With the 2016 products already on the market, this nice little trade knocked off some 2015 base cards of the want-list before the new season starts. My first Tulo with the Blue Jays card. A quick Getty search confirms by first thought that this photo is taken after he hit a home run in his Blue Jays debut against the Phillies. Still weird to see him not in a Rockies uniform, and even weirder that he is still sour enough to rip his old organization.
Even weirder is Jose Reyes in a Rockies uniform, this photo also taken shortly after the trade while the Rockies were still in Chicago. I was not a fan of Reyes with Toronto and his offseason action make it harder to support a guy like that.
Even though it's from season 2, we get a beauty shot of the spring training cap, Diaz looked pretty strong in 21 games for Colorado in 2015, hopefully he keeps that up.
A nice catcher gear photo of Mike McKenry, who signed with the Rangers and is a former Rockie for the second time in his career.
You have to love guys like Ben Paulsen, never really a highly regarded prospect, kept plugging along and became a major leaguer.
Lastly Rafael Ynoa, another guy that had a long minor league career and eventually earned a call-up.
Looking at these cards, I remember how much I like 2015 Topps. The team colors are nice, the photography is pretty good and the card backs are really nice. Thanks for the trade.
The Rockies purple goes really well with last years design
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