Top 10 Biggest Baseball Card Busts Ever!

[@philippemarois5828]

I was sooooo obsess with Gregg Jefferies in 1989 … I was chasing all of his 88-89 RC cards… this was when baseball cards were the most important thing in my life!! Great memories!

[@billysikes1374]

Your not alone my friend, I remember cutting grass all weekend to get enough money to buy packs of 89 Topps in hopes of getting the topps Jefferies card, A shame about him, There is a bunch of guys that dude get mentioned on here, Todd Zeile? Hos 1990 cards were so expensive, I how bout Danny Tartabull? Kevin Mitchell? I can name a 100 more, Wally Joyner, Walt Weiss, Dwight Smith, Tom Nevers, He did mention most of the biggest card busts bur come on, mosr people haven't ever heard of Mark Prior, and to pick on Oscar Tavares when he died after he made it to tne Major League after 6 long years in minors? Pretty shitty in my opinion, He could have used Ruben Sierra or Will Clark rookie cards, The 87 Fleer Will Clark was worth $40 and people said that he was the next Mickey Mantle, that guy couldn't tue Mantles shoes

[@MIKESMITH-rp2rs]

Still have the donruss Jefferies in a screw down case. Part of my childhood and I'll never let it go.

[@emichels]

We all do. All of us do :)

[@mikewelch3223]

I was 8 yrs old when i opened a Donruss pack and got the Greg Jefferies RC in a card store.....thought i hit the lottery!!

[@geckster109]

Back in '92, my 14 year old brother bought a factory gold set for $450 from a card shop. When we got home, #793 was not in there! We called the shop and the scumbag dealer said they were random inserts...it was obvious the set had been opened by them and resealed. We wrote a letter to Topps, and they not only sent the #793, but actually sent another ENTIRE factory sealed set!!!!

[@robloxvids2233]

You just called Jerome Walton Jeromy. LOL. Watched video hoping to see Todd Van Poppel...wasn't disappointed.

[@davidwaters77077]

I was like wtf is Jeremy Walton now I remember Jerome watching him on wgn

[@g8risgr849]

@@davidwaters77077 I like how he says right after that how he did a lot of research and this guy's name came up over and over. Jeremy Walton hurt my ears.

[@BlackJaxxx]

Once you said you were a Yankee fan, I knew Brien Taylor would be number 1 on this list.

[@1982kinger]

Let's hope we dont laugh at my Clint Frszier cards in 20 years

[@BlackJaxxx]

@@yankeebastardnslovakia Why is this reply under my comment? lol

[@cheddarcheese7928]

I'm in my 40's.There are 3 huge flops.Kevin Mass was huge after his amazing first half of his 1st season..Wally Joyner in 86 was another.Joyner even got voted to start the Allstar game that year..But NOTHING tops Gregg Jefferies.Former 2 time minor league mvp.When his rookie came out its was booked at $5.00 which was huge back in 88 considering most packs were still under a buck..

[@billysikes1374]

I still have 18 Kevin Maas rookie cards, A shame they're not worth 50 cents

[@mjd2323]

For me it was Ricky Jordan from the Phillies in the early 90’s

[@ChuckKeough]

Same, lol. I was sure he was a Griffey clone.

[@VBGamer]

He had injury problems, he was a really good hitter when he was healthy....

[@Looey-t9d]

Ricky Jordan was one of only a few players who signed his card for me when I sent it to him. Back when I was about 12 years old and sending cards to players via their teams. Great memories and kudos to Mr. Jordan for being nice enough to send my card back signed.

[@Lokahi-fo-life]

The knee injury really messed him up. He was on fire at the time. My friend and I had bought many of his rookies.

[@Lokahi-fo-life]

PineKushDude No, it was Ricky Jordan. He was leading the league in batting at the time and he blew his knee out. My friend called me to tell me about his injury. He never was the same 😢.

[@alanneel1369]

i remember everybody saying van poppel was the next nolan ryan

[@X1.7]

Alan Neel Arlington tx

[@jeeterlind7362]

Your narration was on point!!! I started in the late 80's and everything you said about these busts was me. I was the victim of Jerome Walton, Gregg Jefferies, Kevin Mass...etc. Thoroughly enjoyed your video. thank you so much for bringing back all the bad memories. LOL

[@oldmanballer5088]

I remember the Ben McDonald card everybody thought he was going to be big

[@stevenguevara2184]

He was no Todd VanPoppel

[@mikeystarr775]

I played HS baseball with him

[@andrewhudson950]

Seriously hilarious video."Dealers proudly displaying Jeffries cards"! I remember watching Kerry's 20 strikeout performance that day. Wrigley was loud! Love your content

[@jonorlick6168]

NY Mets Anthony Young 1992 Upper Deck = $20 at card show, bought it. Then had it autographed at Hot Corner in Brooklyn and asking $45 for it. Was offered $20-30 over and over, held out.... I threw it out in the early 2000's

[@RetepElpmet]

I remember with 1989 Topps where if you got a Don Mattingly card in a pack, it meant you were going to get a Gregg Jefferies card. For some reason, it seems like Topps packed both of them together.

[@ransom6892]

I opened a sealed pack the other day, got the Mattingly, no Jefferies though

[@tpbriplahey7384]

First pack of Topps I ever opened I got a Greg Jefferies and remember begging my dad for $20 to buy a signed Fleer card... Ahh the memories

[@paulmendonca7058]

My dad traded 3 sealed score packs with Jefferies on the back for Ozzie Smith topps RC. That might have been the steal of the century!

[@SilverJackify]

Paul Mendonca Haha nice!!

[@Snoop12922]

Dude you gave me flashbacks,.... Great video.

[@cryptonite8495]

I hoarded Gregg Jefferies cards in 1989, and that included buying loaves of Nissen bread that had Gregg and 19 other players inserted. I took the cards out and donated the loaves to a food shelf. At the time, a dealer told me Jefferies' cards would never go down in value, only up up up. Actually, that was the mantra for baseball cards in general.

[@Rorschachqp]

A pre-1985 but post 1980 bust was Joe Charbonneau.

[@travis834]

Great video. The first one I thought of was Kevin Maas. I remember seeing his cards selling for $20+ when collecting as a kid.

[@OkOk-xx8it]

Travis dam he beat me..didn't c i agree pages of his dbl picture 90s card i made myself forget the yr card..n yea bro its jerOME WALTON HE SUCKD ASS

[@jasonmatteson2721]

Ten

[@ryanscardcorner2936]

Great idea of a video! Love the Greg Jefferies segment. The 89 Topps was gonna be "huge". My pick is Cliff Floyd. His 92 Bowman RC dunking the basketball, the 93SP foil, etc.. He was gonna be big and didn't wind up doing anything.

[@SilverJackify]

Haha yeah, had a ton of Cliff Floyd. He was a decent player at least.

[@mikejoensuu7774]

Kevin Mass was a textbook bust.

[@edwardallen3463]

Great flick...... major flashbacks ...there was a ton of busts in 80s and 90s. I bought a ton of Monty Farris and Andy Allenson and this guy called Corey Snider lol

[@robertd.7060]

Gregg Jefferies at least had a good career unlike most of these guys ?

[@gemcitygeek8495]

Ron Kittle should have an honorable mention. He was the hottest card, even above Wade Boggs, Tony Gwynn, and D-Straw!

[@whitesoxchat]

Interesting. He had a great career and is still considered something of a legend on the South Side, but he played before I collected, so I don't know if his cards were ever considered 'hot.'

[@nestanesta9366]

Not even looking it up, l can picture Kittle's minor league stats. Insane!!

[@JonsSportsCards]

Awesome video! I have so many of these cards in my backlog. I never took the time to think about the busts. There are so so many more too. You should do another video. Great stuff. I subbed as well!

[@demetriospapanikolopoulos9990]

Todd van poppel big bust

[@josephwhitsell6986]

Totally agree, I loved by this guy though

[@joshdukes3334]

when I was a kid everyone was saying he was the next big thing. his card for then was more expensive than a Nolan Ryan or Roger Clemens

[@danielphipps2781]

2 funny I was just trying to think of that guys name. Think he played for the As

[@ryanscardcorner2936]

Van Poppel actually had good stuff (94-98mph fastball). But he wound up on the A's when they sucked post 80's dynasty. So he didn't do anything. LOL

[@edlindo6005]

I'm glad you mentioned the Brian Taylor card. i remember going to my card dealer to pick up my 91 factory set and he got one of the Topps Gold Sets with that Brian Taylor Autograph included he was asking for $400 for that 1991 Topps Gold Factory Set. I did not think it would ever hold that value, so even though I could have bought the set I did not. Instead I used that money to finish off my 1970 Topps Baseball set, looks like I made a good decision.

[@brendanables7367]

Great decision

[@dustinabraham]

Brien Taylor came to my mind immediately as well as Van Poppel. I also seem to remember Felix Jose rookie cards being worth a lot.

[@SilverJackify]

I had a bunch of cards as honorable mentions that I didn't show in the video for some reason and Felix Jose was one of them. P.S. I got Blake's custom card...that was friggin awesome!!!! And the Mattingly cards as well! Thank you so much. I want to do a video but will probably wait for some other things to come in. Thanks again!

[@dustinabraham]

SilverJackify Cool. I was hoping you didn't have at least one of those Mattinglys.

[@Smithlandia]

Great video. Just a note about Todd Van Popel, though, in case you forgot. Van Popel was the consensus #1 pick in 1990 but said he would play college ball if the Braves chose him at number 1. He, also, was demanding a major league contract which drove off many other teams. That is why he dropped to #14 to the powerhouse Oakland A's. The Braves, of course, settled for a young hard hitting high school prospect named Chipper Jones and the rest - as they say - is history.

[@coolerking1758]

That taylor is for sure the holy grail of busts, really enjoyed the video i got suckered into many of those back in the day.asked for and got that listach for a birthday present one year lmao. brady anderson ,mike greenwell, jim abbott and bobby bonillia would be my adds

[@cheddarcheese7928]

Almost forgot about Doc & Straw..Strawbery's traded rookie once booked for over $100.00.Same with Gooden's 84 Fleer update..

[@jaymccolister6607]

Jeffries had huge expectations. He really learned how to hit later in his career.

[@rickhernandez7763]

I remember hoarding the Phil Plantier cards.I got him to sign a card for me when he managed in the California league.

[@edwardallen3463]

Oh yeah I hate to say the list was endless Chris Sabo, Ty Griffen ,Carl Crawford Toe Nash .....etc

[@jonathanpasch6604]

Whats Chili Davis hitting now these days?

[@robertjimenez6737]

I remember the experts comparing Todd Van Poppel to Nolan Ryan! 🤣

[@brendanables7367]

In a modern version, I remember the summer of 2011, buying a blaster box of Topps updated, and of course opening it. I pulled a diamond anniversary rookie card of Dustin Ackkey… but no Trout

[@kurtisviktor3286]

I'm a mid 90s kid. I was 13 in 1997. And in 1997 that entire year was ALL about Bowman and Bowman chrome Travis Lee and Jose Cruz Jr. Meanwhile Adrian Beltre and Roy Halladay went largely unnoticed in those sets.

[@jasoncataldi2053]

Gregg Jeffries. What a damn shame. All the hype of the Rookie Donruss Card, I had to get it. Then look at the stats...yes he hit .500. But he was only at bat 6 times. Out of those 6 he hit 3 times. When I realized that I said oh well.

[@yankeescards3319]

What a sweet gold Taylor! If you ever want to get rid of it, let me know! I got burnt by almost every player you named! LOL!

[@caseywalker1714]

Yankees cards Right

[@SilverJackify]

Thanks! It's funny because I was thrilled to get it for only 20 bucks. Great piece of baseball history especially for us Yankee fans

[@maxsmiley7191]

I remember when Topps stadium Club first came out, as someone mentioned before, Kevin Maas stands out from that set as a disappointment. I remember picking out the best packsbased on knowing the runs, great days

[@HowToX]

The whole baseball card market was a bust in itself.

[@DawnBTVS]

I remember the New York Mets having a trio of pitchers who never quite panned out: "Generation K were a baseball trio of starting in the organization in 1995, consisting of Bill Pulsipher, Jason Isringhausen, and Paul Wilson." Isringhausen was the only one to really make a name for himself mostly as a reliever but Pulsipher and Wilson both had several years in the majors.

[@gmanmule6931]

Hey good stuff man... I remember Greg Jeffries when he played AAA for the Buffalo Bisons I went to many of those games. He had a halfway decent career but never lived up to the expectations I guess. It would be cool to see you do this with football cards? Do you remember the Russell Maryland card that everyone wanted. I still have a few of them I would call that a big bust... LOL... Good s*** man

[@Rockhound6165]

Jeffries did have a decent career though.

[@gmanmule6931]

@@Rockhound6165 yes he did... He just never took off from a fan perspective I guess I'm not even sure what it was? Like I said I can remember a little kid going to the Buffalo Bisons games that my dad telling me he's the next big thing... LOL

[@BronxBombersCards]

What a great video of this. The Kevin Maas still haunts me as for me I was desperately looking form my new favorite NY player with Mattingly starting to fade and Jeter not being there yet. For some reason Judge gives me that Maas trepidation.

[@SilverJackify]

I hear you on the Maas versus Judge comparison, but Maas faded quickly if you look at his numbers. Judge put together an entire year of greatness so i think it is sort of an unfair comparison. We will see this year though!

[@JasonAaronGoldberg]

SilverJackify Judge has only improved. If he had not improved from that fist 80 ABs with 40Ks he would be up there. But I think he’s a hard worker and wants to win. Maas bust counterpart has to be Shane Spencer. And lest we forget Greg Bird. How will his career play out?

[@craigcavaliere6744]

I had juzt left Ny when Maas came up, so I didn't see much to k ow what happened. But with tech, I get to watch every nighf. Bird is the one, and to a lesser extent Sanchez, is like Maas

[@STONESGAM]

I remember as a kid in the very early 90s riding bikes with my friends to this baseball card shop that was nearby. The owner was buying up all of these Gregg Jeffries rookie cards like they were going out of style. I also remember JT Snow rookie cards being a real hot prospect as well. Lol. Bad move.

[@mreco7896]

Great show thanks for the childhood memories.

[@Hitman23NYY]

Dude, I’m doing a graded set of some of these dudes. Joe Charboneau and Kevin Maas kicked me off. Nigel Wilson is another. I knew Brien Taylor was going to be your #1! Great vid Joe!

[@SilverJackify]

Haha yeah Nigel Wilson! Or how about Chad Mattola. Thanks for watching man!

[@urban420cards]

The hype in NYC over Jeffries... 🤣 especially that Fleer card. And it's Jerome, not Jeremy. 🤣🤣🤣

[@g8risgr849]

Wow...I watched this twice now. Two years apart.

[@victornegroncards]

Nice list. I remember several of those cards. I might still have a few of them. I definitely still have like 25 Brien Taylor Topps rookies and another stack of his Stadium Club rookies, all of which my uncle gave to me and told me about how he had invested in those during the early 90's and how they became worthless.

[@MGAF688]

Todd Van Poppel, Rick Ankiel, Kevin Maas, Mark Prior, Greg Jefferies, JD Drew, Jose Cruz Jr, Corey Patterson, Brien Taylor and Jerome Walton

[@MEGR7]

Loved this video. We went to an Albany Colony Yankees game to see Brien Taylor. Dude wasn’t there so we asked one of the player where he was. Guy said idk, I’m not his baby sitter.

[@Dominicroccomoviebuff]

Shawn abner, todd zeile, sam horn. Busts. Also hensley muelens.

[@salvaje20]

Zeile actually had a solid career

[@Time2Rip]

Honorable Mentions Jon Smiley, Chris Sabo, Ron Kittle, Angel Berroa, Alvin Davis, Matt Nokes. Ellis Burks. I remember the hype around Jefferies, anyone remember the articles where he practiced his swing in the pool? Didn't work out I guess.

[@WeskerGriff]

Excellent video and list! This brought back some bad memories. lol

[@SilverJackify]

Haha

[@MarkfromKy]

Awesome video I remember people saying, Jeffries, he was going to be the next Pete Rose

[@edwardallen3463]

I didn't jump on the Greg Jefferies band wagon that much, I did have a couple of his donruss and score cards.....i think i still have his donruss lol

[@damoncallaway5450]

bro this back some wild memories, Kevin S. made me laugh that was the card for the topps

[@tkvids1377]

Great video! Definitely remember getting excited about Eric Anthony

[@bobbylew81]

Great video! I really enjoy your top 10 videos. Sadly, I could do a whole top 10 list of Pittsburgh Pirate prospect baseball card busts from over the years. Thanks for sharing!

[@SilverJackify]

Thanks Bob!

[@2682shark]

This whole era of cards were one 1 giant bust..over saturation and everybody kept them stored away thinking they would sell them down the road and put their kids through college.. I remember Canseco rookie going for like $100 , now its a dollar..

[@acemakerjay]

I always liked Kerry Wood and found a Topps Finest RC this year and actually decided to get it graded and it came back a 10. I thought you did a great job in your 10 ten.

[@caseywalker1714]

Jay McGillicuddy I like WOOD as well Jay

[@SilverJackify]

Thanks Jay!

[@MrDBcooper77]

Greg Jeffries ..holy shit..man you brought back so many memories with all these..

[@michaeljoseph4936]

Honorable mention... Pete Incaviglia, Sam Horn, Todd Benzinger, Mike Greenwell, Chris Sabo, Greg Olsen, Wade Taylor, Clay Parker, and... Scott Erickson 🤣

[@cjkern8341]

Phil plantier?

[@lewycrabtree8259]

Loved sabo, was a hero to young kids with vision problems and bad haircuts lol

[@michaeljoseph4936]

@@lewycrabtree8259 I'm talking about investing in these guys cards.

[@williamkirby1940]

Ron Kittle...Kevin Maas...Hemsley Muelns.

[@raygruberski1502]

Colin carney holy shit forgot abt that guy.. he crushed balls at Fenway for like a week

[@hartsmotorcompany]

Being a Yankees fan, Taylor, and Mass where 2 of the first players that came to mind.

[@Joezeppi1]

Great concept 4 a video! I still have my Kevin Maas rookies from when I was a kid, they still make me laugh

[@SilverJackify]

Agreed. I still love that 1990 Upper Deck Kevin Maas. One of my favorite cards even though it is worthless.

[@JB-tl7lk]

I remember the Jerome Walton 1989 Upper Deck on the back cover of the Beckett, and I also remember getting the Brien Taylor topps gold card out of a pack I was so happy it was one of the best cards in my collection at the time. Also remember Todd Van Poppel being compared to Nolan Ryan..lol

[@SilverJackify]

Haha sounds like i picked the right guys for the list!

[@samsloan4110]

Oh yeah, and Dwight Smith

[@MN_sports_cards]

Wood and prior wouldn’t have been busts if dusty baker didn’t work them like mules

[@eddiezabelny8112]

Nick Buysman 100% Correct!! He blew 2003 for us

[@gatorsmld7480]

It's called Bakeritis and they suffered from it badly!!! 👍🌲

[@jeffa3316]

Oh man!! Great list!! I bit hard on most of your list also!! Haha!! Great video!

[@medguy12]

Ben Grieve my dude...Ben Grieve...

[@chipperatl]

I have random Beckett's with Chipper on the cover. Pulled out the June 98 issue, and the #2 hot card that month was 94 Topps Traded Ben Grieve, $40. Just a regular rookie card, not auto no chrome. I would have definitely had this guy on the list.

[@thecatacombs1244]

Awesome video. Todd Ziele is definitely another one I remember being a huge bust.

[@verygreedy100]

I remember all of these very well. Good video. I remember going to shows and everyone was looking for the 89 Bowman Jerome Waltons. It was going for $15...which is crazy.

[@cardcollector102579]

I love this vid buddy I subbed I remember buying Kevin maas cards in the 90s huge card I subbed can't wait to see more awesome vids

[@brianmayeda]

Awesome video! So many great memories!

[@Stsanchman]

Should have throwen Todd Zeil in there too, I remember thinking that the 1990 Donruss card looked so good that there was no doubt it would become a classic.

[@thecardsaysmoops3]

There are so many, how about Dwight Gooden '84 Topps Update or Darryl Strawberry '83 Topps Update? I've bought even Hall-of-Fame rookies from the overproduced era for under $1.

[@bashbrothers-hh7jm]

I love watching your guises videos

[@gabegood8989]

i haven't paid attention to card collecting since 2000 or so, but over the past few years i have been getting the thrill from buying rack packs and the such off Ebay or amazon just to get the thrill.

[@JeffSayYes]

I told my dad that I traded 23 cards for a Brien Taylor card and he looked at me like I was a fucking idiot....

[@drbonesshow1]

Everyone is the next Nolan Ryan. I stood next to Nolan in 1986 (Spring Training). I'm taller, but he still threw harder, his gift. Now I'm a semi-retired physics player who throws hard due to new ways to throw based on physics.

[@theodorerivera81]

Awesome video my friend 💯

[@FranksCardCorner]

Being a mets fan, I wen crazy over jefferies. Lol. Great video.

[@super25sportscards65]

Fun video. I really enjoyed it. Remember all of those cards from the early 90s.

[@SilverJackify]

Thanks!

[@kimehunt4501]

Bunch of these players from the 80's were hyped up by sports illustrated. It's the Tony Mandarich effect.

[@sharkytool]

holy crap I bought that topps gold set to get the Brien taylor auto card and then shortly after he messed up his arm/shoulder. spent a lot of money quit collecting sports cards 2 years later. but lucily I was having fun with a new card game that was out in 93 and was everywhere by 94/95.

[@coolerking1758]

The crazy thing about jeffries is he was a career .289 hitter in over 5500 at bats .

[@JasonAaronGoldberg]

Fun video. My collecting youth passed before my eyes.

[@matthewpearlingi3332]

This video brings back so many memories.Me and my friends were in high school in the late 80's early 90's,when the card industry exploded.Jose Canseco's 86 donruss was 100 bucks.Mike Greenwhell and John Kruk we're up and comeing Hof'rs.The 52 Mantle and Nolan Ryan rookie were Holy Grails.Greg Jefferies 1988 Donruss had a Diamond next to his card in the monthly price guide that came out every month.

[@marksantucci4230]

Are these players in the video commons or star players that turned out bad? other than Greg Jefferies? question is Eric Anthony like Cecil Cooper, Ben ogolvie , Gormon Thomas or is he like Fred Beene, Dick Green, or Barry Bonell same as all of the players except Jefferies?

[@Provolones]

literally was thinking about Kevin Maas the whole video because I recently found 30 of his rookies in my collection, was happy to see him included

[@SilverJackify]

I seriously thought Kevin Maas was going to be the next great Yankee

[@soapcompanyclothing]

I watched this whole video thinking that if Brein Taylor wasn't number 1 I would be pissed!! Great job

[@booknooky9436]

How about Corey Patterson? He was a huge prospect in the mid 90s. At least Wood and Prior had some solid seasons

[@TylerBoronski]

This is Great haha love it man

[@drewbravo7432]

First names I think of were Kevin Maas, Sam Horn, Brien Taylor.

[@aaron.from.winchester6744]

I was wondering when Brien Taylor was goona show up. I would put him at #1 also.

[@djpuplex]

Taylor the reason the Yankees and alot of teams are leary about taking pitchers in the first round

[@Anonymouslives]

Man I remember Mass and Walton cards being hyped , would be great to go back and grab tons of the 89 UD Griffeys though, and the 85 McGwires - stopping off in 1998 and selling them all. John Olerud was hyped for card value as well, although he had a good career, his cards did not fair so well.

[@eastlos7090]

is that an old ass iPhone charger....lol

[@SilverJackify]

East Los Haha good catch, it is

[@Jenn-sy5qh]

@ East Los Looks that way lol. Common cards worth 1 cent each + 1st generation phone charger = 40 year old man living in mom's basement

[@DonWelsh3]

Van Poppel - I sure do remember him. Ben McDonald too (Baltimore).

[@slimmyhendrix4067]

Don't forget RYAN HOWARD or DAVID NIED (COL). Bob Hamelin (KC) and Tim Salmon (Angels) were back to back A.L. ROY if I'm not mistaken n both fell all the way OFF. Hamelin played for the Royals Triple A Team that next season. Plus Brooks Kieschnick, J.D. DREW

[@pauleyh]

You should display some of your favorite vinyl records with your dad