Card collector keeps an eye out for…himself
Baseball card collectors should remember this name: Daniel Tillo.
One reason is because he’s a Top 20 prospect in the Kansas City Royals organization. The 24-year-old pitcher is hoping to crack the big leagues this season, assuming there is one. Another reason to remember his name is if a collector pulls one of his 2017 Bowman Chrome Draft or 2017 Bowman Draft colored parallels, Tillo might be in interested in purchasing the card.
Since signing with the Royals after being selected in the third round in the 2017 MLB Draft, Tillo has gotten back into collecting baseball, football and basketball cards just like during his childhood. But he added a different wrinkle to his collection: attempt to complete the rainbows of cards of himself in the two Bowman Draft products of ’17.
“Once I knew I was in that product—I think it was the fall once my first pro season was over—is when I first started finding them and looking for them,” Tillo said. “I’m actually pretty close to the rainbow now. I’m missing my red paper numbered to five and my gold Chrome numbered to 50.”
Tillo, who as a minor leaguer doesn’t have a ton of expendable cash to spend on things other than the essentials, likes to joke about the price of his cards.
“Luckily, being a pitcher, it’s not the most expensive,” Tillo
