Series 2 always lacks the big rookies as they usually hold them for the Update series or next seasons series 1 release. Theres always a ton of short prints, autographs, and memorabilia cards. Torkelson? There is also a fresh round of 1987 Topps All-Star Baseball to collect. PARALLEL CARDS: Red #/75, Black #/25, Platinum 1/1. 1987 Topps All Star Baseball Blue Parallel - limited Black Parallel - #d to 299 Gold Parallel - #d to 75 Red Parallel - #d to 10 Platinum Parallel - #d 1/1 NEW! Potential high leverage relief arm in a Yankees uniform could squeak him into Tier 3, but hes been dealing with dreaded shoulder issues in 2022 and had to stop his throwing program in rehab recently. Tier None - The likelihood of widespread short-term hobby interest, and most likely long term as well, is close to none. OTAS-1 Mookie Betts - Los Angeles Dodgers, OTAS-14 Fernando Tatis Jr. - San Diego Padres, 87OASA-MM Manny Machado - San Diego Padres. Filling in the remaining gaps, the one-of-one Sketch cards promise hand-drawn artwork of MLB greats. A fastball in the mid to high 90s is his go-to pitch with a couple of different breakers that havent reached their potential yet. At the moment, given his poor performance in 2022 and his future bullpen risk, hes getting slotted into the top half of Tier None. Hes not getting a good amount of strikeouts overall though. Edward Cabrera - Marlins - Needs to figure out the walks but has been excellent in two starts so far in 2022. Need more info to confirm this. Unless they do NNO SPs for Witt/JRod/Tork, this is the worst checklist for any single Topps release I can remember. Hes on the verge of Tier 3 for me, but Im not completely bought in yet, so he gets a top of Tier None slot for now. Has all the requisite tools behind the dish to stick there and be an asset, cementing that backup catcher scenario.

He throws a sweeping slider that is his main secondary that at its best is a whiff generator. Dont expect any life-changing cards in Series 2. He pairs that with a plus slider that is consistently target the glove-side lower quadrant of the zone and plays well off of the elevated four seamer. Josh Lowe - Rays - The younger brother of former Rays and current Rangers first baseman Nathaniel Lowe, Josh is a power/speed outfielder that can take a walk but also will strike out at an above average clip. Using Gypsy Queen and Tribute as a reference, Bobby Witt Jr and Julio Rodriguez seems logical since there are autos present in those sets. LIMITED AND VERY RARE, NEW! He started off 2022 on the MLB roster, but only picked up three hits in 25 at bats before getting sent down to Triple-A.

57 cards. Sean Guenther - Marlins -Lefty reliever featuring a 93 MPH four seamer and an 82 MPH slider with the occasional changeup. Paid over $200, NO AUTO = 1 star, (A) this years design is horrible. The second installment out of three of Topps Flagship products in 2022 initially left a LOT to be desired. 2022 Topps Series 2 Baseball Jumbo 6 Box Case, 2022 Topps Update Series Baseball Jumbo Box, 2022 Topps Gypsy Queen Baseball Hobby Box, 2022 Topps Stadium Club Baseball Hobby Box.

Was traded from the Rangers to the Diamondbacks at the beginning of the 2022 season for fringe prospect Jeferson Espinal (athletic outfielder that hasnt shown baseball instincts yet). This includes 1987 Topps Baseball Relics and Major League Material Relics. Unfortunately, he hasnt done much with it, but very few rookies have so far this year. BASE CARDS: The base set continues here with an additional 330 cards (#s 331-660) featuring MLB veterans, rookies, team cards, and Future Stars. By the end of April, he was hitting below the Mendoza line and striking out at a 38% rate resulting in getting sent back down to Triple-A.

Those buying HTA Jumbo boxes can look forward to exclusive Oversized 1987 Topps All-Star Boxloaders. A double plus fastball that he throws about 70% of the time, and why not when its as good as he is. Wow. Products labelled online only will take an extra 2-3 business days to process as we have to have them shipped to us from our distributor. 2022 Topps Series 2 Baseball will be released in six different formats. Look for more of his autos on eBay. Reiver Sanmartin - Reds - Deceptive left-hander that won a starting rotation role out of Spring Training for the Reds. This Live Look was from the end of April, and since then, Cruz has been out to prove Jake WRONG. Next up are the other auto-relic inserts.

Base versions feature a white border with sharp lines. Baz took a huge jump in 2021 and in the process dominated each level, all of which were new for him, from Double-A to Triple-A to the majors.

All in all, a nice baseball piece and relevant in deeper fantasy leagues but not relevant in the hobby. Before we jump into the breakdown of the rookie checklist, a quick refresher on how I roughly think of my Tiers. If you notice, I believe there are 3 players that are listed twice (Swanson, Stanton and Ohtani) maybe another. Variety of other secondary pitches in his arsenal that hes tried to find success with but has yet to really do so. Not great Bob. Jacob Robson - Tigers - The Maple Hammer is an org depth piece that can provide some emergency outfield depth with some speed on the basepaths, but really nothing much more to speak of here. Had a rookie auto in 2022 Series 1, but this is his first flagship base rookie card.

For now, hes a Tier None guy until he can find an everyday role and/or tap into some unexpected power. Salute to The Mick The next 3 cards of this 9-card set paying homage to Mickey Mantle. At the time of writing this, regular hobby boxes are in the $125 range while hobby jumbos are in the $250 range pre-sale. 90% of the rookie cards released in Series 2 are likely tomorrows commons even if the rookies make the big league club. I mean they at least got Reggie Jackson right in depicting him in an Oakland As uniform in his final season of 1987. A pop-up prospect in 2021 that had been off radars since being a 22nd round draft pick of the Yankees in 2017. But we made a pretty solid guess. PARALLEL CARDS: Black #/50 or less, Gold #/25 or less, Red #/10 or less, Platinum 1/1. Rate this product from 1 to 5 stars using the following rating scale: Copyright 2008-2022 The Cardboard Connection. Given his previous crushing of Triple-A and that small but sweet taste of success, the hype train was in absolute full effect throughout the off-season. Mail (will not be published) (required). And then, as people started opening and posting their hits on social media and for sale on ebay on the day before the official release, we came to see that Topps made a surprisingly smart choice by including a Wander Franco Home Field Advantage card as well as base short prints of some of the most desirable rookies in Julio Rodriguez, Bobby Witt Jr., and Spencer Torkelson.

A fair amount of bullpen risk will always be present given the two-pitch arsenal, but those two pitches are soooo good, that at a minimum hes a Tier 3 pitcher. On top of that, Significant Statistics highlights the 2021 league leaders.

Colton Welker - Rockies - A hit tool first corner infielder with past and current shoulder problems whose seen the shine come off his prospect status in the past few years. Not everyone is going to love every design Topps releases, though. You may have heard this before, but it bears repeating - just because Ryan doesnt have plus fastball velocity and spin doesnt mean the fastball isnt a plus pitch, because it is. And why a 2nd Wander RC..?

A back-end pitcher at best that has already pulled the ripcord to head over to Asia isnt going to lead to any hobby interest. It was slightly surprising that he made the opening day starting five for the Mariners in 2022, but the pure stuff is undeniable. I think Id rather take the outside shot on Espinal becoming something rather than the bench role that Hernandez plays. Brian Miller - Marlins - 36th overall pick out of UNC in 2017, Millers prospect status has started to tail off over the last few years to where hes been left off most Marlins team boards including our own. Nicole Cahill is a freelance writer with sports bylines at Baseball Prospectus, Fish Stripes, and Pitcher List. That could lead to a minor bump in hobby interest. He came back up in late May and now has 3 good to excellent games under his belt. The most likely outcome is that he is an SP4 with a bit of upside. Find rookies, veterans and team cards along with the Future Stars subset. Topps carries some insert sets over while introducing new lines. He found some unexpected minor league power in 2021 as well, but hes going to have to find those contact rate improvements for it to be usable at the MLB level. Suddenly we were seeing a potential ace, and then he went under the knife in March of 2022 to clean up loose bodies in his elbow.

Chase the familiar assortment of Baseball Stars Autographs, Baseball Stars Autographs (#/5 or less) and 1987 Topps Baseball Autographs cards (with parallels). If not, hes likely going to bounce around upper minors and second division bullpens for the next few years. See what they go for on eBay. Greg Deichmann - Cubs - At his best, hes a plus OBP corner power bat or perhaps even a Hunter Renfroe type without the plus defense. Not much to get excited about other than a cool first name, which isnt enough to get him out of Tier None. That helps his secondaries play up, especially his changeup. Hes back in the minors on rehab outings at the moment. Didnt include any of the big rookies, I guess Update will be loaded though. Another debut, Sweet Shades captures top players wearing sunglasses. LIMITED AND VERY RARE.

PARALLEL CARDS: Gold #/75, Red #/10, Platinum 1/1. Continuation set. ASA-KG Ken Griffey Jr. - Seattle Mariners. 2022 Topps Series 2 Baseball also tosses some new inserts into the mix.

A.J. Elvis Peguero - Angels - Acquired by the Angels along with Janson Junk for Andrew Heaney at the 2021 trade deadline. The Series 2 checklist is another 330-card checklist and will begin with #331. In this case, I have to drop some praise for the HFA and short print rookie decisions. I dont make them, I just follow them. Potential for being perennial All-Stars and award winners. NEW! Look for 2021 Topps Series 2 Hobby Boxes on eBay.

His fastball is the star of the show with good metrics. If Lowe had more than an average hit tool, he would be in Tier 2. Each Hobby box has one pack and each HTA Jumbo box has two packs. Blaster only. Sweet Shades The future is bright for these players wearing some of the coolest sunglasses in the game. Yonny Hernandez - Rangers* - A speedy second division utility infielder that takes a passive approach at the plate resulting in high walk rates and low strikeout rates. Nothing great about series two so will not be buying anymore. Had a decent 2021 debut but has not repeated in the few innings hes gotten with the big league club in 2022. Will throw for strikes but doesnt do anything of particular note.

A plus fastball, plus swing and miss slider, and above average curveball and changeup. He throws a plus four-seam fastball averaging close to 97 MPH with a nasty plus slider that generates a significant amount of whiffs. Sunday 10AM-6PM. Yepez put up 27 home runs with a .286/.383/.586 slash line across Double-A and Triple-A in his 2021 breakout. Hans Crouse - Phillies - Currently moonlighting as a pitcher for the Phillies, but come Christmas time, this man has plans at Nakatomi Plaza.

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