Hobby box break x 3 - 2008 Tristar Prospects Plus

Well I'm back with another hobby box break, actually 3 of them from 2008 Tristar Prospects Plus.  You can check out how I did on the first box here.  Did I do better?  Yes I did and thank you for asking.

HOW'D I DO
Base Set Completion - COMPLETE
Base Set Dupes - a bunch, but no 2nd complete set...will sort and get back to you later
Christian Friedrich - several base, no hits or parallels... :o(
Regular Parallels /50 - 4
Regular Parallels /25 - 2
Regular Parallels /5 - 1
Regular Parallels 1/1 - 0
Die Cut Parallels /50 - 4
Die Cut Parallels /25 - 1
Die Cut Parallels /5 - 0
Die Cut Parallels 1/1 - 0
Die Cut Parallels - 1
Regular Jersey /199 - 1
Parallel Jersey /50 - 1
Parallel Jersey /25 - 1
Regular Autos - 9
Green Autos /50 - 2
Yellow Autos /25 - 0
Orange Autos /5 - 0
Purple Autos 1/1 - 1 (WOOHOO)

Okay enough raw stats, you came for the pics, here they are.

 

Green Parallels /50
14 Ethan Martin - 13/50 - Dodgers 1st round 15th overall

33 Corban Joseph - 01/50 - Yankees 4th round 140th overall

38 Zach Collier - 13/50 - Phillies 1st round 34th overall
65 Bryce Stowell - 11/50 - Indians 22nd round 681st overall

Yellow Parallels /25
95 Stephen Fife - 01/25 - Red Sox 3rd round 85th overall

120 Austin Jackson - 03/25 - Yankees 2005 8th round 259th overall

Orange Parallels /5
10 Justin Smoak - 2/5 - Rangers 1st round 11th overall (traded to Mariners for Cliff Lee)

Green Die Cut Parallels /50

43 Ray Kruml - 14/50 - Yankees 11th round 350th overall

81 Zeke Spruill - 15/50 - Braves 2nd round 70th overall
102 Hunter Cervenka - 46/50 - Red Sox 27th round 832nd overall
123 Yonder Alonso/Jemile Weeks - 15/50 - Reds/A's both 1st round #s 7 and 12 overall

Yellow Die Cut Parallels /25
145 Boise Hawks - 01/25 - Cubs Josh Harrison (6th), Ryan Keedy (16th), Jake Opitz (12th)

Regular Jerseys /199
P-CG Carlos Gutierrez - 109/199 - Twins 1st round 27th overall

Green Parallel Jerseys /50
P-SF Stephen Fife - 39/50 - Red Sox 3rd round 85th overall

Yellow Parallel Jerseys /25
P-LL Lance Lynn - 12/25 - Cardinals 1st round 39th overall

Regular Autos unnumbered
FH-JA Jay Austin - Astros 2nd round 56th overall (hope his bat aim is better than his sticker aim)

FH-MM Mike Montgomery - Royals 1st round 36th overall

FH-JK Jason Knapp - Phillies 2nd round 71st overall
FH-EQ Edwin Quirarte - Giants 5th round 147th overall

FH-RP Ryan Perry - Tigers 1st round 21st overall

FH-CS Cody Satterwhite - Tigers 2nd round 67th overall

FH-ID Ike Davis - Mets 1st round 18th overall
FH-TR Tyson Ross - Athletics 2nd round 58th overall
FH-JL Josh Linblom - Dodgers 2nd round 61st overall

Green Parallel Autos /50

FH-DS Daniel Schlereth - 15/50 - Diamondbacks 1st round 26th overall (traded to Tigers)

FH-AS Aaron Shafer - 38/50 - Cubs 2nd round 65th overall

Purple Parallel Autos 1/1

FH-XA Xavier Avery - 1/1 (well d'uh) - Orioles 2nd round 50th overall

That was my very first pack pulled 1/1 ever and he isn't a bad prospect either.  Amazing that the Red Sox 27th rounder, Indians 22nd rounder, and Yankees 11th rounder got in this set but the Rockies (among other teams) 3rd rounder didn't.  But I'm used to it.  Let other teams' collectors gather their 28th round picks, I'll save my money to buy the boxes to sell them said 28th rounder hehe.  Jokes aside, I love this set and even though I have my complete set (and a Friedrich jersey on the way) I still may buy more boxes because they have a great price and great potential.

Hobby box break - 2008 Tristar Prospects Plus

Welcome to the very first hobby box break here at the Quarry.  I am going with 2008 Tristar Prospects Plus for several reasons.  First and most important is Christian Friedrich, counting parallels, auto, and game used there are 19 Friedrichs (I currently have 1) to collect out of this set.  Second is the ungodly amount of guaranteed hits in the box.  Every box has 4 autos, 4 cards serially numbered to 50 or less, and 1 game used.

(sorry forgot to scan the wrapper before the garbageman came)

WHAT'S IN THE SET
150 base cards (including most if not all 2008 1st round picks)

parallels - a bunch
green - #'d to 50
yellow - #'d to 25
orange - #'d to 5
purple - #'d 1/1
die cut green - #'d to 50
die cut yellow - #'d to 25
die cut orange - #'d to 5
die cut purple - #'d 1/1

autos - stickered, but not ugly or really that noticeable
regular - not numbered
green - #'d to 50
yellow - #'d to 25
orange - #'d to 5
purple - # 1/1

game used - 4 jersey pieces in the shape of 2008
regular - #'d to 199
green - #'d to 50
yellow - #'d to 25
orange - #'d to 5
purple - # 1/1



HOW'D I DO
Base Set Completion - 110/150 73.3%
Base Set Dupes - 0!
Parallels - 3
Die Cut Parallels - 1
Regular Autos - 3
Parallel Autos - 1
Regular Jersey - 1
Parallel Jersey - 0

Not bad I got most of the big names for the base set (Friedrich, Alvarez, Hosmer, Matusz, Posey, Ike Davis), one of the two Rockies (not the right one though) in the set was an auto, and the jersey was of a guy that was the key piece in the Cardinals trade for Matt Holliday.

THE LOOT

25 Anthony Hewitt die cut green - 5/50 - Phillies 1st round 24th overall
62 James Darnell green - 28/50 - Padres 2nd round 69th overall

133 NY's Hurlers of the Future yellow - 01/25 - Mikey O'Brien (18th rd), Brandon Braboy (9th rd), Pat Venditte (20th rd)
*UPDATE* I just looked up Venditte and it turns out he is an ambidextrous pitcher and has great numbers in the minors. Mariano's replacement?
117 Jake Arrieta yellow - 21/25 - Orioles 2007 5th round 159th overall

 

Bryan Shaw regular - Diamondbacks 2nd round 73rd overall
Logan Forsythe regular - Padres 1st round 46th overall

Charlie Blackmon regular - Rockies 2nd round 72nd overall (YAY)
Lonnie Chisenhall green - 46/50 - Indians 1st round 29th overall

 

Brett Wallace regular - 175/199 - Cardinals 1st round 13th overall...traded 3 times (including the deal for Matt Holliday) currently with Astros.  Well that either means 4 teams really wanted him or 2-3 didn't, hmmm.

I will picking up several more of these boxes over the next couple of weeks and will be sharing them here.  I may try to build a master set (minus the parallels) since there aren't THAT many jersey subjects (18 to be exact) and 52 autos.  I will see how I do on the next couple of boxes as to whether I build a master set or just the base with lots of new trade bait.  I'll keep you posted and if you see anything you absolutely have to have email me and we can probably work out a deal.