2016 Topps Pro Debut breaks - x6

Like last year's product, there is a subtle difference with the surface of the Pro Debut cards and the flagship MLB Topps cards - the players' images on the Pro Debut cards have a glossy coating while the backgrounds and borders are left matte.

The cards sort of feel a little flimsy in hand and may be sort of 'condition sensitive' - where the cards a prone to 'ding and tear' if handled loosely.

The player checklist in the Pro Debut set are recycled from previous Topps releases [like Pro Debut, Heritage Minors, 2015 Bowman Draft and 2016 Bowman] - I suppose a distinction to be made is the players in Pro Debut are wearing their minor league uniforms, while the same guys in mainstream Bowman brands are pictured in their MLB uniforms.

Maybe the overlap is a little more tolerable, though it just means Topps just wants another baseball card product out - as opposed to really digging deep for players who haven't really had cards before besides the random minor league team set.

Pack one

#104 Spencer Trumbull

#49 Austin Meadows

#91 Alex Young

#DD-1 Dansby Swanson - Distinguished Debuts insert Gold serial #’d 46/50

#31 Edwin Diaz

#6 Jacob Nottingham

#136 Raimel Tapia

#75 Blake Snell

Pack two

#110 Drew Finley

#99 Kolby Allard

#60 David Dahl

#DD-25 Mike Nikorak - Distinguished Debuts insert

#90 Todd Hankins

#7 Mallex Smith

#45 Mike Nikorak

#190 Richie Martin

Pack three

#5 Trey Mancini

#160 Sean Reid-Foley

#120 Bobby Bradley

#59 Jack Flaherty

#111 Sean Manaea

#158 Taylor Ward

#21 Brandon Nimmo

#182 Chad Pinder

Pack four

#107 Amir Garrett

#52 Luis Ortiz

#9 Kevin Padlo

#121 Garrett Whitley

#70 Chris Shaw - Red parallel serial #’d 2/5

#112 Reynaldo Lopez

#163 Ashe Russell

#161 Dakota Chalmers

Pack five

#19 Ke’Bryan Hayes

#116 Josh Staumont

#141 Gareth Morgan

#111 Sean Manaea - Gold parallel serial #’d 26/50

#159 Hunter Renfroe

#54 Gleyber Torres

#176 Nick Plummer

#25 Jose Berrios

Pack six

#94 Kyle Holder

#100 Lucas Giolito

#186 David Denson

#DD-15 Trent Clark - Distinguished Debuts insert

#27 Mark Zagunis

#155 Pierce Johnson

#103 Andrew Moore

#58 Tyler Stephenson

Random pick ups

2014 Topps Heritage short prints - I'm not really chasing down the short print set, but picked up ones I can get signed in-person sooner than later.

#202 Miguel Almonte
#204 Brandon Drury - off-centered / miscut
#207 Patrick Kivlehan
#211 Sean Manaea - off-centered / miscut
#216 Addison Russell - $3.50
#223 Kyle Zimmer

I'm not as anal about condition as I probably should be but when new cards I paid a 'premium' for [$2.50 each] arrive looking off-centered and/or miscut - it makes me think twice about buying from a Web site with an extensive listing of cards, yet no images.

In addition to the SPs, I also picked up some loose 2014 Topps Heritage Minors base cards - even though I prefer different cards to show a player, I usually end up having the same card and hope to get them inked up one way or the other.

2013 Bowman Chrome Prospects Francellis Montas #BCP 129 - I was looking to see if he had any cards and he actually has one from last year; ended up picking up an X-fractor for a couple of bucks because I like how those refractors look.