Bowman Chrome
1 master box / 2 mini boxes / 6 packs / 5 cards per pack
Each mini box guarantees 1 chrome auto
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I received these:
Base (Veterans)
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23 veterans/current players on MLB teams
Base Prospects
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23 Bowman Chrome Porspects
Plus....
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Jeren Kendall BCP23 -- don't know if it is a numbering error or insert from previous set???
Parallels
Refractor
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Reg. Refractor - Billy Hamilton #ed to 499
Purple Refractor - Miguel Andujar #ed to 250
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Zack Collins - purple shimmer #ed to 655
Willy Adames - gold refractor #ed to 50 (my very surprising Rays!!)
Peaks of Potential // Arizona Fall League
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Peaks of Potential - Greene, Sanchez, Bichette, Guzman
Arizona Fall League - Tucker, Acuna
Bowman Sterling
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Shohei Ohtani
Autos
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Redemption BCP - Jonathan Loaisiga
Gold Auto
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Sheldon Neuse #ed to 50
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Bowman Chrome is a premium issue. The cards are highly reflective - thus the name 'chrome'.... The front of the card features an action photo and the reverse has player stats - 2017 and totals for their MLB career. The reverse also has 'Resume', Skills, and Up Close with a bit more info on the player's strengths. As a Bowman collector, I really like the issue and the base to inserts/parallel ratio.
Bowman Chrome is a very good issue for the player collector with base, refractors - gold, red, blue, purple, and shimmers of different colors (probably missed several.) The set collector will need a number of master boxes (minimum of 5 - if my math is correct) to complete the set - but should receive a very good number of inserts - autos, etc... to make up for the expense.
I am still not a fan of the numbering on the front of the card - many times much harder to read and distracts from the picture - in my humble opinion.
The autos are on card - blue Sharpee -- well done!
Overall grade A
Go buy several master boxes and send the Rays parallels to me - especially Brendan McKay!
Duane
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