2022 Topps Series 1 blaster recap - 3 of 3

Pack one

#265 Keston Hiura

#30 Kyle Muller RC

#86 Kris Bryant

#188 Ha-Seong Kim

#157 Bruce Zimmerman

#217 Eli Morgan RC

#77 Josh Naylor

#312 Taijuan Walker

#268 Liam Hendriks

#16 Tommy Pham

#81 Jesse Winker

#327 Ty France 

#42 Mitch Moreland - Royal Blue parallel

#SMLB-2 Ronald Acuña Jr. - Stars of MLB insert

Pack two

#179 Zach Eflin

#108 Zach Pop RC

#195 Drew Smyly

#291 Sean Manaea 

#131 Luis Gil RC

#31 Matt Manning RC

#153 Eddie Rosario

#137 Anthony DeSclafani

#128 Matthew Boyd

#152 Austin Meadows

#261 Framber Valdez

#200 Ronald Acuña Jr.

#T87-10 Vidal Brujan - 1987 35th Anniversary insert

#SMLB-28 Clayton Kershaw - Stars of MLB insert

Pack three

#273 Luke Weaver

#35 Gerrit Cole

#113 Brock Holt

#219 Salvador Perez

#319 Kyle Tucker

#151 Kwang-Hyun Kim

#194 Miguel Cabrera

#78 Aaron Ashby RC

#92 Avisail Garcia

#158 Riley Adams RC

#115 Austin Riley

#292 Kyle Higashioka

#256 James McCann - Rainbow Foil parallel

#SMLB-22 Vladimir Guerrero Jr. - Stars of MLB insert

Pack four

#216 Kyle Schwarber

#257 Justin Turner

#193 Dom Nunez

#305 Starling Marte

#102 Ian Kennedy

#191 Willi Castro

#13 Freddy Peralta

#171 Kurt Suzuki

#231 Ronnie Dawson RC

#182 J.D. Martinez

#178 Jean Segura

#295 Jake Meyers RC

#21GH-11 Ronald Acuña Jr. - 2021's Greatest Hits insert

#SMLB-16 Ke'Bryan Hayes - Stars of MLB insert

Pack five

#6 Jazz Chisholm Jr.

#45 Sonny Gray

#241 Tommy La Stella

#284 Yasmani Grandal

#117 Brandon Crawford

#22 Bryan De La Cruz RC

#54 Lourdes Gurriel Jr. 

#243 Brandon Marsh RC

#56 Ke'Bryan Hayes

#271 Patrick Wisdom 

#272 Eric Hosmer

#60 Mike Moustakas

#112 Marco Gonzalez

#JNM-GC Gerrit Cole - Commemorative relic card

#SMLB-6 Luis Robert - Stars of MLB insert

Pack six

#192 Eduardo Rodriguez

#10 Archie Bradley

#98 NL East Division Smiles - feat. Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Francisco Lindor.

#82 Charlie Morton

#23 Gio Urshela 

#286 Jacob Stallings

#71 Ernie Clement RC

#211 Cristian Javier 

#228 Spencer Turnbull

#196 Randy Arozarena

#155 Mike Minor

#213 Jon Lester

#T87-52 Roberto Clemente - 1987 35th Anniversary insert

#SMLB-11 Christian Yelich - Stars of MLB insert

Pack seven

#163 Stuart Fairchild RC

#207 Eduardo Escobar

#170 Kevin Pillar

#18 Emmanuel Rivera RC

#177 Carson Kelly

#247 St. Louis Cardinals team card - feat. Paul Goldschmidt and Nolan Arenado

#136 Houston Astros team card - feat. Jose Altuve and Yordan Alvarez

#26 Devin Williams

#25 Vidal Brujan RC

#40 David Price

#120 Andrew Vaughn

#261 Framber Valdez - Gold parallel serial #'d 0832/2022

#HRC-19 Nolan Arenado - Home Run Challenge game card

#SMLB-17 Fernando Tatis Jr. - Stars of MLB insert

2022 Topps Series 1 blaster recap - 2 of 3

Pack one

#189 Michael Pineda

#187 Jarren Duran RC

#269 Jose Ramirez

#80 Mitch Haniger

#46 Raimel Tapia

#328 Keegan Akin

#59 2021 NL Batting Average Leaders - feat. Trea Turner, Juan Soto and Bryce Harper

#110 Liftoff - feat. Yordan Alvarez and Yulieski Gurriel

#225 Harrison Bader

#103 Mike Yastrzemski

#53 Hanser Alberto

#311 Chris Flexen

#SMLBC-12 Byron Buxton - Stars of the MLB insert; Chrome parallel

#SMLB-19 Yadier Molina - Stars of MLB insert

Pack two

#183 Ji-Man Choi

#252 Victor Reyes

#322 Joey Gallo

#313 Brady Singer

#11 Jesus Luzardo

#132 Ryan McMahon

#229 Double Bath - feat. Xander Bogaerts and Christian Vasquez

#105 2021 NL Wins Leaders - feat. Julio Urias, Adam Wainwright and Walker Buehler

#68 Alex Bregman

#300 Vladimir Guerrero Jr.

#234 Garrett Hampson

#324 Mike Zunino

#WTTS-13 Hank Aaron - Welcome to the Show

#SMLB-21 Joey Gallo - Stars of MLB insert

Pack three

#150 Juan Soto

#237 Albert Pujols

#220 Gerardo Parra

#36 Jorge Alfaro

#244 Shane McLanahan

#326 Miami Marlins team card - feat. Jorge Alfaro

#330 Jacob deGrom

#293 Mike Foltnewicz

#26 Cesar Hernandez

#34 Adam Wainwright

#290 Joey Votto

#185 Justin Dunn

#192 Eduardo Rodriguez - Royal Blue parallel

#SMLB-18 Buster Posey - Stars of MLB insert

Pack four

#161 Jon Gray

#39 Andrew Miller

#242 Anthony Rizzo

#100 Fernando Tatis Jr.

#63 Christian Vasquez

#201 Reid Detmers RC

#165 2021 AL Batting Average Leaders - feat. Yuli Gurriel, Michael Brantley and Vladimir Guerrero Jr.

#164 Atlanta Braves team card

#199 Michael Brantley

#33 Danny Jansen

#50 Mookie Betts

#7 Bobby Dalbec

#T87-27 Ke'Bryan Hayes - 1987 35th Anniversary insert

#SMLB-14 Aaron Judge - Stars of MLB insert 

Pack five

#250 Bryce Harper

#166 Patrick Mazeika RC

#72 Pedro Severino

#95 Chad Pinder

#219 Washington Nationals team card - feat. Josh Bell

#9 Eliezer Hernandez

#90 Enrique Hernandez

#105 Pavin Smith

#139 Omar Narvaez

#186 Jake Burger RC

#173 Raisel Iglesias

#32 Taylor Rogers

#243 Brandon Marsh - Rainbow Foil parallel

#JNM-JV Joey Votto - Commemorative relic card

#SMLB-7 Jose Ramirez - Stars of MLB insert

Pack six

#20 Jake Cousins RC

#75 Christian Walker

#37 Michael Conforto

#325 Max Kranick RC

#245 Whit Merrifield

#126 Bo Bichette

#133 Zac Lowther RC

#122 Minnesota Meet Up - feat. Shohei Ohtani and Kenta Maeda

#38 Mason Thompson RC

#74 Merrill Kelly

#267 Edwin Diaz

#184 Hoy Park RC

#TT-8 Willy Adames / Kolten Wong - 6-4 Stars insert

#SMLB-27 Kris Bryant - Stars of MLB insert 

Pack seven

#41 Clayton Kershaw

#29 Jose Berrios

#62 Luke Williams RC

#65 Austin Hedges

#205 Yadier Molina

#270 2021 AL Wins Leaders - feat. Gerrit Cole, Chris Flexen and Steven Matz

#159 Angels team card - feat. Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout

#175 Tyler Stephenson

#8 Xander Bogaerts

#180 J.T. Realmuto

#227 Zach Thompson RC

#147 Willson Contreras

#105 2021 National League Wins Leaders - feat. Julio Urias, Adam Wainwright and Walker Buehler; Pink parallel serial #'d 11/50

#SMLB-24 Shohei Ohtani - Stars of MLB insert

Regional collecting

My team is the Angels and while I may say I'm interested in a number of non-Angels players like everyone else - I'm a one-team guy when it comes to collecting.

As is, I'm probably stuck to loose Angels inserts and base I may end up with like this Garrett Richards card I found - I can't get into high end cards, because it's all about Mike Trout, I kind of missed the boat on him, but now everyone is into him as the hot, young superstar.

I don't like the idea of trying to complete team sets [too tedious, especially when it comes to junk wax years], but want a collection of different, Angels cards - I think I do have to de-emphasize my interests somewhat because while I covet Angels cards, but I don't want it so I'm held hostage by the need to have all Angels related cards [even if the player pictured aren't really favorites].

An idea would be to scour for cards of prospects, so I have some better cards of guys who maybe future Angel stars - though guys anointed as top prospects turn into busts, guys who seem like future stars are disappointments and guys get traded or even find themselves cut prematurely.