Friday, May 27, 2016

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

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