TTM Success: Brady Lail

In my last post, I mentioned that I bought a Brady Lail 2016 Bowman certified auto because I hadn’t gotten him TTM yet. I scheduled it for Saturday and headed out of town on Friday.

I got home from work Friday and ran inside to quickly change into shorts and t-shirt before hitting the road. I noticed two small, SASE waiting for me. So I had to quickly open them before I left. The first contained this:

Yep, two Brady Lail autos – a 2016 Bowman and a custom from the Rookies App. I made the custom before Bowman came out, so I figured I’d send anyways. It was also funny because I was oogling at Zippy Zappy’s Lail TTM just before mine arrived.

I went from zero Lail autos to three in a matter of days. Collecting can be funny sometimes.

Harvard? I went to Lail

Brady Lail has steadily become one of the Yankees best pitching prospects. He was drafted by the Yankees in the 18th round of 2012 Draft out of the baseball hotbed know as the state of Utah.

He's had a very steady climb up the organizational ladder, piling up some very nice numbers along the way. Last year, he threw 148 innings across three levels, going 10-6 with a 2.91 ERA. This year, he's pitching well once again, and is now in AAA, where he is 2-1 with a 3.32 ERA in 4 starts.

He doesn't strike out a lot of guys, but still finds a way to get them out with good command. It'll be interesting to see if he gets a spot start at some point, although there are a few guys lined up ahead of right now. Ideally he'll pitch the rest of the year in AAA and be given the chance to win a rotation spot next spring.

I was excited to see he was included in Bowman this year and was given an autograph. I haven't been able to get him TTM, so a certified auto will have to do.