Bowman Chrome - M L B
18 Packs // 4 cards per pack
'2 Chrome Autos in Every Box!'
I received these in this hobby box:
27 current players of the 220 card set - no dupes - 12% of the set
34 Bowman Chrome Prospects - 34% of the 100 card set - no duplicates!
Bowman Chrome MLB - excellent issue - (I want more cards in the box!) -- I am a Bowman collector and set builder and have been since 1991 and 1992.... having stated that... This issue has different backs than in any previous issues. The front is designed a bit differently, and the cards are stiff and highly reflective - (duh... that's why they are called CHROME!) The reverse has (on current players cards) various charts including BA vs RHP/LHP, Minor League chart, Batting Avg., Scouting Profile, Organizational Ranks, and Bowmanscout Insight. Also included are personal stats and overall draft position.
Bowman Chrome is a great issue for the player collector, base set builder, and the rookie collector - not so much for the master set builder ( refractors, blue refractors, gold, black, red, and 1/1 and I probably missed one or 2.) Bowman collectors - especially the rookie and 1st card collectors - can go back several years, look in the boxes with dust on them, and find those sweet gems that have been long forgotten.
When collating the cards received, one curious note - the BCP cards were all in numerical order and in groups -- (the same thing happened in the jumbo box I ripped.) This has not happened to me before this issue. Not a gripe - just a curiosity.
Inserts/Parallels
Refractors
Regular
2 received - both #ed to just 500 -- VERY WELL done - thank you for the numbering!!
J. Castro and K. Jansen
Blue and Gold Refractors
S. Castro #ed to 250
J. Castro #ed to 50
Kind of a 'Castro' box....
Mini/Die Cut Mini
Both are refractors (I believe all minis are refractors)
Regular mini - Clint Frazier
Die Cut mini - Julio Arias - #ed to 150
Bowman Reprint - Sparkle
Jose Fernandez
Dualing Die Cuts / Flaming Die Cut
Austin Meadows/ Clint Frazier
Andrew Heaney
Be careful with the Dualing Die Cut insert - it will be easily dinged putting it in a sleeve. The Flaming Die Cut looks pretty good, but is too dark - can't read the name on the front of the card.
Autos
Dom Nunez - Rockies
Devin Williams - Brewers
Both are blue Sharpee - ON CARD - autos - very well done!
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Overall grade A - would have liked to have received a few more cards (maybe 24 packs of 4?)
Go buy several boxes (especially if you're going to make a set) and send the below .500 Rays
to me!!Duane
