Who will be the next Mike Trout or Ronald Acuna Jr.?
Wander Franco, Gavin Lux, Luis Robert and Adley Rutschman. Those are just a few guys that have become almost household names to baseball card collectors. Yet, they have barely begun making their mark as professional baseball players.
This year’s top MLB prospects are impressive (Note: we're assuming we'll have a season). Prospectors who are searching to find the next Mike Trout or Ronald Acuna Jr. have plenty of young, talented players to choose from. It’s another deep class.
“I just think the talent gets better, the eye for talent gets better,” said Lance Fischer, who is the president of Onyx Authenticated, Inc. “The teams are doing more due diligence when it comes to identifying who they think is going to make their team better or the investment that they put into it, anyways. The risk has gone down quite a bit from 10 years ago. You see it a little bit in the market now, because you see these investments going in and these crops of prospects over the last couple of years, the payoff has been pretty nice for people.”
Last year’s top three prospects entering the season—Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Fernando Tatis Jr. and Eloy Jimenez—all ended up playing major roles for their major league clubs.
“I think this year’s going to be as good as the last couple years, if not better,” Dave & Adam’s Card World Product Manager Pat Blest said. “I know on my outlook on the upcoming year, there’s a few guys that are
