Mark Appel was born on July 15, 1991, in Houston, Texas. Growing up, he was always passionate about baseball, and he played for the Stanford Cardinal college baseball team during his college years. The talented pitcher was the number one overall pick in the 2013 Major League Baseball draft, where he was selected by the Houston Astros. More about Mark Appel
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Appel's professional baseball career didn't start as he expected, and he spent five years in the minor leagues, where he struggled to find consistency. In 2017, he decided to take a step back from baseball and take a break to reevaluate his life. Later that year, he returned to the minor leagues with a fresh mindset and improved mechanics, and he started to have some success. Appel's strong pitching performances eventually earned him a promotion to the Triple-A level, but unfortunately, his promising career was put on hold in 2018 due to elbow surgery.In total, we tracked 388 items since 01/01/2008. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Mark Appel (2014 Bowman Chrome Prospects Mark Appel RC Auto Autograph BGS 10/10) was sold in July 2022 for $135.00 while the cheapest item (2014 BOWMAN Prospects MARK APPEL Auto AUTOGRAPH RC CARD #BP5 Signed) found a new owner for $0.01 in December 2019. The month with the most items sold (18) was September 2023 with an average selling price of $3.89 for an autographed item of Mark Appel. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in November 2022 with $70.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was November 2019. In average, an autographed item from Mark Appel is worth $8.99.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Mark Appel were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
Phillies release former No. 1 overall pick Appel (03/21/23): The Phillies released 2013 No. 1 pick Mark Appel on Monday.
Mark Appel makes MLB debut with Phillies nine years after being No. 1 overall dr (06/30/22): Appel struck out one in a scoreless inning of work
Mark Appel Makes MLB Debut Nine Years After Being No. 1 Pick (06/30/22): After nine long years, Mark Appel, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2013 draft, finally made his major league debut.
Ex-top pick Appel, 30, makes MLB debut for Phils (06/30/22): Phillies reliever Mark Appel, who turns 31 next month, on Wednesday night became the oldest ever former No. 1 overall pick from the June draft at the time of his MLB debut.
Mark Appel makes MLB debut with Phillies nine years after being the top overall (06/30/22): Appel struck out one in a scoreless inning of work
Ex-No. 1 pick Appel gets big league call-up at 30 (06/2022): Mark Appel, the 2013 No. 1 overall pick whose baseball career included a three-season absence from the sport, is getting his first major league call-up at the age of 30.
Mark Appel, ex-No. 1 MLB Draft pick, makes first professional appearance since 2 (05/2021): Appel struck out four in a start with the Phillies' Double-A affiliate
Former No. 1 MLB draft pick Mark Appel attempting comeback with Phillies (03/2021): Appel stepped away from baseball three years ago
Mark Appel to return to spring action on Monday (03/2015): Mark Appel will make a split-squad start against the Nationals on Monday after missing a week and a half with a sore right forearm.
Mark Appel eyes major leagues this year (01/2015): The Houston Astros think Appel, a former Stanford ace, could make his debut this season.
Jeff Luhnow: Mark Appel “could be in Houston in 2015″ (11/2014): Could Mark Appel make his major league debut at some point in 2015? Astros GM Jeff Luhnow thinks it's possible.
Mark Appel is thriving in the Arizona Fall League (10/2014): Mark Appel had a weird season, as the former No. 1 overall pick was awful at Single-A with a 9.74 ERA in 12 starts and then made headlines over the weird quasi-controversy of him throwing a bullpen session in Houston.
Mark Appel had the best start of his pro career last night (08/2014): Astros prospect Mark Appel was terrible at Single-A and then there was a weird quasi-controversy about him throwing a bullpen session in Houston, but now the former No. 1 overall pick is thriving at Double-A.
Astros prospect right-hander Mark Appel set to be promoted to Double-A (07/2014): Astros prospect right-hander Mark Appel had his best start of the season on Thursday and now he's set to be promoted to Double-A.
Astros prospect Mark Appel dealing with tendinitis in his thumb (06/2014): It appears there could be some explanation for the struggles of last year's No. 1 overall pick Mark Appel.