Philly Show Post Four: Prospects: The Kyle Drabek Cards

Is it still prospecting when they are already in the majors?

Kyle Jordan Drabek (born December 8, 1987) is a right-handed pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays. He made his first major league start on September 15, 2010 against the Baltimore Orioles.
He is the son of former major-league pitcher and 1990 National League Cy Young Award winner Doug Drabek.

Drabek was one of the key players involved in "The Doc Deal", the trade which sent Blue Jays ace Roy Halladay to the Phillies in exchange for Drabek, Travis D' Arnaud, and Michael Taylor in early December. He was officially announced as a member of the Blue Jays on December 16, 2009. Drabek threw the second no-hitter in New Hampshire Fisher Cats history on Independence Day, 2010. The final score was 5-0 over the New Britain Rock Cats, as he walked two and struck out three.

In the 2006 Major League Baseball Draft, Drabek was selected in the first round by the Philadelphia Phillies as the 18th overall pick He had been ranked as the twelfth-best prospect in the draft by Baseball America, but was drafted in a lower position because, at the time of the draft, there were concerns about personal incidents.

Marti Wolever, director of scouting for the Phillies, stated of the issues that the Phillies "feel very good about this selection. We think everything is behind him and we're moving on." The Phillies opted to develop Drabek as a pitcher in their farm system. Drabek learned from the experiences of his father. He also described his father's involvement to be "like having a pitching coach who lives with you ... He taught me so much, not only about the physical part of the game but the mental part too."

"What kind of things I should expect. I think it's going to give me a little bit more of an advantage because he's been through everything. I know what to look out for because of him."
—Kyle Drabek, Houston Chronicle

The hand numbered autographed card above was found in a quarter box.  Probably my best find all day at the Philly Show.  This kid is ranked number 12 on the MLB Top 50 Prospects list, and I was a fan of his dad, so why not start collecting him? I never really got into prospecting but this might be my first go at it.