2014 Topps Update four pack break

I was really looking for loose packs of 2014 Panini Prizm Perennial Draft Picks since the product just came out - but I didn't immediately see them, yet I was itching to bust some packs.

I really should have just saved the $8 I spent on the packs, but I needed to justify the 20 minutes I spent at the card shop - in addition to trying to find something random in the quarter bins.

Pack one

#US-131 Chris Denorfia

#US-280 Cole Gillespie

#US-135 Jake Odorizzi

#US-242 Javier Lopez

#PPA-CGM Carlos Gomez - Power Players insert

#FN-GP 2 Gregory Polanco - The Future is Now insert

#US-324 Alexi Amarista

#US-258 Matt Carpenter

#US-30 Elian Herrera

#US-224 Jared Burton

Pack two

#US-67 Scott Van Slyke

#US-257 Eduardo Escobar

#US-75 Nick Punto

#US-124 Nick Tepesch

#US-109 David Lough

#US-148 Kyle Parker - Gold parallel serial #'d 1550/2014

#FF-OV Omar Vizquel - Fond Farewell insert

#US-136 Dioner Navarro

#US-154 Yu Darvish

#US-18 Aramis Ramirez

Pack three

#US-36 Vance Worley

#US-40 Stephen Vogt

#US-42 J.D. Martinez

#US-327 Jonny Gomes

#US-261 Rene Rivera

#US-195 Gerald Laird - Sabermetric variation; this doesn't save the break or anything, but after already putting most of the cards away, I was bored and jotted down the possible variations / short prints from the cards I pulled.

I was 0-for-5 until I dug the Laird out of my loose stash of A-Z cards - looked at the back and saw all the fancy, non-traditional baseball stats.

I still have #135 Jake Odorizzi to check [for another Sabermetric variation] - but I think the Laird was my pull.

#US-72 Chris Young

#US-17 Yangervis Solarte

#US-330 Daniel Webb

#US-52 Chase Anderson

Pack four

#US-211 Jordan Schafer

#US-29 Tyler Skaggs

#US-60 David Ross

#US-89 Stephen Drew

#US-279 Kevin Frandsen - Gold parallel serial #'d 1835/2014

#US-TM-JE Jacoby Ellsbury - 1989 Topps Die-Cut minis insert

#US-12 Brian McCann

#US-174 Jace Peterson

#US-267 Jonathan Diaz

#US-237 Jorge Polanco

Ranking the 30 MLB teams on my watch - Milwaukee Brewers #23 of 30

The emergence of Ryan Braun and Prince Fielder made this team relevant through the late 2000's but Fielder is long gone and the once golden Braun has stumbled because of PEDs - Carlos Gomez and Jean Segura really makes the Brewers go these days, even though just a few years ago, I thought Gomez wouldn't be able to establish himself as a regular player in the Major Leagues.

Gomez had sort of his breakout season in 2012 where I kind of noticed for a guy putting up some bad stats [20 walks / 98 strikeouts / .260 batting average] - he played with a certain fire and if I was rooting for a below average MLB player, it might be him.