Putting all that aside, there is still strong interest and belief in Hayes from all perspectives - real life baseball, fantasy baseball, and the hobby.

Taylor Widener - Diamondbacks - Currently on the IL due to a groin issue, Widener is the classic back-end rotation profile with a decent fastball and secondaries but lacking just that something that pushes him into a more solid future rotation piece without any bullpen risk. New choices include Zero to Sixty, which compares the 2020 stat leaders to prior 60-game periods, and DH Debuts, for those appearing as designated hitters in the NL. Serial numbered 1/1. It is a great honor to be a Topps artist and it was a nice surprise to see one of my cards posted! Ha-Seong Kim - Padres - Kim had a lot of folks excited when he signed for the Padres in the off-season, but he has yet to live up to the hype, at least offensively. No Kelenic, even tho hes been up for 3 weeks. You can see my preview for Series 1 that came back out in February here. A strong hit tool and above average tools across the rest of the board with the exception of the speed aspect all lead to a good base for hobby interest. Johan Oviedo - Cardinals - Fastball Slider pitcher that has a couple of third pitch options, but at the moment should probably stick to the Curveball and ditch the Changeup as it is getting smashed. The times I have caught Padres games, he has looked the part on the defensive side of the ball, so there is something to build off of. Luis Alexander Basabe - Giants - There once was a lot of hype in the prospect community around Basabe given his athletic toolset and notoriety as part of the Chris Sale trade package along with Yoan Moncada and Michael Kopech. Josh Fleming - Rays - Soft tossing pitcher with strong command and control who starts as well as follows in the Rays progressive system. 1986 Topps All Stars Baseball Relics, Significant Statistics Relic Cards Sequentially numbered to 99 or less, In the Name Relics Featuring individual letters form game-worn MLB jersey nameplates. Good riddance. 25 Tickets to this event will be placed into packs of 2021 Topps Baseball Series 2. Hobby/Jumbo. Rate this product from 1 to 5 stars using the following rating scale: Copyright 2008-2022 The Cardboard Connection. PARALLEL CARDS: Black #/199, Gold #/50, Red #/25, Platinum 1/1 (Hobby/Jumbo). Basically exactly what you would expect from Topps but again BOO on the design of this years product. Tom Hatch - Blue Jays - Backend starter profile that is recovering from an elbow impingement. Jumbo gets you three guaranteed hits - one autographed card AND two relic cards. Wander Franco cannot be in Series 2. Each winner and a guest will be invited to a unique event featuring players, exclusive items, and more. Moving on. 481 Taylor Widener - Arizona Diamondbacks RC, 551 Alejandro Kirk - Toronto Blue Jays RC.

Each Hobby Box contains one autograph or relic card. Hobby/Jumbo. Until we see him healthy and hopefully improving his hit tool, hell remain near the top of Tier Three. Jahmai Jones - Orioles - Past prospect pedigree is the main reason he slides into the bottom of Tier Three. Tucker Davidson - Braves - A left-hander with inconsistent stuff that likely see-saws between a spot starter and long relief. These are all limited to 10 copies or less. Ultimately I dont think he gets to enough in-game power nor enough playing time to force me to elevate him to Tier Two, at least in the short term. Daz Cameron - Tigers - A chance to make it as an everyday center fielder with no standout tools doesnt usually equal anything but Tier None, but Daz has the personality and legacy status that interests the hobby enough to bump him into Tier Three. A relief pitcher with high leverage/closer potential that drives only minimal interest, a current injury completely pushes him off the hobby radar. And therein lies the hobbys likely lack of interest - a pitcher that doesnt start and wont garner many saves. Had three good starts when he debuted and then got smashed in his final 2020 start. Value Blaster. Jake Woodford - Cardinals - 2015 first round pick that has not lived up to the draft capital spent. At the end of the day, you should collect what you love, but you should also collect smartly, and hopefully this article helps you do that. Ryan Weathers - Padres - A complete unknown player putting up the so-so numbers Weathers is currently and possessing the same tools likely ends up in Tier None. Enjoy! PARALLEL CARDS: Red #/25 or less, Platinum 1/1. Easy pass. The main thing stopping him will be his health, which has been a significant question the entirety of his short time on the scene. Being a top 10 overall pick in his draft year, the Gatorade National Baseball Player of the Year his senior year in high school, and the son of ex-major leaguer David Weathers all deliver some small bits of hobby interest that push him into the bottom of Tier Three. Also, the Series 1 release date is February 10. https://www.cardboardconnection.com/2021-topps-series-1-baseball-cards. Time is running out, and a year from now he may just be a Tier Three hobby player, but I still will slot him into the bottom of Tier Two and keep dreaming. These are only in Hobby/Jumbo boxes. If he doesnt figure that out and the Cubs arent patient enough, they may just send him to the bullpen, but I think he will be given plenty of opportunities before that happens. Scarcity is 50 % of the key to appreciation in all collectables and the other 50 % is condition as everyone that collects should know . With health and a full season of play, I can easily see a .300 average in his future. 2 cards per pack. 15 cards. Hes pitching decently but isnt a strikeout pitcher and will likely go back and forth between backend SP and long relief/swingman roles. 70 Years of Baseball Dual Autographs Sequentially numbered to 5, 1986 Topps Baseball Autograph Cards Signed directly on-card. Checked all day long on topps website never seemed to go up. Shane McClanahan - Rays - I wanted to put McClanahan in Tier Three because he can strike out the yard and has a really nice slider to sit major league hitters down. Moving on to the set itself , in my opinion the borders are just too cluttered and the players name is far too small to say the least . Other possible signed hits come via 70 Years of Topps Baseball Autographs, DH Debuts Autographs, Topps Platinum Players Die-Cuts Autographs and Zero to Sixty Autographs. Add in a decent set of tools and I almost assuredly would have had him in Tier Three if I had done this list back in March. Print runs revealed after sales window expires. Featuring current and legendary MLB stars, Red - #d to 25 HOBBY and HOBBY EXCLUSIVE, Platinum - #d 1/1 HOBBY and HOBBY JUMBO EXCLUSIVE. Significant Statistics Autographs Sequentially numbered to 50 or less, Platinum - #d 1/1 HOBBY/HOBBY JUMBO EXCLUSIVE, NEW! Lots of poor corners on the parallels. And I still believe. The main challenge for Marquez will be his command and control. I am putting him at the top of Tier Three for the moment, and honestly wouldnt be surprised if he ends up in Tier Two, Tier Three, or Tier None by the end of the season. He also is in the early running for NL rookie of the year along with fellow teammate Jazz Chisholm. Not acetate . Fast forward a few years and those tools havent translated into baseball skills. On top of that, there are many insert sets to build in 2021 Topps Series 2 Baseball. I feel like Florial has been a prospect to chase in the hobby off and on for years now, and hes finally getting some MLB run. Each HTA Jumbo Box contains 1 autograph and 2 relic cards. Good luck, everybody! Without that, he almost certainly ends up in Tier None. Plenty of pitchers, catchers, role players, hit tool only bats, defense first players, etc. DH Debuts Celebrating players who made the shift to DH in the National League in the 2020 season. Some people may even feel like he deserves a slot in Tier One, but I dont think he will ever be more than a really good player. Platinum Anniversary Parallel - #d to 70. Nice power gives you hope that if he can put the ball on the bat enough AND gets the playing time, he could give you some short term hobby goodness. For the auto-relic fans, hunt for Major League Material Autograph Relics (#/50 or less), Significant Statistics Autograph Relics (#/50 or less) or Hobby/Jumbo-exclusive Topps Reverence Autograph Patch (#/10). For this insert, there is an exclusive Chrome version and SuperFractor (1/1) parallel only available in the HTA Jumbo box topper packs. I have vacillated back and forth between putting him in Tier Three and Tier None, but will stick him in Tier Three given his strong performance thus far. 4 of the players were never even re signed by the team and one was a minor league free agent which played a whole game with the team before being DFAd. Jordan Weems - Athletics - Converted to pitching in 2016 and likely ends up as a bullpen arm long term. Yet another set, 70 Years of Topps Baseball provides a fresh 70-card batch using legendary Topps designs. Dean Kremer - Orioles - Very similar thoughts as fellow Orioles pitcher Keegan Akin below, he has been given more opportunities to start than Akin has, so he slides in just above him. Otherwise he ends up in long relief/swingman territory. Thats about the most interesting thing to say about him at the moment. Card stock seems to be thinner as well. Hobby configurations will come in two varieties, hobby and jumbo. As much as I like Barrero from a real life and fantasy perspective, he has a few things going against him from a hobby perspective. Jake Cronenworth - Padres - Along with Jazz, he is at the top of Tier Two for me and then a gap and then everyone else is essentially the bottom of Tier Two. I got a cloth patch of Shohei Ohtani, but cannot find it listed anywhere. Outside of that, there really isnt anything interesting with the player profile. A very small debut sample size in 2020 and he hasnt done anything in 2021 due to an oblique strain makes it easier to stick him into Tier None. Not much to be excited about for the hobby. 100 cards. A potential future closer, he is still raw and needs some further development, but likely never reaches hobby relevance. They know that the consumer is going to purchase their product regardless because baseball card collectors and baseball fans want to see their favorite player in a uniform with the team logos and the full city and team name on the card .Not some airbrushed crap with a card that has the city but no team name on it . PARALLEL CARDS: Red Border #/70, Black Border #/25, Platinum Border 1/1. Look for 25 cards from the overall 70-card set that honors the greatest Topps card players of all-time. Each Hobby box contains one bonus packs and every HTA Jumbo box has two. 1986 Topps All-Star Baseball Celebrating the 35th anniversary of the 1986 Topps All-Star Baseball set. Unfortunately he has been hit around a bit, has a history of arms issues, likely doesnt ever get a full shot at starting as long as hes in Tampa Bay, and probably ends up in some sort of bullpen role wherever he plays. Its almost like a flashback of the massive over production of cards in general back in the late 80s and early 90s . I do wish that the 2 first cards pictured in this sets coverage , Ke Bryan James and Kris Bryant , would have had a black background because the left and right borders came out very nicely but the top and bottom borders blended into white background oblivion . Hand-drawn Sketch cards are only issued in Hobby/Jumbo boxes.

See how a store is chosen for you. T70P-MS Mike Schmidt - Philadelphia Phillies. While his ERA looks good in a small sample, his FIP and Statcast do not. Be one of 50 lucky collectors to celebrate 70 years of Topps Baseball Cards! Serial numbered #/10. Matzek, Ynoa, Sandoval, Adrianza, among others would have been much better choices for the Braves to include in the set rather then who was chosen. Jazz Chisholm - Marlins - I really really really wanted to slide Jazz into the bottom of Tier One. Pitching Ninja can only push Captain Hook so far and even that pub wont get him elevated out of Tier None unfortunately. Alex Kirilloff - Twins - Along with Hayes, the other rookie headliner in the product is Alex Kirilloff. See also: 2020 Topps Series 2 Baseball Cards. They celebrate their past with memorable card designs but havent had a new memorable design in forever. He hasnt played yet. I like both designs, so no complaints here. Way to go Topps.

Until then, hell hang around the Tier None grouping, but definitely someone I could see moving up into Tier Three with some positive development. Jared Oliva - Pirates - I briefly considered putting him in Tier Three because if he can get to some of the raw power that we thought might be there, he suddenly becomes a bit more interesting as long as he sticks in center field. Drew Rasmussen - Rays - Reliever that can get a fair amount of strikeouts with his Fastball/Slider combo that was part of the Rays return from the Brewers for Willy Adames. Sports Memorabilia, Fan Shop & Sports Cards, Topps Series 2 Baseball Sports Trading Card Sets. document.getElementById("ak_js_1").setAttribute("value",(new Date()).getTime()); PARALLEL CARDS: Yellow (Walgreens), Royal Blue (Walmart), Rainbow Foil (1:10), Gold Foil (1:2 Jumbo), Gold #/2021, Green Foil #/499, Advanced Stat #/300, Orange Foil #/299, Red Foil #/199, Vintage Stock #/99, Independence Day #/76, Black #/70 (Hobby/Jumbo), Platinum Anniversary #/70, Mothers Day Pink #/50, Fathers Day Blue #/50, Memorial Day Camo #/25, 70th Anniversary 1/1, Printing Plates 1/1. This is the Series 2 page. Mail (will not be published) (required). Get rid of the combo cards and include more actual Major Leaguers and put the rookies in the Pro Debut set where they belong. Josh Hader card #596 is one the worst cards Topps has done. REFRACTOR PARALLELS: Red Border #/70, Black Border #/25, Platinum Border 1/1. Rafael Marchan - Phillies - Floor of a backup catcher with good defensive skills and a decent hit tool that could lead to a future starter role, but no pop to speak of, pushing him down into Tier None. I loved the way that you squared away that first review Rick person with his almost Gestapo like , Attention : That was classic Trey . What about the rest of the retail products? Not going to blow you away with his fastball and currently pitching in Triple A for the Marlins. Recently back on the MLB roster, he hasnt done much, but it is only a couple of games so far. Limited to one use per coupon per customer. Mickey Moniak - Phillies - The shine has significantly come off the former number one overall pick to the point where he is most likely a fourth or fifth outfielder that provides some defensive and platoon value. Series 2 seems too late to have cards that out of date.

Sequentially #d to 10 HOBBY and HOBBY JUMBO EXCLUSIVE, Major League Material Autograph Relic Cards Sequentially numbered to 50 or less, Significant Statistics Autograph Relic Cards - Sequentially numbered to 50 or less. Look for 1 autograph or relic card per box on average! Tier Three - May have some hobby interest due to a single factor such as prospect pedigree, team interest, general hobby hype, an interesting carrying tool, etc. Showcasing the top rookies from 2021 Topps Baseball on cards featuring commemorative patches of the RC logo. 496 Carlos Martinez - St. Louis Cardinals. Hi i bought some of the repack topps series 2 blister repacks at biglots spent about 60.00 dollars opened about 5 packs on the 5th one i pulled the mike trout relic statistics auto 18/25 i like the chrome and silver foil bubble cards great product. This flood of autos is not good for the hobby and it keeps getting worse year after year . Same problem with the As. TH65-26 Mookie Betts - Los Angeles Dodgers, 86B-26 Charlie Blackmon - Colorado Rockies, DHD-9 J.T. Reply to Mark P. I agree with you that the Topps Company is just kinda trudging along with the same basic overall format of their flagship wagon load of the same old basic inserts and colored parellel cards and dont forget the overwhelming amount of insert autos that will be worthless in the future because insert cards , no matter what you do to them are just pack fillers in the end . Pavin Smith - Diamondbacks - Having a successful run so far this year is one of the main reasons Smith is in Tier Three. *Excludes all presales. Mid-rotation starter with a very effective change-up. Hobby only. Tejay Antone - Reds - Antone has turned into a Bullpen Weapon for the Reds since debuting last year. Strong defense will provide a floor of an everyday player, but without development on the power tool without sacrificing the hit tool, he wont get much further than Tier Three. Shameful, I was picking those up and now I wont since its just a waste of time. Luis Campusano - Padres - Somewhat of a surprising call-up in 2020 due to trades and injuries for the Padres since he had never played above A ball. 2021 Topps is giving a strong Panini/Donruss vibe with card design and some of the variations like the green and orange sparkle. HOBBY/HTA JUMBO EXCLUSIVE, NEW! I thought the Jumbo RC patch relic was a little goofy (really just the manufactured relics in general), which leads to my Question Re: the World Series Ring Relic on the checklist it list the base as serial #d/199. Keegan Akin - Orioles - Was inconsistent in his debut season and has been pitching out of the bullpen until his last two outings. WSRA-AP Albert Pujols - St. Louis Cardinals, MLMA-AB Alec Bohm - Philadelphia Phillies, MLMA-KH Ke'Bryan Hayes - Pittsburgh Pirates, SSAR-CB Cody Bellinger - Los Angeles Dodgers. 29 cards. He has struggled a bit with walks this year as well, but hopefully this is not something to be worried about over the long term. Julian Merryweather - Blue Jays - Currently dealing with an oblique strain and progressing slowly in his return from it likely kills any immediate interest in his cards. There is some reliever risk, especially in New York with the money they spend on Free Agent starters as well as all of the arms they have in their system. Hobby/Jumbo. All Rights Reserved, https://www.cardboardconnection.com/2021-topps-series-1-baseball-cards. Hobby lottery tickets where the odds are stacked against you. As weve seen, some of the rookie success stories from 2020 have struggled out of the gate in 2021 and we havent had the opportunity to see how that plays out with Hayes. 41 cards. Thanks! Its unlikely we see more than 20 in a season from him, especially if he isnt the starting catcher, but he might be trying to prove me wrong this year. The ability to regularly get to his power is the other negative factor here. The hobby can be quite unforgiving when that happens even though Garcia/Barrero was very young and raw, especially on the offensive side, when he debuted in 2020. In the Name features one-of-one game-worn letters from jersey nameplates. However, I think the title is appropriate since this product is really all about KeBryan Hayes in my opinion. I always like the mock up pics you use because they are generally very well centered and are a good reference . Serial numbered #/10 or less. I love opening flagship Topps! These are part of the base set above. Zach McKinstry - Dodgers - A Dodgers prospect development success story in what now seems like a monthly occurrence, McKinstry was on fire for a hot minute towards the end of April before picking up an injury. I dont see him as a perennial all-star or award winner and thus he falls into Tier Two.

Topps presents the 2021 MLB Series 2 blaster box! wont waste my time trying to find it anywhere. The vast multitude of insert cards is extremely overwhelming and the amount of autos is just as bad if not worse . Part two of the three part Flagship release by Topps, referred to as Series 2, which released today (June 11). Design-wise, Topps has been in a rut for years. Serial numbered #/10. If you email a clear image of the front and back to trey@cardboardconnection.com, I can take a look. 2021 Topps MLB Series 2 Baseball Trading Card Blaster Box, undefined out of 5 stars with undefined reviews, 1 Topps 70th Anniversary Patch Card Guaranteed. Prices at our local for a jumbo box are $140 cheaper than series one so maybe prices will fall back to normal pre COVID. Elite SP1 pitchers (very rare). 70 Years of Topps Baseball An additional 70 players from the past and present showcased on iconic Topps base card designs from across our seventy-year history. He throws upper 90s heat and can touch triple digits while possessing promising secondaries in a slider and change up. An up and down middle relief arm that can throw a variety of pitches but lacks the velocity from the right side to be anything more than what he is at the moment. For example, are blaster $20 or $25. Even with it, the TJ surgery has temporarily ended our ability to see him crush red bulls on his way out to the mound, and crushed our dreams of any potential hobby interest. Was anyone able to get a hobby box at all either from topps or a lcs? Subjects will be All-Stars from the past and present. Hobby Configuration:14 cards per pack, 24 packs per box, 12 boxes per case Prices, promotions, styles and availability may vary by store & online. Jordan Weems is a triple A prospect in waiting, along with other players and Daulton Jefferies is only in double A. Topps needs to change things up Do away with the useless team cards and add 30 more players to the set. We are probably looking at a mid-rotation SP ceiling, which on a collectable team like the Yankees pushes him into Tier Three territory. Numbered 1 of 1 HOBBY/HOBBY JUMBO EXCLUSIVE, 2021 Topps Baseball Series 2 Hobby Continuity Program, Exclusive silver packs for Hobby customers with. Unfortunately we havent seen anything from Marquez yet this year as he dealt with COVID in the pre-season, so that may keep his market somewhat depressed in the short term. One of the worst inserts in recent memory that regularly fooled unwary and newer collectors thinking they hit big cards when the complete opposite was true. Series 2 would usually include rookies that were on the roster week 1 of the new season. Clarke Schmidt - Yankees - Schmidt had most Yankees fans excited during the 2020 Summer Camp that he was ready to step into a rotation role with the team in the 2020 season, but he only had a couple of relief appearances at the beginning of September and one start at the end of September and they werent too encouraging. NEW! Zack Burdi - White Sox - Late inning, high leverage reliever profile with the requisite high 90s fastball, a litany of injuries has prevented him from reaching that expectation. 2021 has been more inconsistent and most of it on the negative side. Who chooses which players are included with the set and do they even follow baseball? Anyone?). Couple that with newfound power and his potential to be hobby elite suddenly takes a large percentage jump. Predict home runs to win prizes using the 30-card insert that falls one per Hobby/Jumbo box. See our price match guarantee. Continue the excitement of the 2021 MLB Season with Topps Baseball Series 2.

I dont see any obvious reason why that is, so maybe teams just have a book on him now. I drew the die-cut, shaped sketch card pictured on this page (Javier Baez). Why doesnt the card itself have the serial # X/199 printed on it? Braxton Garrett - Marlins - A backend left-handed starting pitching profile that can throw three different breaking balls with his curveball being the best of the bunch. Andre Scrubb - Astros - Two pitch reliever (Cutter & Curve) that may end up in a high leverage role, but so far hasnt been anything special. Positional flexibility, athleticism, and speed are the attractions with Jones and the hope is that a new organization is able to turn his minor league talents into major league assets as the Angels didnt seem able to do so. The manu rellic and jersey card were both Sixto Sanchez! PARALLEL CARDS: Black #/199 or less, Gold #/50 or less, Red #/25 or less (Hobby), Platinum 1/1 (Hobby/Jumbo). Jim. No interest. My opinion hasnt really changed since we got Series 1 in hand - I like the design with the exception of the names being hard to read and the disappointment around the independence day parallel which in previous years has been one of the better ones, but not so much this year. Jose Marmolejos - Mariners - Strikes me as the prototypical Quad A player and those guys dont end up having any interest from the hobby. Limited to one use per coupon per customer. Copyright 1995-2022 eBay Inc. All Rights Reserved. 2020 Bowman Draft - Sapphire Edition - Online Exclusive, 2021 Topps Finest Flashbacks Baseball - Online Exclusive, 2021 Topps Ginter X Baseball - Online Exclusive, 2021 Topps Baseball - Brooklyn Collection, 2020/21 Topps UEFA Champions League Chrome Sapphire Edition, 2021 Topps Chrome Baseball - Hobby Lite - Online Exclusive, 2021 Topps Trevor Lawrence - Online Exclusive, 2021 Bowman Draft 1st Edition Baseball - 50-pack Box, 2021 Topps Chrome UEFA Champions League Steve Aoki Edition, American League, National League, Angels, Arizona Diamondbacks, Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians, Colorado Rockies, Detroit Tigers, Houston Astros, Kansas City Royals, Los Angeles Dodgers, Miami Marlins, Milwaukee Brewers, Minnesota Twins, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals, San Diego Padres, San Francisco Giants, Seattle Mariners, Tampa Bay Rays, Texas Rangers, Toronto Blue Jays, Washington Nationals.

Jose Garcia - Reds - Garcia has changed his name to Jose Barrero to honor his mother after she passed away from COVID recently. Continuing from Series 1, 330 cards (#s 331-660) featuring MLB veterans, rookies, team cards, and future stars. JULYD5 ($5 off $100) JULYD25 ($25 off $500) JULYD50 ($50 off $1000) JULYD250 ($250 off $5000) JULYD500 ($500 off $10000) -Todd Aaron Smith. T65-26 Mookie Betts - Los Angeles Dodgers.