Card of the Day: Darin Ruf 2022 Topps Update Series #106

2022 Topps Chrome Sapphire Edition Update Series Baseball Box Break & Review

Collector Type: Set/Rookie/Parallel Fan

I had never opened a Sapphire product until now. In the past I have purchased various Sapphire products to flip.

When the regular 2022 Topps Chrome Sapphire Edition Baseball was released it debuted at $249.99/box. That was a bit too expensive for me considering there aren’t any autographs. So I made the decision to skip it.

After hearing that 2022 Topps Chrome Sapphire Edition Update Series Baseball included on-card autographs everyone expected the price to be very high. Turns out that wasn’t the case. Boxes debuted at $129.99. Topps can be all over the place when it comes to pricing. Sometimes its high. Sometimes its low. Sometimes its right on.

The base set consists of (330) cards. Parallels include Green #’ed/75 (1:9), Gold #’ed/50 (1:13), Orange #’ed/25 (1:26), Purple #’ed/10 (1:64), Red #’ed/5 (1:127), Superfractor #’ed 1/1 (1:1,598), and Padparadscha #’ed 1/1 (1:1,039).

Autographs are #’ed/25 or less. Parallels include Orange #’ed/25 (1:817), Purple #’ed/10 (1:2,043), Red #’ed/5 (1:4,085), Superfractor #’ed 1/1 (1:20,013).

The autographs are difficult to pull. But at least this product has them. And with a small autograph checklist when one is pulled it is usually of a top rookie.

On-card autographs are always better than stickers. Collectors were hoping not too many of them would be packed-out as redemption cards. So far the only redemption autograph looks to be of Jeremy Peña.

Each box should contain at least (2) parallels. I’ve seen some with (1) and others containing (3).

I bought this box because it had a reasonable debut price, and wanted to open a Sapphire product. The chance at pulling an autograph was also a nice bonus.

Seeing that this is the only product where you can find on-card Sapphire autographs of top rookies from 2022, box prices could skyrocket if any of them work out. On the other side those players could flop, and box prices could tank.

No Julio Rodriguez, Bobby Witt Jr., or Spencer Torkelson rookie cards found in my box.

As I mentioned before, this is the first Sapphire product I’ve opened. This is also the first time I’ve seen Sapphire cards in-hand. I can see why collectors go crazy for them.

2023 members of the Topps 582 Montgomery Club will receive (1) 20-card set, and the factory set this year. It would be really cool if that 20-card set would be printed on Chrome Sapphire card stock. The set should consist of subjects that haven’t had Chrome Sapphire cards made yet. Off the top of my head Mickey Mantle, Phillie Phanatic, and Mike Schmidt would make great additions.

Checklist

Here is what I pulled:

Parallels:

• Adam Frazier Gold Refractor #’ed/50
• Hunter Renfroe Green Refractor #’ed/75

Rookies:

• Jason Krizan RC #US65
• Felix Bautista RC #US225
• Ryan Pepiot #US109
• MacKenzie Gore RC #US81
• Brendan Donovan RC #US150
• Jack Suwinski RC #US236
• Shane Baz RC Rookie Debut #US240
• Nick Allen RC #US117
• Bryan Lavastida RC #US317

Base:

• Nick Castellanos #US266
• Garrett Stubbs #US315
• Michael Lorenzen #US84
• Andrew Stevenson #US173
• Matt Chapman #US235
• Cole Sulser #US103
• Sergio Romo #US322
• Sean Manaea #US48
• Jace Peterson #US12
• Drew Smyly #US138
• Opening Day Bronx Bash #US45
• Boston Flex #US11
• Cole Irvin #US292
• Luis Guillorme #US107
• Robert Suarez/Steven Wilson #US239
• Jurickson Profar #US69
• Archie Bradley #US98
• Andrew Knizner #US329
• Brad Miller #US91
• Kyle Cody #US96
• Adam Engel #US323

Card of the Day: Jeremy Peña 2022 Topps Update Series #276

2022 Topps 582 Montgomery Club Factory Set Update

When members of the Topps 582 Montgomery Club opened their exclusive factory set they were a little disappointed to see that key rookie cards of Bobby Witt Jr., Spencer Torkelson, and Julio Rodriguez did not come with the 582 Montgomery Club foil stamp printed on them.

Topps heard the disappointment and sent this e-mail out to members last night:

Members like myself were pleasantly surprised to see this e-mail. It sounds like members will be getting additional rookies of Bobby Witt Jr., Spencer Torkelson, and Julio Rodriguez with the foil stamp on them. I don’t think anyone saw this coming. When they arrive I’ll be sure to show them off.

Card of the Day: Nick Maton 2021 Topps Chrome Update Series Sapphire Edition #US251

Card of the Day: Wonderful Monds 1996 Fleer Update #105

Card of the Day: Dustin Moseley 2011 Topps Update Series #US211

2021 Topps Update Series Baseball Hobby Box Break

How about another hobby box of 2021 Topps Update Series Baseball? I opened one a few weeks ago, but lets do another.

Here is what I pulled:

Relic:

• Tarik Skubal RC Major League Material Relic Black #’ed/199

Parallels:

• Kolten Wong Advanced Stat #’ed/300
• Chris Archer Green Foil #’ed/499
• Adam Cimber Gold #’ed/2021
• Travis Blankenhorn RC Rainbow Foil
• Tony Watson Rainbow Foil

Photo Variation:

• Andres Gimenez RC SP #US65

Inserts:

• Dave Winfield Topps Platinum Players Die-Cuts
• Ke’Bryan Hayes RC Topps Black Gold
• Logan Gilbert RC 70 Years of Topps Baseball
• Nick Madrigal RC 70 Years of Topps Baseball
• Dylan Carlson RC 70 Years of Topps Baseball
• Willie Mays 70 Years of Topps Baseball
• Manny Machado 2021 MLB All-Stars
• Matt Olson 2021 MLB All-Stars
• Joey Gallo 2021 MLB All-Stars
• Jacob deGrom 2021 MLB All-Stars
• Juan Soto 2021 MLB All-Stars
• Jared Walsh 2021 MLB All-Stars
• Adam Wainwright 1986 Topps 35th Anniversary
• Ramon Laureano 1986 Topps 35th Anniversary
• Bo Jackson 1986 Topps 35th Anniversary
• Nick Castellanos 1986 Topps 35th Anniversary
• Kyle Seager 1986 Topps 35th Anniversary
• Shohei Ohtani 1986 Topps 35th Anniversary
• Bo Jackson Topps Chrome 1986 Topps 35th Anniversary
• Josh Donaldson Topps Chrome 1986 Topps 35th Anniversary
• Cody Bellinger Topps Chrome 1986 Topps 35th Anniversary
• Taylor Trammell RC Topps Chrome 1986 Topps 35th Anniversary

Giants ’21 Topps Update Series Auto Contest Winner Announced

Congrats to Todd Warren on being the lucky winner of the Luis Alexander Basabe RC 2021 Topps Update Series 1986 Topps 35th Anniversary Auto. Once Todd Warren sends me his mailing address, I will ship this card ASAP. Thanks!

Giants ’21 Topps Update Series Auto Contest! – NOW CLOSED

This contest is for a Luis Alexander Basabe RC 2021 Topps Update Series 1986 Topps 35th Anniversary Auto. Good luck!!!

Contest Details:

• This contest will end Friday, November 26, 2021 @ 7:00 p.m. EST.
• To enter, please leave a comment in this post.
• You can enter once per day.
• The winner will be selected at random.
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• The winner will receive an e-mail when the contest is over.
• The winner has one week to send me their contact information or the contest will be held again.
• Once the contest is over, I will need the winner’s mailing address so I can ship them this card for FREE!!!