What is your favorite modern baseball product and why?

[ksemmel]

With almost 70 different baseball products released or going to be released this year, what is your favorite product and why?


Below is a list of all the 2024 products I could gather. If I am missing any please let me know.

2024 Bowman Baseball

2024 Bowman Sapphire Baseball

2024 Leaf Lumber Baseball

2024 Onyx Vintage

2024 Panini Boys of Summer Baseball

2024 Panini Donruss Baseball

2024 Panini USA Baseball Stars & Stripes Baseball

2024 Topps Series 1 Baseball

2024 Topps Series 2 Baseball

2024 Topps Chrome Baseball

2024 Topps Big League Baseball

2024 Topps Archives Signature Edition (Active Players) Baseball

2024 Topps Archives Signature Edition (Retired Players) Baseball

2024 Topps Chrome Black Baseball

2024 Topps Heritage Baseball

2024 Topps Heritage Mini Baseball

2024 Topps MLB Dynamic Duals

2024 Topps Sterling Baseball

2024 Topps Tier One Baseball

2024 Topps Tribute Baseball
2024 Bowman Chrome Baseball

2024 Bowman Chrome Draft Sapphire Baseball

2024 Bowman Chrome Sapphire Baseball

2024 Bowman Chrome Draft Baseball

2024 Bowman Draft Baseball

2024 Bowman Inception Baseball

2024 Bowman Platinum Baseball

2024 Bowman Sterling Baseball

2024 Bowman Transcendent Collection Baseball

2024 Bowman's Best Baseball

2024 Leaf Metal Baseball

2024 Leaf Trinity Baseball

2024 Leaf Vivid Baseball

2024 Onyx Vintage Baseball

2024 Onyx Premium Baseball

2024 Panini Chronicles Baseball

2024 Panini Elite Extra Edition Baseball

2024 Panini Flawless Baseball

2024 Panini Immaculate Collection Baseball

2024 Panini National Treasures Baseball

2024 Panini Prizm Baseball

2024 Panini Select Baseball

2024 Topps Update Baseball

2024 Topps 582 Montgomery Baseball

2024 Topps Allen & Ginter Baseball

2024 Topps Archives Baseball

2024 Topps Black & White Baseball

2024 Topps Brooklyn Collection Baseball

2024 Topps Chrome Update Baseball

2024 Topps Chrome Logofractor Baseball

2024 Topps Chrome NPB Baseball

2024 Topps Chrome Platinum Baseball

2024 Topps Chrome Sapphire Baseball

2024 Topps Chrome Update Sapphire Baseball

2024 Topps Cosmic Chrome Baseball

2024 Topps Definitive Collection Baseball

2024 Topps Dynasty Baseball

2024 Topps Finest Baseball

2024 Topps Finest Flashbacks Baseball

2024 Topps Five Star Baseball

2024 Topps Gilded Collection Baseball

2024 Topps Heritage High Number Baseball

2024 Topps Inception Baseball

2024 Topps Japan Edition Baseball

2024 Topps Luminaries Baseball

2024 Topps Museum Collection Baseball

2024 Topps Pristine Baseball

2024 Topps Stadium Club Baseball

2024 Topps Transcendent Collection Baseball

[ThoseBackPages]

Topps will always be my favorite.

Topps Chrome is probably my second favorite

[jduds]

For ripping? Brooklyn and it might be at the point I swap to singles only as well. In general, Flagship is my favorite though.

[udkdon]

My top five would be:

1. 2024 Topps Series 1
2. 2024 Topps Series 2
3. 2024 Topps Update
4. 2024 Topps Chrome
5. 2024 Topps Heritage

I like sets that have been going for a while.

[Bosoxfan5990]

I'm going to buy the 2024 Topps Factory Complete set as my son was born this year, so I'll buy a Complete Set for every year moving forward.

[ThoseBackPages]

Originally Posted by Bosoxfan5990

I'm going to buy the 2024 Topps Factory Complete set as my son was born this year, so I'll buy a Complete Set for every year moving forward.

NICE!

all versions?

[ksemmel]

Mine top few in no order would be:

Topps Gilded - love the gold framed HOF autos, most of which could be add under $50 per
Topps Stadium Club - Best photography of any product
Topps Heritage - Old school classic design
Topps Dynasty - Pick up cheap HOF autos, but I do think the product is overpriced in the market

[eastbayak]

Originally Posted by Bosoxfan5990

I'm going to buy the 2024 Topps Factory Complete set as my son was born this year, so I'll buy a Complete Set for every year moving forward.

That's awesome, congratulations! Hope you're getting good rest!

Regarding the set, it might actually be the best value product for 2024 MLB.

[JWBlue]

Flagship

On the list : Stadium club. I wish they didn't try hard with the unique shots. If they used the Flagship type photos I would love it more.

[Bosoxfan5990]

Originally Posted by ThoseBackPages

NICE!

all versions?

Probably just whatever I'm able to get presale.

I actually hand-collated S1, but figure it'll be cheaper to buy the Complete Set moving forward.

Originally Posted by eastbayak

That's awesome, congratulations! Hope you're getting good rest!

Regarding the set, it might actually be the best value product for 2024 MLB.

Thank you! Getting 4-5 hours a night and I consider myself lucky, based on some horror stories my friends have.

[everyone]

It varies by year for me. For 2023 Platinum Anniversary and Stadium Club. 2024 has been Series 2 and that's about it so far.

[MiamiMarlinsFan]

Flagship

[Jazz Chisholm]

Finest and Stadium Club because I dig refractors and good photography

[majestik101]

Withholding pick until I see the sell sheet of 2024 Topps Archives Baseball. I thoroughly enjoyed ripping 2023 Topps Archives Baseball hobby.

[slogue2]

I enjoyed the last 2 years of Gilded very very much. I'd say that's on top of the food chain for me at the moment.

[Cracktoast]

Heritage and Archives are my yearly favorites as I'm a sucker for the vintage designs. Topps Update and Update Chrome are hit and miss year to year depending on the checklist.

[Bcr]

Flagship paper/chrome followed closely by Stadium Club.

[Badgers0821]

I guess I’ll be the first to say Bowman and more specifically Bowman’s Best.

[LVDan]

Sapphire Update here I guess

[Nester99]

Stadium club, - I love the images, the paper with the CHROME inserts (they should be more coveted now that SCC is dead) I just really enjoy all aspects, even ripping and getting no hits, Great SP's - I just with the Chrome Insert autos where all ON CARD. I have one from 2020 that is on card as it was a redemption - Best card in the 2020 set =D

Topps Chrome would be my 2nd Favorite.

[mfw13]

Originally Posted by Cracktoast

Heritage and Archives are my yearly favorites as I'm a sucker for the vintage designs.

As a fellow sucker for Topps' vintage designs, mine are generally Heritage, Archives, and Chrome Platinum.....obviously depends on the design used in any given year.

[Tequila7]

Being 57 years old I love Heritage every year, nothing Topps(lol) the nostalgia from the 70s when I fell in love with baseball and baseball cards.

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[dodgerfanjohn]

Allen & Ginter and Allen & Ginter X

Allen & Ginter because its so interesting, even the base cards and the base inserts. And then you really don't ever know what cool and unique stuff you are going to find. Best youtube video ever for this product...the girl from Cardsmiths pulled a dino fossil card and completely geeked out over it. Like a very real reaction, not a faux "lets go!' moment.

Allen & Ginter X because its consistently a great value and its the product that never stops giving. Great pulls every year from it. Not anything super expensive but at $70-80 a box on release and pulling outstanding cards every year.....its just fun. And then since even the base cards are fairly limited, you get to go search through your base cards 4-5 years down the road and there's stuff worth some money that you'd never expect. Just had to dig out the Witt Jr.'s from 2022 to see if anythings worth grading.

[DynaEtch]

For me it’ll be 2024 Finest Flashbacks this year, since I’m assuming it uses 97 Finest design which is basically the one thing I collect in baseball

No idea when it releases. And prepared for it to be not up to par of the 90s set, but the previous year Flashbacks have been pretty true to the originals. With the exception of not having peel protectors on the majority of the cards anymore (they are part of the identity of these finest sets to me and I wish they’d have kept them).

[KhalDrogo]

Whatever Flagship has a base Scherzer Black.