

The big question on everyone’s mind was the three big rookies that did not appear in Series 1 and 2. So, what does the class look like this time? Historically it has usually featured at least one marquee rookie amongst the pack.
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The Topps Update release includes the last crop of rookies in the flagship series. 2021 Topps Update Series Baseball Rookies Overview Topps Update Blasters are preselling on eBay.


Topps Traded predated Update (look for Albert Pujols Topps Traded cards on eBay). While the shorthand term for regular rookie cards is RC, XRC refers to the “extended rookie cards” in Topps Update. Collectors refer to these cards as XRC’s. That year also saw Topps first include rookies called up to “the Show” later in the season. Finally, in 1981 the first standalone Topps Traded set saw the light of day. In 1974, Topps began inserting the cards into products released later in the year. For example, Steve Carlton was given a new card in the Phillies uniform after being traded by the Cardinals for Rick Wise in February 1972. At first, it was simply part of the main card release and featured the season’s biggest trades. The Update series is the heir to the Topps Traded release, which Topps began to issue in 1972. However, it has been known by several different names over the years. Topps Update has been a part of the flagship release for a considerable amount of time. The History Of Topps Update Series Baseball

The point of the product is simple and implied in the name: to give updates to the Topps baseball release concerning trades and call-ups of players to the Majors. It typically comes out towards, or even after, the end of the baseball season. What are your thoughts on the 2022 Topps Series 1 checklist?įor others, noticing what is missing from the checklist is just an important as what is on it.2021 Topps Update Series Baseball is part of the flagship baseball series released annually by the company. It’s always weird when rookies appear on inserts and autograph cards, and they aren’t featured in a base set. Sometimes having to make a product so far in advance really works against you – like in the case of having Buster Posey on a HR Challenge card. I wonder if Topps is planning anything to honor the name change. It’ll be neat to see them and I’ll probably squirrel one away. The first cards of the Cleveland Guardians will be featured with their new name and logo. These are the first – and potentially – only flagship cards to feature them on the teams they finished with last season. I’ve generally looked at Series 1 as a look back at the previous season, so we get to have flagship cards of traded players like Anthony Rizzo (Yankees) or Kris Bryant (Giants) or Max Scherzer (Dodgers) on their respective teams - which we didn’t get in 2021 Topps Update.
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Some other thoughts on the Series 1 checklist:Įvery year Series 1 includes free agents – and I’m here to tell you it’s OK. Having said that, I’m grabbing Franco’s first Topps card much like I picked up his 2021 Bowman’s Best card. Outside of Franco’s RC though, it feels the rookie card checklist is rather light.
