Sometimes it's a bit depressing finding an older Bowman Chrome card of an unheralded player such as Eric Arce. Eric was a 27th rd. pick of the Jays in 2010, and a 25th rd pick a year later. He wound up playing parts of 3 seasons in the Jays system, not advancing above rookie ball.
After leaving the Jays system in 2013, he played in the Frontier League with the Normal CornBelters, getting into 10 games and hitting just .176 before leaving organized baseball.
Now while I'm glad that Eric got to live a dream and play organized baseball for a couple of seasons, but on the other hand card companies could be a little more selective with their player choices for sets such as Bowman Chrome. I'm sure that there are dozens more cards such as this one that fill commons boxes all over the country though, so I guess I shouldn't complain too much...
Thanks for reading, Robert
27th round in a Draft? Wow. What, does the Draft go on for a full week or something - seems incredibly long.
ReplyDeleteIt's changed over the years... Currently it's 40 rounds.. I believe at one time it was unlimited..
DeleteThere also used to be two Drafts.. One in June, and one in January.. Now there's only the June draft.
At one point, a guy that played at my alma mater was the latest drafted player to play in a big league game. If memory serves me, he was an 88th round pick.
DeleteHis claim to fame in the card world is his very nice-looking signature.
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