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Last Weeks of July, Chrome Refractors over $10

Once again, a list of bowman chrome refractors that are heating up or staying hot. It appears as though there was an error in a Storen listing, but other than that everything looks good:
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Bowman Chrome First Year Refractors: Between $5 and $10.

Same deal, start of July, except this time it’s for up-and-comers. These guys have had their first year chrome refractors sell between 5 and 10 dollars on eBay, which when you factor in the shipping gives you around a 10-15 dollar card. On this list, there are plenty of ballplayers that have a first year chrome and a second year chrome autograph. I still favour the first year chrome but obviously the second year autograph sells quite a bit better. , , , , and all fall into this category.
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Chrome Refractors That’ve Sold For More Than 20

Bowman Chrome Refractors That’ve Sold For More Than Twenty Dollars Since The Start Of July.

It’s an interest list with only a few surprises: is getting all sorts of love since his Baseball America mid-season re-ranking and continues his ascent.

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PLAYER_NAME PRICE AUTO CARD_YEAR MMM
204.76 0 2010 43
32.22 1 2010 7
59 1 2010 6
24.99 0 2007 5
31.01 1 2008 4
69.99 1 2009 4
98.01 1 2008 4
52 1 2008 3
62.12 0 2008 3
21.13 1 2009 3

BA Hot-Sheet: April 23rd, 2010.

Baseball America has churned out yet another HotSheet: April 16th to April 23rd.

No. 1 JORDAN LYLES, RHP ASTROS

Team: Double-A Corpus Christi (Carolina)
Age: 19
Why He’s Here: 1-0, 0.82, 11 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 HR, 1 BB, 12 SO
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BA Hot-Sheet: April 16th, 2010.

The Baseball America Hot Sheet has made its return! Last season, Baseball America had the love for (Boy, was that a hard one to predict). This season, the Hot Sheet starts out with…

Number One:

sits in A+ Wilmington at age 20. He’s currently dominating the hell out of the opposition, striking out 19!!! in 12IP. Montgomery’s a lefty that can bring it all the way up to 95mph if need be.

Stuff:
93mph Fastball, Change-Up, Curveball.

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Aroldis Chapman’s Dazzling Debut

Over at Baseball America, they put together a very solid piece on Chapman’s debut. There are literally hundreds of articles out there, each saying the same damn thing: “Chapman’s a stud!”

And the 22-year-old Cuban was impressive, shutting down the Mud Hens on five hits in 4 2/3 innings. Four of the five hits off the lefthander, who signed a six-year, $30.25 million contract with the Reds in January, never left the infield as Chapman struck out nine while walking only one.

Chapman threw 85 pitches, 55 for strikes, but those weren’t the numbers that were most impressive. What caught the attention of the 5,642 fans at the game were the five times the southpaw reached 100 miles per hour or more on the stadium speed gun, as well as 32 pitches that topped 95.

Sweet said Chapman has been working with Reds coaches on his breaking pitches.

“He’s got a pretty good breaking pitch,” Sweet said of Chapman’s slider. “They’ve made a few changes that have made it (break) bigger.

“But the changeup is the pitch he has been working on, so it was nice to see him throw some changeups that caused hitters some problems.”