2019 Bowman Draft Baseball Hobby Jumbo Box Break & Review

The third and final major prospecting pillar of 2019 has arrived.  It all began with Bowman, then came Bowman Chrome, and now Bowman Draft.  I believe Bowman Draft receives the most attention as it has the first prospect cards for newly drafted 2019 players.  Collectors, flippers, and investors all want to get their hands on them.

2019 Bowman Draft’s base set consists of (200) cards.  Parallel cards that you can pull include Sky Blue #’ed/499, Purple #’ed/250, Blue #’ed/150, Green #’ed/99, Gold #’ed/50, Orange #’ed/25 (Jumbo), Red #’ed/5, Black #’ed 1/1, and Printing Plates #’ed 1/1.

Every single card in the main base set has a Chrome counterpart.  Parallels of the Chrome cards include Refractor, Sky Blue (Jumbo), Purple #’ed/250, Sparkles, Blue #’ed/150, Green #’ed/99, Gold #’ed/50, Orange #’ed/25 (Jumbo), Red #’ed/5, SuperFractor #’ed 1/1, and Printing Plates #’ed 1/1.

(14) Chrome cards have photo variations – Adley Rutschman, Alek Manoah, Josh Jung, Hunter Bishop, Riley Greene, Shea Langeliers, CJ Abrams, Victor Victor Mesa, Wander Franco, Andrew Vaughn, Joey Bart, J.J. Bleday, Nick Lodolo, and Seth Beer.  The CMP code for these variations ends in #763.  With the exception of Hunter Bishop and Alek Manoah, variations have autographed versions #’ed/99.

Coming (3) to a Jumbo box and (5) to a Super Jumbo box, autographs of newly drafted prospects are #1 on breaker’s radar.  Autograph types include Chrome Draft Pick Autographs, 1989 Bowman 30th Anniversary Autographs, Class of 2019 Autographs, Draft Night Autographs, Draft Pick Breakdown Autographs, Franchise Futures Dual Autographs, Under Armour Game Autographs, and Chrome Top of the Class Box Toppers Autographs.

Inserts include 1989 Bowman 30th Anniversary, Draft Pick Breakdown, Draft Progression Trios, Franchise Futures, and Chrome Top of the Class Box Toppers.

When it comes to products like Bowman Draft, you’ll find people spending thousands of dollars for a card picturing a player who is years away from making their MLB debut.  Others will attempt to convince you which players you should put you’re money into.  Don’t let any of this intimidate you.  Open what you want to open.  Collect what you want to collect.  Prospecting can be fun, but make sure you’re doing it within your own budget.  Do your own research.  Think for yourself.  Don’t worry about what others are doing.  Most importantly… have fun!

As a Phillies fan, I always hold out prospects from the Phillies.  I also hold out any cards of players who have photo variations too.  Players who have photo variations tend to be the ones in which people think have the most potential.  That’s my personal strategy.  Lots of future potential.

Checklist

Here is what I pulled:

Autos

• Davis Wendzel Chrome Draft Pick Purple Refractor Auto #’ed/250
• Ryan Zeferjahn Chrome Draft Pick Auto
• Tyler Baum Chrome Draft Pick Auto

Parallels

• Matt Mercer Green #’ed/99
• Anthony Seigler Purple #’ed/250
• Ethan Small Sky Blue #’ed/499
• Ronny Mauricio Chrome Green Refractor #’ed/99
• Cristian Javier Chrome Blue Refractor #’ed/150
• Eric Yang Chrome Sky Blue Refractor
• Jack Kochanowicz Chrome Refractor
• Nick Quintana Chrome Refractor
• Tyler Callihan Chrome Refractor
• Tony Locey Chrome Refractor
• Erik Rivera Chrome Refractor
• Anthony Prato Chrome Refractor
• Cal Mitchell Chrome Refractor
• Ronny Mauricio Chrome Refractor
• Spencer Brickhouse Chrome Refractor
• Tyler Fitzgerald Chrome Refractor
• Joey Bart Chrome Refractor
• Jared Triolo Chrome Refractor
• Royce Lewis Chrome Refractor
• Julio Rodriguez Chrome Refractor
• Brice Turang Chrome Refractor
• Jake Agnos Chrome Refractor
• Tim Tebow Chrome Refractor
• Josh Smith Chrome Refractor
• Logan Wyatt Chrome Refractor
• Andrew Schultz Chrome Refractor
• Conner Capel Chrome Refractor
• J.J. Bleday Chrome Refractor
• Hudson Head Chrome Refractor

Inserts

• CJ Abrams 1989 Bowman 30th Anniversary
• Hunter Bishop Draft Pick Breakdown
• CJ Abrams Draft Pick Breakdown
• MacKenzie Gore/Ryan Weathers/CJ Abrams Draft Progression
• Cal Mitchell/Travis Swaggerty/Quinn Priester Draft Progression
• Heliot Ramos/Joey Bart/Hunter Bishop Draft Progression
• Pavin Smith/Jake McCarthy/Corbin Carroll Draft Progression
• Kody Hoese/Michael Busch Franchise Futures
• Blake Walston/Brennan Malone Franchise Futures
• Quinn Priester/Sammy Siani Franchise Futures
• Adley Rutschman/Gunnar Henderson Franchise Futures