No cards are for trade, just a review and my personal thoughts:
So my son bought his first box of ’22 Bowman’s Best….Like the last few years: 2 mini boxes 6 packs each box,5 cards per box and two mini boxes PRICE: $326.95
Unlike ’21 Bowman’s Best, ’22 reverts back to the ’20 and prior numbering system of Top Prospects with a TP and base set cards numbered without a prefix, these seem to be rookies and veterans. There are 70 Base and 30 Top Prospects. The Veterans have a silver background and the team emblem supersized behind the player. Like usual the back of the card outlines the best performance of that player in ’22. The TP have a similar back ground with a purple-hue.
Base
We received 10 Top Prospects: JoshuA Baez, Kumar Rocker, Christian Hernandez Simon Juan, Elly De La Cruz, Jace Jung, Yasser Mercedes, Cristhian Vaquero, Oscar Colas, Elijah Green
We received 20 Veterans/Rookies: Highlights: Bryan De La Cruz, Bichette, Ohtani, Acuna, Franco,
Refractors are 1 per pack, so you should get 12:
We got 2 Top Prospects: George Velera and Gavin Cross
We got 10 Veterans/Rookies: Contreras, Alek Thomas, Yelich, Soto, Kwan, Judge, Montero, Lodlo, Heliot Ramos, Chisholm
Inserts:
Prospective Royalty – seems to outline potential up-and-coming prospects (1:3 packs should get 4) These are all refractors, they have like a shield appearance framed in brown.
We got 4: Elly De La Cruz, Marcello Mayer, Colton Cowser, Jace Jung
UFO – 1:6 should get two, we got 2
This insert set highlights players who it the ball “out of this world”. This could have been a great insert, but it to me is terrible. It has a child-like feel two it with almost hand drawn ufos on the cards. Very disappointing, when you buy Bowman’s Best doesn’t seem like you should get “kiddy” cards.
Received: Bryce Harper and Christhian Vaquero
Essential Elements (1:6, should get two, got two)
Insert set highlights, earth wind fire, focusing on power, defense, etc this is a decent design, more of what you would expect.
James Wood and Jackson Chourio
Global Impact (1:12 – should get one, got one)
This is an awesome insert set, cards are die-cut, insert set focuses on players who have a global presence.
Received: Aaron Judge
Atomic Parallel (1 per 12 packs – got one)
A hallmark of Topps products, the Atomic – We received Oscar Colas
Bowman Masterpieces (1:18, possible to get one, we got one)
Insert brought back from ’21, focuses on players who have a perfection in an area of baseball
Received: Oscar Colas
Aqua Lava (#’d 199, received one)
Samuel Munoz
Green Mini-Diamonds (#’d 99, received 1)
The new thing Topps has been doing with the mini-diamonds has been brought to Bowman’s Best with one example and that is Green Mini Diamonds
Received:Alek Thomas
Gold Lava Parallel (#’d 75, received 1)
Next to the Global Impact and the Green Mini-Diamond this is probably the 3rd nicest design of what we pulled.
Received: Oneil Cruz
Autographs (4 per box, received 4)
Kind of disappointed, Topps should make some kind a splash with a different design to the set. The last 7 years all of the autographs have kind of looked the same. They need to re-energize the design of the autographs
Received: Kumar Rocker, Juan Guerrero, Junior Perez and Refractor Denzer Guzman
All in all a very fun box to open.
Positives are: Gold Lava Parallel, Green Mini-Diamond and Global Impact
Disappointments: UFO does not belong in a Bowman’s Best set and the Autograph card designs are kind of ho-hum
So my son bought his first box of ’22 Bowman’s Best….Like the last few years: 2 mini boxes 6 packs each box,5 cards per box and two mini boxes PRICE: $326.95
Unlike ’21 Bowman’s Best, ’22 reverts back to the ’20 and prior numbering system of Top Prospects with a TP and base set cards numbered without a prefix, these seem to be rookies and veterans. There are 70 Base and 30 Top Prospects. The Veterans have a silver background and the team emblem supersized behind the player. Like usual the back of the card outlines the best performance of that player in ’22. The TP have a similar back ground with a purple-hue.
Base
We received 10 Top Prospects: JoshuA Baez, Kumar Rocker, Christian Hernandez Simon Juan, Elly De La Cruz, Jace Jung, Yasser Mercedes, Cristhian Vaquero, Oscar Colas, Elijah Green
We received 20 Veterans/Rookies: Highlights: Bryan De La Cruz, Bichette, Ohtani, Acuna, Franco,
Refractors are 1 per pack, so you should get 12:
We got 2 Top Prospects: George Velera and Gavin Cross
We got 10 Veterans/Rookies: Contreras, Alek Thomas, Yelich, Soto, Kwan, Judge, Montero, Lodlo, Heliot Ramos, Chisholm
Inserts:
Prospective Royalty – seems to outline potential up-and-coming prospects (1:3 packs should get 4) These are all refractors, they have like a shield appearance framed in brown.
We got 4: Elly De La Cruz, Marcello Mayer, Colton Cowser, Jace Jung
UFO – 1:6 should get two, we got 2
This insert set highlights players who it the ball “out of this world”. This could have been a great insert, but it to me is terrible. It has a child-like feel two it with almost hand drawn ufos on the cards. Very disappointing, when you buy Bowman’s Best doesn’t seem like you should get “kiddy” cards.
Received: Bryce Harper and Christhian Vaquero
Essential Elements (1:6, should get two, got two)
Insert set highlights, earth wind fire, focusing on power, defense, etc this is a decent design, more of what you would expect.
James Wood and Jackson Chourio
Global Impact (1:12 – should get one, got one)
This is an awesome insert set, cards are die-cut, insert set focuses on players who have a global presence.
Received: Aaron Judge
Atomic Parallel (1 per 12 packs – got one)
A hallmark of Topps products, the Atomic – We received Oscar Colas
Bowman Masterpieces (1:18, possible to get one, we got one)
Insert brought back from ’21, focuses on players who have a perfection in an area of baseball
Received: Oscar Colas
Aqua Lava (#’d 199, received one)
Samuel Munoz
Green Mini-Diamonds (#’d 99, received 1)
The new thing Topps has been doing with the mini-diamonds has been brought to Bowman’s Best with one example and that is Green Mini Diamonds
Received:Alek Thomas
Gold Lava Parallel (#’d 75, received 1)
Next to the Global Impact and the Green Mini-Diamond this is probably the 3rd nicest design of what we pulled.
Received: Oneil Cruz
Autographs (4 per box, received 4)
Kind of disappointed, Topps should make some kind a splash with a different design to the set. The last 7 years all of the autographs have kind of looked the same. They need to re-energize the design of the autographs
Received: Kumar Rocker, Juan Guerrero, Junior Perez and Refractor Denzer Guzman
All in all a very fun box to open.
Positives are: Gold Lava Parallel, Green Mini-Diamond and Global Impact
Disappointments: UFO does not belong in a Bowman’s Best set and the Autograph card designs are kind of ho-hum
