2019 Bowman Baseball Cards Checklist

I pulled a wander Franco numbered out of 34/299 autographed out of my first hobby box. It was an insane pull after that I didn’t get much until bowman mega than I pulled an orange Franco was insane but not auted only numbered out of 25

Way too many duplicates in the blaster boxes.

Ok, So what are you major hits that everyone wants in this times around?

I’ve personally opened 12 jumbo boxes over the last 3 weeks. Best pull was a Mike Trout Sterling Continuity Red Auto that’s currently listed on eBay. Unfortunately I feel like the majority of the autos I was pulling were pitchers (including 4 of Keegan Thompson). Did get a Luciano sparkle auto and a couple colored autos of the Rockies prospects (Golden, Ramos, Fernandez) but considering I spent about $4500 it’s going to take a few of those guys to become stars to see a return on that investment. Otherwise I do love the look of the product.

But also I have a more general question that hopefully someone can answer…..

How does Topps/Bowman decide which minor league players to include in their product? I get the obvious ones like Franco/Bart/Rodriguez/Mesa/etc… but what about the other guys like Casey Golden? Anyone have any insight into what data/metrics they use when they choose?

I love these cards. I’m back in to the hobby after 25 years and I find this release to be the most enjoyable out of the 2019 products so far.

I’ve purchased 2 Hobby, 2 Jumbo, 39 blaster and 4 mega boxes so far. The Wander chase is real. He’s been extremely elusive for me so far and I haven’t found any Wander parallels yet.

The autograph pulls feel more special because of the “you never know” factor. If you’re lucky enough to get a numbered auto, it’s double the fun.

Bought a blaster box last night at Walmart and I ended up getting two autos (Bauers/99, Shed Long/250) and a printing plate of Wil Myers. Not too bad at all for a blaster.

Bowman retail is amazing this year! I just pulled Wander Franco blue refractor 84/150 in a blaster from Target! Best pull since collecting for 3 months so happy!

This reply is to Matt S. that posted on April 29th. Trey has a link posted in this listing for the ones not receiving the guaranteed 1 auto per hobby box. So, you would be owed 3 autos since you opened 3 boxes with no autos. Are you sure these boxes weren’t retail boxes which doesn’t have any guarantees on autos? Thanks.

Hey David, to answer your question about whether your Bowman card is paper or Chrome, The Bowman paper card has a red B inside the baseball of their logo. The Bowman Chrome card has not only a blue be inside the baseball of their logo but it says Chrome underneath the blue B.

Trey, Is Mike Trout in a Phillies Uniform included in this set?

Bought 3 boxes and none contained an autograph.

Love the product – one question – you are missing the lucky autograph redemption spot – some are on eBay already – thanks

I like the bowman. But have one question. How do you tell which cards are paper they all look the same to me lol

I busted 2 Hobby boxes at the LCS yesterday. I pulled an Andrew Bechtold auto in the first box and a Bowman Sterling Continuity Orange Refractor Kyle Tucker RC auto #’d/25 in the second box. 4 or 5 numbered parallels/refractors and 1 Atomic Refractor in each box. Giving 5 stars based on my experience.

Awesome Trey!
Thanks for your help!!

trey
figured it out. it’s a 30th anniversary card so I guess it’s a reprint

Aloha Trey!
I was wondering when they will have a updated excel spreadsheet on the 1989 buyback cards. I pulled a Andre Dawson redemption and wanted to know how many there are??? I haven’t seen anymore on ebay.
Mahalo Fran!

I really like this set because of all the bright colors on the Prospect and rookie cards. The only thing that confuses me about the artwork on the front of the card is how do you determine centering? Since there are only three borders on the card and one side wide open with the bottom border being totally indeterminate of any type of thick or thin, how are you supposed to determine centering on the front of these cards? The rear of card is very simple as far as determining centering. You must need a Captain Crunch secret decoder ring to decipher the centering on the front of these cards. Bowman Chrome does one good thing with all the nice colors and then totally screws the cards up with only two determinant borders on the front of the card. Way to go with Topps.

new to bowman. bought a blaster. on card autograph. is this real or a reprint?

Opened a box of this today and did not get a autograph. Not the first time I have been shorted a hit by Topps. Will Topps do something about this or will they just say oh well, bad luck.

GREAT CARDS, TOP END DEALERS ARE HOLDING BACK ON HOBBY AND JUMBO WAX FOR BREAKS AND ALSO TO CATCH /COLLECT MORE. MSRP ON WAX; TO AVOID GOUGING FOR ENTRY LEVEL BUYERS??? IS THAT CRAZY OR IS WAX A COMMODITY TOO?? FORTUNATELY THERES ALWAYS
DEALS TO BE HAD ONLINE, IF YOU CAN AVOID THE CASE SEARCHERS…
RETAIL PACKS A PUNCH VERY HAPPY W/ RETAIL!! WILL HIT RETAIL UP
HARPER # 3 AND WILSON#20 ARE THEY SHORT PRINTS

Thanks Trey…Also, is the Bryce Harper an SP, or SSP?

Thanks
Bob C

I hit up three targets, one twice (morning and evening)… only one had 2019 Bowman, I cleaned them out of blasters (4 boxes). I did crack open a blaster and a value pack. Bowman kept the same price but inserted fewer cards and fewer packs. The quality just isn’t there. I also purchased a few break slots… nada. I was hoping this would be a great product… isn’t looking so. With a weak draft class, I might have to pass on 2019…

MITCHELL——. You’re absolutely correct on the number of cards in a retail blaster and the hanger packs. If this is going to be Topps trend now, I’ll just purchase singles I want off eBay or COMC.
Too bad, I always looked forward to Bowman each year.

Winder why some of the Autograph inserts don’t have the player’s actual name stamped on the card somewhere? I mean some of these guys hand-writing is nearly impossible to read. Unless you are really familiar with the player & his looks/appearance then certain autos are going to be having people guessing until they turn the card over on the back to get the name.

The player’s name should be stamped on 100% of the autos period. I don’t have a preference as to where on the card but somewhere. Typical place would be at the very bottom of the card horizontally across. I totally don’t get leaving the name stamp off the card at all.

Like them . Curious , with all the different Prospect Dual Auto cards, All the Dual Autos have 2 Prospects from the Same Team EXCEPT The Tigers / KC card . Gonna make a Lot of KC & Tigers Breakers Nervous. Especially Tigers . When pulled they have to Ramdom Tigers MIZE & a Player from KC . Someone loses. Bigtime if Kc wins random . THANKS TREY for your column here !!!

Always a fan of Bowman..
Trey, do you know if there are any variations in this set, like in previous years?

Thanks

Only about 30 guys on prospect list that are newcomers. Sick of seeing guys like AJ Puk, Leody Tavares, and Brendan Rodgers in the set for the 4th year in a row.

Looks Like They went up on their pack prices. Only 6 packs in a Blaster box.Down 2 packs from last year. Packs are now 12 cards instead of 10. So a $19.99 Blaster makes the packs $3.50 with no bonus. Value packs are $9.99 with only 2 packs 12 cards in a pack and 5 camo cards. Last year it was 3 packs 10 cards in a pack and 3 camo for same price. Has anyone else noticed this?

do you know if there will be bowman mega boxes this time at target

Finally a Giants player worth collecting (Bart). Curious to see the international players in this product. Looks like Wander will be there… Diego? Luciano?

Does anyone know if Topps is doing a Bowman’s Best set this year? I can’t find any info regarding a 2019 release.

Do you know if Bowman or Donruss produced any Kyler Murray Prospect Cards? Just curious since he was such a high draft pick in last years’s draft

Very nice looking base cards & several inserts available to pull as well. All of them look really beautiful to me. Nice to see a new insert in the Speckle versions. As always, looks like Bowman has passed the test again as they do each year in the baseball card world.