Best Acuna Rookie?

asujbl · 07-17-2020, 01:23 PM

Baseball is super confusing to me so sorry about the stupid question

Talking base. No autographs or parallels

Is the “bat down” or whatever the best one? I know it’s in the $2,000 range doe PSA 10’s

Is there another out there I’m not aware of?

Thanks

Wrathofmarcos · 07-17-2020, 01:26 PM

Stadium Club?

TheWrightStuff · 07-17-2020, 01:28 PM

The bat down is and will be his top rookie card to have if not counting parallels. Some people wont consider it a true rookie because its an SP variation but they ar ein the minority. Its the card to own. If that one is out of someones price range then the Topps update is #2

oplum29 · 07-17-2020, 01:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by asujbl

Baseball is super confusing to me so sorry about the stupid question

Talking base. No autographs or parallels

Is the “bat down” or whatever the best one? I know it’s in the $2,000 range doe PSA 10’s

Is there another out there I’m not aware of?

Thanks

Bat Down is THE rookie, followed by US250 Bat UP, then Heritage Action

asujbl · 07-17-2020, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by TheWrightStuff

The bat down is and will be his top rookie card to have if not counting parallels. Some people wont consider it a true rookie because its an SP variation but they ar ein the minority. Its the card to own. If that one is out of someones price range then the Topps update is #2

Quote:

Originally Posted by oplum29

Bat Down is THE rookie, followed by US250 Bat UP, then Heritage Action

What I needed to know.

Thanks

Neal · 07-17-2020, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by oplum29

Bat Down is THE rookie, followed by US250 Bat UP, then Heritage Action

Action is a parallel imo ….

Bat Down
US250
Topps Chrome Update
Heritage

oplum29 · 07-17-2020, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Neal

Action is a parallel imo ….

Bat Down
US250
Topps Chrome Update
Heritage

according to Upper Deck: "Parallel – A card that is a serial numbered version of another non-serial numbered card. For instance, a base card would be unnumbered, but a parallel of that base card would have a serial number. Parallels typically have the same design and photo, but offer different color schemes."

here's the link: http://www.upperdeck.com/collectors-...explained.aspx

brothertona · 07-17-2020, 01:50 PM

I mean - wouldn't it be then the Factory Set Acuna, then US 250, Topps Chrome Update, then Heritage.

oddstuff · 07-17-2020, 01:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by asujbl

Baseball is super confusing to me so sorry about the stupid question

Talking base. No autographs or parallels

Is the “bat down” or whatever the best one? I know it’s in the $2,000 range doe PSA 10’s

Is there another out there I’m not aware of?

Thanks

Are you talking about a base card that was printed in equal amounts to other base cards in the same set? If so, then the bat down (nor the Heritage Action) would not qualify since it was a short printed card. Would be curious though, to hear what others think if this discussion is limited to those Acuna base rookies that were printed in equal amounts to other base cards in the same set.

oddstuff · 07-17-2020, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by brothertona

I mean - wouldn't it be then the Factory Set Acuna, then US 250, Topps Chrome Update, then Heritage.

if following my previous post, for 2018 cards, I would agree with the above...though some will put the US250 ahead of the factory/complete set 698. If not limited to 2018 RCs, I would put the 2017 Bowman Chrome Mega at the top of the list, then 2017 Bowman Chrome in a close second with factory/complete set 698.

ThoseBackPages · 07-17-2020, 02:06 PM

Bat Down is your answer.

US250 is his third Topps Flagship card

TheWrightStuff · 07-17-2020, 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by ThoseBackPages

Bat Down is your answer.

US250 is his second pack pulled Topps Flagship card

Fixed it for you

KhalDrogo · 07-17-2020, 02:14 PM

Sapphire. Not even close.

oddstuff · 07-17-2020, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by KhalDrogo

Sapphire. Not even close.

Can't remember at the moment...was that 2018 base Sapphire made in equal amounts to all the other base cards in that product?

CapeTownCards · 07-17-2020, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by KhalDrogo

Sapphire. Not even close.

Sapphire ALL the WAY!

SupermanBrandon · 07-17-2020, 02:29 PM

Sapphire w/out a doubt. 1000%

jasonm2121 · 07-17-2020, 02:30 PM

Sapphire or GTFO

asujbl · 07-17-2020, 02:42 PM

Pack pulled card

To clarify

I don’t care if it’s SP

What is the best “base” rookie you could pull from a pack that isn’t a parallel?

TheWrightStuff · 07-17-2020, 02:45 PM

Kind of pushing it to consider Sapphire with only a couple hundred cards made and online only release to be a base card. ITs amazing no doubt and crazy valuable at $7-10K but not widely available. Id put it up there as one of the top 3 Acuna rookie cards, but top base card, I just dont think it qualifies. Opinions differ though just like some people dont consider the Bat Down a base card as its a SP and was inserted as a variation.

SupermanBrandon · 07-17-2020, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by TheWrightStuff

Kind of pushing it to consider Sapphire with only a couple hundred cards made and online only release to be a base card. ITs amazing no doubt and crazy valuable at $7-10K but not widely available. Id put it up there as one of the top 3 Acuna rookie cards, but top base card, I just dont think it qualifies. Opinions differ though just like some people dont consider the Bat Down a base card as its a SP and was inserted as a variation.

Is it packed pulled? Does it have parallels? He asked for the best! Not the one you can find on any street corner.

KhalDrogo · 07-17-2020, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by asujbl

Pack pulled card

To clarify

I don’t care if it’s SP

What is the best “base” rookie you could pull from a pack that isn’t a parallel?

By the truest form, Sapphire wasn’t a pack. The format was the same as Topps Tek though.

Bat Down isn’t part of the true base set. It’s a variation.

asujbl · 07-17-2020, 02:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KhalDrogo

By the truest form, Sapphire wasn’t a pack. The format was the same as Topps Tek though.

Bat Down isn’t part of the true base set. It’s a variation.

Interesting

Baseball is so weird

It’s why I asked

cj828282 · 07-17-2020, 02:56 PM

Probably US250.

asujbl · 07-17-2020, 02:57 PM

I have a US250

Is that the consensus for “base” if we are talking pack pulled?

KhalDrogo · 07-17-2020, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by asujbl

I have a US250

Is that the consensus for “base” if we are talking pack pulled?

Yes. That would be his “best” base RC that doesn’t have a third line on the PSA flip and came from a box that has packs in it.

07-17-2020, 01:23 PM	#1
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ThoseBackPages Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Long Island Posts: 89,780 ThoseBackPages	Bat Down is your answer. US250 is his third Topps Flagship card __________________ Pumpers Paradise #YouCryIBuy Four things that we cannot change each others minds about: Politics, Religion, Third Party Grading, and 2021 Bowman's Best Rookie Cards

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KhalDrogo Member Join Date: Aug 2017 Posts: 41,169	Sapphire. Not even close. __________________ I love PSA!

07-17-2020, 02:42 PM	#18
asujbl Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 62,780 ohiosundevils	Pack pulled card To clarify I don’t care if it’s SP What is the best “base” rookie you could pull from a pack that isn’t a parallel? __________________ https://ohiosundevils.smugmug.com/ Browns/Cavs/Tribe/Buckeyes/Jackets/Devils TheFrenzy - “Blowout ain't a place for normies”

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asujbl Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 62,780 ohiosundevils	I have a US250 Is that the consensus for “base” if we are talking pack pulled? __________________ https://ohiosundevils.smugmug.com/ Browns/Cavs/Tribe/Buckeyes/Jackets/Devils TheFrenzy - “Blowout ain't a place for normies”

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Wrathofmarcos Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Orange County, New York Posts: 545	Stadium Club?

07-17-2020, 01:28 PM	#3
TheWrightStuff Member Join Date: Aug 2017 Location: Texas Posts: 6,826 Nathan104	The bat down is and will be his top rookie card to have if not counting parallels. Some people wont consider it a true rookie because its an SP variation but they ar ein the minority. Its the card to own. If that one is out of someones price range then the Topps update is #2

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brothertona Member Join Date: Jul 2019 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 6,954 brothertona1	I mean - wouldn't it be then the Factory Set Acuna, then US 250, Topps Chrome Update, then Heritage.

07-17-2020, 02:29 PM	#16
SupermanBrandon Banned Join Date: Dec 2018 Location: TN Posts: 15,843	Sapphire w/out a doubt. 1000%

07-17-2020, 02:30 PM	#17
jasonm2121 Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: GOAT City Posts: 12,006	Sapphire or GTFO

07-17-2020, 02:45 PM	#19
TheWrightStuff Member Join Date: Aug 2017 Location: Texas Posts: 6,826 Nathan104	Kind of pushing it to consider Sapphire with only a couple hundred cards made and online only release to be a base card. ITs amazing no doubt and crazy valuable at $7-10K but not widely available. Id put it up there as one of the top 3 Acuna rookie cards, but top base card, I just dont think it qualifies. Opinions differ though just like some people dont consider the Bat Down a base card as its a SP and was inserted as a variation.

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cj828282 Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 13,967	Probably US250.