You are bidding on an autographed Devin Mesoraco baseball with display case and name plaque.  

Mesoraco was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds with the 15th overall pick of the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft. Mesoraco is widely known by Reds fans as "The Groundhog" from Punxsutawney. He is only the third catcher taken by the Reds with their first pick. He played 40 games for the rookie-class Gulf Coast League Reds, hitting .219 in 137 at-bats.

He spent 2008 with the single-A Dayton Dragons. Mesoraco hit .261 with nine homers and 42 RBI in 306 at-bats. He hit a grand slam on July 10 and had a two-homer game on July 21. He also had a four-hit game on August 15.

Mesoraco was invited to big league camp in 2009. However, 2009 was a low point in his career statistically. He hit .228 with eight homers and 37 RBI in 312 at-bats for the single-A advanced Sarasota Reds.

Mesoraco started 2010 with the single-A advanced Lynchburg Hillcats. He hit .355 in 43 games before being promoted to double-A Carolina. He hit .294 in 56 games for the Mudcats, and was again promoted, this time to the triple-A Louisville Bats. He was 12-for-52 in 14 games for the Bats. Mesoraco finished the season with a combined 25 doubles, 26 home runs, and 75 RBI. He earned a trip to the Arizona Fall League, where he hit .242 with two homers and 11 RBI.

Many thought Mesoraco would be added to the 40-man roster following the 2010 season, but the Reds re-signed Ramon Hernandez, and Mesoraco was left off.

Prior to the 2012 season, Mesoraco was ranked as the top prospect in the Reds organization according to Baseball America. That same year, he was also ranked by Jonathan Mayo of MLB.com as the 14th best prospect in baseball.

He was added to the 40-man roster, played in the 2011 Major League Baseball Futures Game, and called up as a September call-up for the Reds in 2011.