2024 Bowman Draft set purchase

Bowman paper are the most basic cards out of Bowman products, but when 2025 Bowman Draft came out in January, maybe I got some FOMO and started browsing for hand collated set for a cheap - I don't know why it triggered me, but I probably heard or saw something online where smart breakers making extra profit by selling off the hand collated sets.

Being priced out to bust a hobby box, super jumbo, breakers delight and even mega boxes, I'll be one of those impulsively looking for a paper set - if just for the love of hoarding new cards [maybe some Angels cards, like of No. 2 overall pick Tyler Bremner], even though I haven’t really focused on prospects and prospect cards have have jumbled together over the past decade.

On eBay I thought I hit the BIN on a 2025 set, but after sending payment, I realized I had actually gotten a 2024 set - I wonder what I’m really doing here, where for all the build up to get some 2025 Bowman Draft cards in-hand, I ended up with the Bowman Draft from the year before.

Do I bother looking for a 2025 set as intended [?] - I didn't want to pay to get more than one set in-hand, so I still haven't come back to grabbing a 2025 set.

I didn't know who Nick Kurtz was when the 2025 MLB season started - I still don't have many of his cards, so this first year paper ends up a keeper for the 2025 American League Rookie of the Year.

I didn't know much about Travis Bazzana, except he was the No. 1 overall pick in 2024 and is also an Australian - maybe he has had a slower start to his pro career, but after playing in the WBC, will be looking to see if he can get to the big leagues sooner than never at 23.

Trey Yesavage had a taste of the big leagues in 2025 and even though the Blue Jays lost to the Dodgers in the World Series - he emerged as a postseason hero, especially in the World Series.

I didn't know who Konnor Griffin was, but apparently he is the second coming of either Mike Trout or Bobby Witt Jr. - where the current value of this card is equivalent to what I'd paid for the entire set.

2018 Topps Heritage Minors Jo Adell #220

I bought a copy of Adell's short printed Heritage Minors card last fall, because I thought it might be a nice low-end single, especially if he impressed in spring training - unfortunately, the crown jewel of the Angels farm system will be out for 10-12 weeks after getting hurt during a game.

While injuries suffered saps some of the prospects rankings hype for Adell entering the year - hopefully his circumstances doesn't affect his rise towards becoming a big league star, even if he'll be on the shelf in the meantime.

I got another copy of the Adell card when I recently purchased a full hand-collated set [1-220], including the SPs [201-220] - there wasn’t an incentive to get last year's Topps Heritage Minors set because I didn’t go to the Arizona Fall League to sort of get started on getting at least 15-20 inked up.

However, because of the odd in-person or TTM opportunity to get some of the cards off this set signed, it’s hard to think about not having stocked up on the most recent Topps Heritage Minors set - I’ve tried to go ‘cheaper’ in years past, only buying the base 1-200 set, but just so there are no questions about not having certain cards, I got a set with the 20 short prints.