Stephen Strasburg.
The man, the myth, the legend. The injury.
The Washington Nationals rookie sensation is done for this season and probably 2011 after the team announced Friday that he has a torn ligament in his right elbow. In layman’s terms – Tommy John surgery is likely.
What does this mean for the baseball card market which has been on fire since the release of 2010 Bowman Baseball. The rookie crop is excellent this year but this season was all about Strasburg. But don’t count the youngster out. After all, he’s only 22 and many pitchers come back better after the surgery. Imagine if that happened!
Players including Josh Johnson, A.J. Burnett, Francisco Liriano, Tim Hudson, Chris Carpenter, John Smoltz, and Billy Wagner have returned from Tommy John surgery and excelled. Would you like to head into the pennant race with that pitching staff? I think so.
Our friends are The Beckett Blog broke it down for collectors in terms of his impact on the hobby this season
Strasburg’s Bowman Chrome SuperFractor sold for a SuperFractor record-breaking $16,403 in May before being re-sold again for $21,403 in July.
Since January 1st, Beckett Media has tracked 15,185 sales of his baseball cards (technically, the number would be higher as some auctions included more than one card)
Stephen Strasburg appears on just 151 cards total at this point in time.
There were 113,278 bids on those cards.
The cash total - $1,010,703.99.
Average price per sale of Strasburg’s cards – $66.56
In comparison, Atlanta Braves outfielder, Jason Heyward appears on more than twice as many cards than Strasburg with 381. There were 66,785 bids on Heyward’s cards for a total of $619,633.59.
Buy, sell, or hold. That’s a good question.
But don’t count the kid out just yet!
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