: #11/25, yellow version).  They're all in the low minors right now.  None appear to be standout prospects.

Juan Carlos Sulbaran (s/n: #19/25, PROminent Die Cut Orange). Sulbaran was just 19 years old in 2009 (Minor League A: 5.24 era).

 

Brett Devall (s/n: #1/5, PROminent Die Cut Orange).  I'm very happy with this card.  Devall was 19 years old in 2009.  He is a starting pitcher in the Braves system.  He did quite well in A ball:  3.52, 53.2 ip, 40k, and just 14 walks.

Ike Davis game used jersey.  I got his auto in the first box so at least his page in my binder will look cool.

What kind of person working at Tristar would put this sticker on a card?  Half the auto is missing.  Also, it appears there is part of another player's auto above.  Or some kind of writing.  Terrible quality control here.

Amazingly, it appears many of Inoa's autos from this set look just like mine.  The 'Blowout Cards' forum has a thread of people complaining: Inoa Auto Complaint Thread.

Inoa is an Oakland A's prospect who signed for a whopping 4.25 million dollars.  He's still a teen and is said to be the "most impressive Latin American player prospect since Felix Hernandez."  The guy is 6'7" already!  Yikes. 

What a waste of a nice pull.

I thought this was another mess up.  I mean it looks like a 'T' and a 'G' in the signature.  But the auto does match all the ones on Ebay so it's him alright.  His real first name is Thomas.  Thomas Cody Adams.  So that must be a 'T' and a 'C'.

I got a Prominent Die Cut Green card serial numbered to 50 of Lynn in the first box and wrote:  This 22 year old Cardinals prospect was very effective in AA last season (2.92 era, 11-4, 126.1 innings pitched).  He was promoted to AAA and was strong in his one start before the season ended.  He is 6'5" and 250 pounds.

This is a pretty good auto to pull.

Ah, so there are so many young players named Beckham these days it's hard to remember which ones are good.  I thought this guy was a good prospect but he's 23 years old and in single A ball.  He's not hitting there either.

This box worked.  Yes there's an issue with the Inoa auto, but beyond that I got that 1/5 serial numbered card, and three cards numbered to 25 including Gordon Beckham.  Also, the Lynn auto is a player who looks promising, and the Ike Davis jersey card is decent too (and at least it is gray instead of white).

Base cards included a Bumgarner, Posey, Smoak, Pedro Alvarez, Gordon Beckham, Brett Wallace, Brian Matusz, Austin Jackson and several others.

This box easily beat the first one I busted.