Baseball Players On The Rise in November

A fast peek at the universe of Baseball cards in the past two months shows several appealing players escalating up the charts in the baseball card universe.  America's pastime may be on a winter break, but true baseball card collector's never rest.  Bear in mind that we don't create the prices. We simply state them.  Having said that, here are a seven players whose card values have risen during November as reported by THE expert on sports cards in this world, Beckett Publications.

-David Robertson, this 24 year old right hander from a pitching wealthy Crimson Tide baseball program appears to be a crucial player in the New York Yankees bullpen this spring.  As with any Yankee rookie, Yankee thrower, or Yankee in general.  Prices will increase with the slightest mention of potential

-Josh Hamilton, long underappreciated, the slugging Ranger was the feel good story of the year of few years ago.  However, he plays in one of the most horrible markets in baseball (not to rob the Florida Marlins thunder).  In spite of this, some must be taking note of the fact that he is well again.  It would probably be a good idea for you to take note of that also.  When this kid is in good physical shape, there are very few superior hitters than him.  BUY BUY BUY!

-Fu-Te Ni, yep, you read that right, Fu-Te Ni  The Tigers Right hander appeared in 30+ games last year and was simply about the ONLY shining star in the last month of the season for the wavering Tigers.  His ERA of 2.34 and .187 batting average against shows that he can get it done in the majors.

SPECIAL NOTE: For those of you that love to buy cards, stow them for a little, and sell them when a player gets hot to make a profit, start buying Fu-Te Ni cards.  Why? Because history repeats itself!  Asian celebrity pitchers historically come to America and mow down American hitters for one, and rarely, two seasons.  That is usually followed by some value time in mid relief and filling out the hind end of a rotation.  See also, Byun Yung Kim, Hideki Irabu, Hideo Nomo, Chan Ho Park, and soon to follow Dice K.  The past REPEATS ITSELF! (so buy now, and put up for sale in about a year) Where else can you get a 50-75% Return on Investment in 9 months?

-Cheng-Min Peng, four consecutive batting championships in the Chinese Professional Baseball Leagues.  He holds the all time record in Chinese Professional Baseball for batting average in a season with a .391 average.  Expect Peng to jump across the pond in the extremely near future. Until then, you'll have to be happy with his World Baseball Classic cards

-David Price, he burst on to the seen, number one pick, big potential and a brief example of his abilities in a half dozen games back in 2008.  2009, many don't realize, was a extremely quality year for him as well.  STAT OF THE DAY...GET READY FOR IT.....David Price was 10-7 in 2009.  In the 7 games he lost, his run support was terrible, with his teammates providing an mean of two runs per game in those seven losses.  Furthermore, in five of those losses, he pitched his team into the sixth inning.  Give the guy a few RUNS already!  Thank goodness collectors see his importance!

-Travis Snider, the former first round pick of the Blue Jays is a flat out stud.  His numbers in the majors have improved as he gets more opportunities.  Snider's future has been carefully groomed as the Blue Jays brought him along gradually to facilitate his transition to the Big Show.  He was a monster at triple A Las Vegas hitting one home run every 12 at bats.  Hit in the mid .300's while at Vegas and absolutely crushed lefties with a .400 BA against.

As earlier acknowledged, we don't make the prices, we just convey them.  So, here they are! Six players that improved in worth according to Beckett Media during the month of November.

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