2022 Topps Gold Brandon Marsh pick up

I picked this 2022 Topps Gold parallel up for about $10 after paying $40 another copy of the card [bundled with a couple of base cards] earlier in the year - maybe with the last purchase, I thought I was buying low where I thought Marsh had some upside for the Angels.

Go figure he was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies and my pair of rookie-year centerpiece cards for Marsh probably gets lost in the shuffle within my regional collections - along with scattered cards of players who never quite delivered on their promise as one-time Angels prospects.

Entering 2022, I was wondering if Marsh's potential was more of 'good every day' player rather than an all-star type, since he's 24 already with the elite prospects breaking into the big leagues at 20, 21 or 22 years old - while Marsh's bat has cratered, maybe he could be a Jim Edmonds type where he taps into his ability to hit for average and power, though probably not to the extent where Edmonds evolved into a 25-30 home run slugger.

Marsh seemed was a pretty good defender in the outfield, always paying attention, hustling and seemingly making all the right plays where teammate Jo Adell can be a disaster on a game-by-game basis - there are Angels fans who would have preferred to give up on Adell, but in sort of a surprise, Marsh was the player sent off.

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

2022 Topps Series 1 blaster recap - 1 of 3

Pack one

#198 Jake Rogers

#57 Kyle Gibson

#55 Robbie Grossman

#172 Nick Solak

#83 Will Smith

#253 John Means 

#352 Greg Holland

#87 Nolan Arenado

#70 Ryan Weathers

#190 Emmanuel Clase

#206 Kyle Lewis

#169 Kyle Freeland

#T87-56 Bo Bichette - 1987 35th Anniversary insert

#SMLB-9 Mookie Betts - Stars of MLB insert

Pack two

#116 Alicides Escobar

#24 Trevor Rogers

#197 Alex Kirilloff

#265 Keston Hiura

#315 Pete Alonso

#298 Drew Ellis RC

#321 Bryce Harper - City of Walk-Off Love

#181 2021 NL RBI Leaders - feat. Adam Duvall, Austin Riley and Ozzie Albies

#145 Joey Wendle

#223 Martin Maldonado 

#297 Hyn-Jin Ryu

#76 Nicky Lopez

#HRC-17 Matt Olson - Home Run Challenge game card

#SMLB-4 Rafael Devers - Stars of MLB insert

Pack three

#30 Kyle Muller RC

#86 Kris Bryant

#188 Ha-Seong Kim

#157 Bruce Zimmerman

#127 2021 National League Strikeout Leaders - feat. Zach Wheeler, Max Scherzer and Corbin Burnes

#109 Toronto Blue Jays team card - feat. Marcus Semien, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Bo Bichette Jr.

#260 Trevor Story

#318 Josh Reddick

#296 Ryan Zimmerman

#240 Corbin Burnes

#215 Wander Franco (RC)

#288 Christian Yelich

#GN-17 Cody Bellinger - Generation Now insert

#SMLB-30 Dante Bichette - Stars of MLB insert

Pack four

#179 Zach Eflin

#108 Zach Pop RC

#195 Drew Smyly

#291 Sean Manaea 

#131 Luis Gil RC

#49 Brett Gardner

#302 Tyler Glasnow

#134 Tylor Megill RC 

#119 Walk-Off Water - feat. New York Yankees / Gleyber Torres

#264 Jackson Kowar RC

#21 Shane Bieber

#91 Kyle Seager

#SMLBC-5 Javier Baez - Stars of the MLB insert; Chrome parallel

#SMLB-25 Nolan Arenado - Stars of the MLB insert

Pack five

#273 Luke Weaver

#35 Gerrit Cole

#113 Brock Holt

#219 Salvador Perez

#216 Kyle Schwarber

#202 2021 American League RBI Leaders - feat. Salvador Perez, Jose Abreu and Teoscar Hernandez

#138 2021 American League Strikeout Leaders - feat. Robbie Ray, Gerrit Cole and Dylan Cease

#285 Ben Gamel

#141 Yermin Mercedes

#73 Johnny Cueto

#291 Lucas Giolito

#209 Buster Posey

#JNF-FF Freddie Freeman - Commemorative relic card

#T87-45 Casey Mize - 1987 35th Anniversary insert

#SMLB-13 Jacob deGrom - Stars of MLB insert

Pack six

#257 Justin Turner

#193 Dom Nunez

#305 Starling Marte

#6 Jazz Chisholm Jr. 

#45 Sonny Gray

#142 Aroldis Chapman

#233 Cristian Pache

#97 Curtis Terry RC

#2 Craig Kimbrel

#317 Colin Moran

#3 Huascar Ynoa

#176 Matt Chapman

#293 Mike Foltynewicz - Royal Blue parallel

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

Pack seven

#241 Tommy La Stella

#284 Yasmani Grandal

#117 Brandon Crawford

#192 Eduardo Rodriguez

#146 2021 National League Home Run Leaders - feat. Fernando Tatis Jr., Adam Duvall and Pete Alonso

#204 2021 National League ERA Leaders - feat. Corbin Burnes, Max Scherzer and Walker Buehler

#121 New York Yankees team card - feat. Aaron Judge

#44 Didi Gregorius 

#258 Andre Jackson RC

#275 Ketel Marte 

#256 James McCann

#12 Gavin Sheets RC

#WTTS-50 Mike Piazza - Welcome to the Show insert

#SMLB-28 Clayton Kershaw - Stars of MLB insert