First Buzz: 2024 Topps Pro Debut baseball cards

[gmarutiak]

Just picked up four hobby boxes and two jumbo boxes from the Topps site. Looking forward to opening these.

[oldgoldy97]

Originally Posted by eastbayak

Lol!

I have a feeling you're gonna finally hit :P

I did. Dang.

[SethMurphy]

Terrible timing for this release for me, low pay last month, haven't gotten paid yet this month

I enjoy pro debut, mostly because it's a reasonably priced drop

[auctionjmm]

Originally Posted by Archimedes

Have hobby and jumbo cases been so different in price in the past? I can't recall. Some folks are saying that hobby cases are a lot better than jumbos - they should be better given that they're 33.3% more expensive. Hobby cases have more autos, but that's a big gap.

Hobby has 6 more base sets too. I've been getting $50-$70. So let's say $60 average. That's $360 in extra sets plus the 24 autos. Even if you said $10/auto figuring the scrubs offset the better stuff, that's a $600 difference in expected sell value. Jumbo does have the extra 144 chrome cards, but those are mostly base. Even if you said the chromes were $200, which I doubt they'd be that high, but for argument's sake hobby is a $400+ advantage with a retail price difference of $240. That still puts hobby at $160+ over jumbo in real EV.

[weatherwarrior]

6 hobby and 3 jumbo. Tons of stuff still to sort through.

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[FatButcher]

Almost through my Jumbo case and this was in 7th out of 8 boxes. The rest of the case has been meh, so nice bonus 1/1.

[SmokeyJ]

So, the base chromes are refractors and there are also refractors #/99? What's the deal here?

[mikejones]

Originally Posted by SmokeyJ

So, the base chromes are refractors and there are also refractors #/99? What's the deal here?

Refractors are thick stock with /99 on the front.

[Gurds]

Skenes super auto pulled

https://x.com/BVelaskicards/status/1...jsh-rjAjQ&s=19

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[FatButcher]

Hobby case with another 1/1, this one a super auto (not a great name).

[bub838]

Originally Posted by FatButcher

Hobby case with another 1/1, this one a super auto (not a great name).

Not the worst name. Hes 18 and had a solid year in state side rookie ball.

[FatButcher]

High level results from 2 cases

Jumbo - 3 chrome auto (1 /25, 2 /99), 21 paper auto ( 1 /50, 1/99, 2 /150, 1 /199, 2 /299, 14 base), 17 chrome color (4 /25, 2 /50, 2 /75, 4 /99 w/ Scenes & Crews, 5 /150), 34 paper/foil color ( 1 foilfractor /1, 2 /25, 2 /50, 3 /75, 5 /99, 6 /150, 7 /175, 8 /199)

Hobby - 5 chrome auto ( 1 superfractor, 1 /50, 3 /99 w/ Max Clark redemption), 44 paper auto (1 /10, 1/25, 2 /50, 1 /99 relic auto, 2 /99, 3 /150, 4 /199, 4 /299, 26 base) 15 chrome color (1 /25, 5 /50, 2 /75, 2/99, 5 /150) 20 foil/paper color ( 1 /10, 1 /25, 3 /75, 3 /99, 4 /150, 5 /175, 3 /199)

Not sure how many sets etc. yet, but feel like it went ok enough overall.

[FatButcher]

Originally Posted by bub838

Not the worst name. Hes 18 and had a solid year in state side rookie ball.

As a Cubs fan it was fun to pull him. Also got his paper /10 and Chrome /99 in the case.

[STLtoMN]

5 boxes into hobby case and glad I did...absolutely best pro debut case I have ever ripped...




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[Archimedes]

Originally Posted by STLtoMN

5 boxes into hobby case and glad I did...absolutely best pro debut case I have ever ripped...




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Wow!! Congrats!


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[STLtoMN]

Originally Posted by Archimedes

Wow!! Congrats!


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Box 6



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[oldgoldy97]

Killing it!

[Archimedes]

Originally Posted by STLtoMN

Box 6



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Dude, save some for the rest of us!


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[STLtoMN]

Originally Posted by Archimedes

Dude, save some for the rest of us!


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Lol box 7 /25





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[BabaORiley]

Originally Posted by STLtoMN

5 boxes into hobby case and glad I did...absolutely best pro debut case I have ever ripped...




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That'll do! Congrats!

[FatButcher]

I will say collation for me on chrome is pretty awful, not even close to a complete set from a jumbo and hobby case. Lots of double/triples.

[cbeauch87]

I'll be searching for Caden Dana parallels if anyone pulls them

[BabaORiley]

If anyone wants to see a counter to STLtoMIN's ridiculous case, here's my Jumbo:









My collation was pretty weird too:

Few Key Base Chrome Spots:
3 Langford, Jenkins, Anthony, Walcott, Basallo, De Paula, Salas, Mayea
2 Skenes, Clark, Crews, Chourio, Holliday, Celesten, Emerson, Miller, S. Jones

Some of my '23 Bowman Draft Glass guys and their number of base:
3 Peete, Farmelo, Wilson, Shaw, Eldridge, Davis, Head, Bradfield, Meyer, Mitchell
2 Troy, Zanetello, Taylor
0 Nimmala, Gabriel Gonzalez, many others...

[STLtoMN]

OK final writeup on the case... still just wowing

Autos:
Dual Auto /25 - Yanquiel Fernandez / Dyan Jorge
Future Cornerstones On Card /99 - Colt Emerson
Gold Mini Diamond Chrome /50 - Paul Skenes
Chrome Refractor /99 - Enrique Bradfield, Moises Ballesteros
Gold Foil /50 - Wyatt Langford, Cole Young
Green Foil /99 - Ethan Salas, Tommy Troy, Mike Boeve
Blue Foil /150 - Roman Anthony, Jordan Beck, Dominic Keegan, Griff McGarry, Gabriel Rincones Jr.
Speckle Foil /199 - Max Anderson, Emmanuel Terrero, Kevin Parada, Sabin Ceballos
Purple Foil /299 - Hunter Hollan, Jacob Misiorowski, Jake Bloss, Colt Emerson
Base - Arjun Nimmala x2, Colton Ledbetter x2, Ryan Clifford x2, Joendry Vargas, Jaxon Wiggins, Cayden Wallace, Jonah Cox, Hunter Barco, Brock Vradenburg, Dalton Rushing, Kevin Parada, Eric Bitonti, Jacob Melton, Blade Tidwell, Alberto Rios, Brandon Winokur, Adan Sanchez, Welbyn Francisca, Andrew Pinckney, Abimelec Ortiz, Hunter Hollan, Brock Jones

Numbered:
Red Mini Diamond /5 - Dalton Rushing
Orange Mini Diamond /25 - Bryce Eldridge
Gold Mini Diamond /50 - Walker Jenkins, Hao-Yu Lee, Kendall George
Aqua /75 - Max Anderson
Refractor /99 - Bryce Eldridge
Blue /150 - Cade Denton, Spencer Nivens, Ignacio Alvarez, Joe Vetrano
Gold Foil /50 - Felnin Celesten
Aqua Foil /75 - Nathan Dettmer
Green Foil /99 - Dalton Rushing, Carson Roccafrote, Cutter Coffey
Blue Foil /150 - Spencer Jones, Cam Fisher, Brayden Taylor, Drue Hackenberg
Speckle Foil /175 - Jackson Holliday, Hao-Yu Lee, Cole Young, Emaarion Boyd, Nazzan Zenetello, Welbyn Francisca
Pink Foil /199 - Ralphy Velazquez, Colin Houck, Eric Bitonti, Cole Foster, Ty Floyd

[PuddleMonkey]

Originally Posted by STLtoMN

Lol box 7 /25

I see what you did there Dyan.