So I went back today and was able to get a hobby box of the new Bowman. It was NOT a great box but it does give me some cards to show off. To start, the base cards are a nice design. Bowman always sticks with a basic design but changed it up enough this year to give it a fresh look. The best base I got was Yu Darvish:
Then there is chrome versions of both the prospect cards and the base. Here is the Bryce Harper base chrome (I guess this will now be his rookie card):
The best chrome prospects were the #1 draft pick last year (Gerrit Cole) and another hot Nationals prospect (Anthony Rendon)
For the inserts, they once again have the Bowman's Best with prospects and veterans:
They also have taken a page from the Topps base sets with a type of "sparkle" refractor (there was only 1 in the hobby box):
And they have the international variations, diplaying the flag of the players home as the background (recieved 4 of these):
I picked up 2 blue variations numbered to 450 (the Verlander was a pretty nice pck up):
I also got 1 orange variation numbered to 250:
Hobby boxes feature just 1 auto this year, but it is an ON CARD auto on the chrome versions. I recieved a base but they do have several numbered variations.
Dillon is suppose to be a good prospect, he was taken in the 2nd round of the draft last year by the Cleveland Indians. The best thing I found out about him is that he gave a significant portion of his $1.85 million signing bonus to and Autism group in the name of his brother. I thought that this was pretty cool for a 19 year old to do.
Let me know what you all think of the set!
