Monster Card Monday: 2013 Javier Baez (Southern League)

My buddy Chuck Lucas writes:

Hi Tom,
If I was smart enough (like you and Mike) I could have attached a couple of the old minor league season that I downloaded…for free! (1964 Pacific Coast League, 1980 Southern League to name a couple).
They are pretty cool and so is this site! (Maybe a new link for you and the Blog!) I can’t locate the files I downloaded though!

Remember let US be the GM!

-Chuck

Many of us know of Steve Stein’s APBA Card Computer web page and appreciate it greatly. I know I visit it a few times a week to see how my league players are doing this year.

But to Chuck’s point, did you know Steve has made APBA cards for over forty minor league seasons available for download? You can find the link here. These season sets include AAA, AA, A and rookie leagues as well as a smattering of Independent teams, Japan leagues and college teams (yay, Big Ten!).

So this week’s Monster Card is 2013 Javier Baez from when he was with the Tennessee Smokies in the Southern League.

Wow, three 14s for Javy! That’s the first thing I noticed on his card.

This was the year before Baez made his debut in the majors so of course, he was impressing the scouts. Power, speed and defense (okay, that comes eventually).

Steve puts the stats on the card but here they are from Baseball Reference.