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2026 Topps Finest MLB Analysis and Deep Dive For some reason, it feels like there are more eyeballs on Finest than usual. And I’m guessing that has a lot to do with the new guy in the lineup- Mr. Mega Box. Traditionally a fairly limited Hobby only release, the addition of technically 3 new SKUs (First Day Issue, Breaker's Delight, Megas) already has Finest purists up in arms. On the other side, an affordable retail format has some collectors thrilled they might be able to enjoy a premium-ish product without blowing the budget. I get both sides. But my lane is not to take a side. My lane is to use numbers and data to punch that argument in the face. Is Finest still Finest? Or did it go the way of Panini Select and sell its soul just to collect those sweet retail dollars? The people have questions. After freediving into this odds sheet, I'm coming up for air. And I have answers. Welcome to 2026 Finest Baseball. Quick aside: If you get anything out of these deep dives at all, please consider following me on Substack. I have over 140 new product breakdowns in one easily searchable archive. And it's the best way to show your support. substack.com/@slabsquatch Part 1: The Basics Finest baseball drops tomorrow, July 8th. Hobby- $350/box Mega- $70/box First Day Issue boxes sold out at $800 via Dutch Auction, but since that ship has sailed, I won't be including it in any value metrics. It wouldn't earn any podium spots anyway. Also very relevant, Breaker's Delight boxes are generally only available via secondary market, so I don't expect prices to be favorable when they pop up. But spoiler alert...this Delight SKU is definitely doing Delight SKU things. Part 2: Production Numbers Total cards in the product: 15,844,620 2025 Finest total cards: 3,843,400 YOY +312% How about that for a introduction? AKA "The Mega Box Effect". Over 4× production vs 2025. Total production by format: Hobby- 64,953 boxes (8,119 cases) -----> YOY +1.4% FDI- 1,016 boxes (127 cases) Breaker's Delight- 10,296 boxes (1,716 cases) Megas- 245,490 boxes (12,275 cases) As you can see, Hobby production is almost exactly the same as 2025. All three other formats were just scabbed on top, resulting in the most robust Finest odds sheet in history. Part 3: Heat Map Hit Rates per box: Hobby- 2 autos, 8.75 inserts, 11.6 parallels, 4.25 numbered cards (Notably, 2025 Finest produced 20.15 parallels/box & 6.1 numbered cards. So those are down noticeably YOY.) FDI- 2 autos (including one FDI exclusive /11), 8.8 inserts, 13.7 parallels, 6.4 numbered cards (including 2 FDI exclusive /11) Breaker's Delight- 2 autos, 1.5 inserts, 7 parallels (including base Geometrics), 5.1 numbered cards Megas- 1 auto per 2.87 boxes, 5.3 inserts/box, 6.5 parallels/box (including 5 Mini Diamond), 1.6 numbered cards/box This is a good time to notice how solid Mega Box metrics appear. Now keep that in your back pocket. We'll get back to it. Part 4: Value Map Prices based on launch day pricing of $350/hobby & $70 Megas. I didn't want to leave out the fat kid, so I'm drawing a number out of thin air for Breaker's Delight. That number is $600/box. I will be very interested in seeing what they actually show up for, but this should give us a basis for comparison. $/card: 1) Megas- $1.46 2) Hobby- $5.83 3) Breaker's- $60.00 $/parallel: 1) Mega- $10.74 2) Hobby- $30.15 3) Breaker's- $87.34 (Parallels include base Geometrics.) $/auto: 1) Hobby- $166.67 2) Mega- $200.57 3) Breaker's- $300.00 $/# card: 1) Mega- $43.21 2) Hobby- $82.35 3) Breaker's- $117.88 $/numbered auto: 1) Hobby- $347.66 2) Breaker's- $390.22 3) Mega- $422.08 $/rare insert: 1) Mega- $766.50 2) Hobby- $2800.00 3) Breaker's- $4,602.00 $/Quality Hit (Parallels & Inserts /75 or less, Case Hit level or rarer inserts, Autos /100 or less): 1) Breaker's- $100.98 2) Hobby- $130.45 3) Mega- $132.14 Part 5: We Gotta Go Deeper I understand the above value list is a walking contradiction. But let's go a little deeper...past all the surface nonsense. During my research, there were a couple more stats that really stood out and gave me high hopes for Megas. Percentage of numbered Autos in Megas (47.5%) is almost identical to Hobby boxes (47.9%). They both fall far behind Breaker's at 76.9% and FDI at 74%. But you wouldn't expect Megas to be on par with Hobby boxes in regard to autos. The only problem is, despite what the numbers say, Megas are FAR behind Hobby in regard to autos. You see, in a move that would make Panini proud, Topps slipped in a little Auto subset called "Finest Mega Autos" that are exclusive to Megas. Out of an atrocious 86-card checklist, the best names you can hope to pull are probably Ronald Acuna, Sal Stewart, Vladdy Jr, and a very borderline Roki Sasaki. This checklist is abysmal. Oh, and guess what... 88% of the autos you pull from Megas will be from this barren wasteland of a checklist. Let that marinate. Generally speaking, the other auto subsets aren't what you might call dense with superstars, but they're in there. The main auto checklist, Finest Autographs, has a blistering 159 subjects, and as you can imagine there are some true space fillers included. I have to point out, there really are some loaded auto subsets- Finest Moments, Finest Ink, & Gustographs to name a few. But as hard as it is to pull a desirable auto from Hobby or Breaker's, I assure you it will be 10× harder from Megas. Part 6: The Rare Insert Conundrum Notice on the Value Map how it looks magnitudes more cost effective to pull a rare insert from Megas? Yeah. About that. First, keep in mind my definition of “Rare Inserts” is simply case-hit level or rarer. That does not always mean the print run is microscopic. And, as always, some are far more desirable than others. In this release, rare inserts would be: Aura Gusto Headliners Nightmare Fuel Smashing Through The Man This list is STACKED. These will be some of the most desirable pulls in the product. I'm a huge fan of Aura, Headliners, and The Man. Nightmare Fuel is new and dripping with potential, though it would be miles better if the players actually had appropriate poses and didn't just look goofy. The numbers tell us Rare Inserts will combine to fall almost precisely 1 per 8 box hobby case. This does not mean you are guaranteed to pull a rare insert from a case. But law of averages says you will. For Breaker's Delight, that is 1 per ~7.7 boxes, but those are 6-box cases. So I wouldn't expect to see a Rare Insert in every Delight case. For Megas, astoundingly the math works out to 1 Rare Insert per 10.95 boxes, or almost 2 per case. When I saw this, I could barely contain my excitement. Do we have Bowman Blasters 2.0 on our hands? Sadly, no. We got trolled again. You see, Topps slipped in two rather tough inserts that are Mega Box exclusives. And I truly don't think anyone will be doing backflips over "Finest Forces" and "Finest Futures". I could be wrong. But probably not. These two Inserts combine for 92.4% of the rare inserts you can expect to pull from Megas. So, you remember that sweet list of potential rare inserts I noted? From Megas, those will actually combine to fall 1 per 144.5 boxes, or 1 in every 7.225 cases. But on the bright side, you will find 1.7 Finest Forces or Finest Futures per case. So there's that. Part 7: Can We End This Thing Yet? We're all the way in the weeds now, but I thought it appropriate so my followers don't get fooled by the Mega Box conspiracy. The numbers tell us Hobby boxes at $350 are the best way to pull almost everything- parallels, all the desirable inserts, and autos. Hobby will be less potent than last year as it's been somewhat de-parallelified. Even though I may have bagged on Megas excessively, they are not disastrous. They shouldn't be something you go hard on expecting great things to happen. But they could be fun in small quantities, especially from a numbered card perspective. And with the Mini Diamonds exclusive to the format, there is definitely rare hit potential. Honestly, the truncated tiered checklist helps Megas greatly. With their strong suit being 1.6 numbered cards/box, it's much easier to hit the best names in parallels. If not for that, we'd be looking at the same dynamics as Platinum Chrome Megas (similar hit rates, similar autos) except at $70 rather than $30. Also, I expect Megas to be extremely popular. If you find yourself stopping by the Target shelf on a baby formula trip, what other retail option are you going to pick over Finest? Platinum Chrome & Bowman are all but dried up. So what’s left? Signature Class? Year-old Stadium Club? Trust me, these will sell. Not every Walmart buyer is in tune with the intricacies of Topps product dynamics like you degenerates are. Part 8: What Would the Squatch Do? The Squatch digs a little Finest and wouldn't mind ripping a couple boxes. It's probably not stashworthy for me, but I don't fault someone for putting a few away. It's certainly not going down in price. I think the Wild Card here is Delight boxes. They don't score super well on all the metrics. They never do. But the "$ per Quality Hit" is tasty. It's worth noting that I included Base Geometrics as a Quality Hit as their print runs are super low. It really depends on what price they drop at. For <$600, they could be sneaky good if you're feeling saucy. More than that, I'm leaning Hobby. But only at or very near drop pricing. $500 and I'm out. That's a wrap for the Squatch. Part 9: Print Runs Base card production: Base Common- ~94,190 ea Base Uncommon- ~13,780 ea Base Rare- ~4,600 ea Base Super Rare- ~145 ea Unnumbered Parallels: Common Refractors- ~3,555 ea Common Oil Spill- ~30 ea Common Xfractor- ~1,980 ea Common Geometric- ~50 ea Common Mini-Diamond- ~6,550 ea Uncommon Refractors- ~690 ea Uncommon Oil Spill- ~13 ea Uncommon Xfractor- ~990 ea Uncommon Geometric- ~35 ea Uncommon Mini Diamond- ~2,180 ea Rare Refractors- ~245 ea Rare Oil Spill- 5 ea Rare Xfractors- ~330 ea Rare Geometric- ~26 ea Rare Mini Diamond- ~730 ea Unnumbered Inserts: Arrivals (30 card CL)- ~13,750 ea Arrivals Refractor- ~3,825 ea Finest Timelines (10 card CL)- ~19,715 ea Finest Timelines Refractor- ~4,265 ea Topps Team Finest (25 card CL)- ~15,100 ea Topps Team Finest Refractor- ~3,935 ea Worlds Finest (35 card CL)- ~13,120 ea Worlds Finest Refractor- ~3,590 ea Finest Phenoms (Delight only, 25 card CL)- ~410 ea Rare Inserts: Aura (10 card CL)- ~50 ea Gusto (20 card CL)- ~170 ea Headliners (15 card CL)- ~50 ea Nightmare Fuel (20 card CL)- ~50 ea Smashing Through (20 card CL)- ~170 ea The Man (10 card CL)- ~170 ea Finest Forces (Mega only, 25 card CL)- ~330 ea Finest Futures (Mega only, 25 card CL)- ~330 ea Unnumbered Autos: Finest Autos (159 card CL)- ~260 ea Finest Autos Refractor- ~135 ea Finest Ink (24 card CL)- ~170 ea Finest Moments Autos (36 card CL)- ~160 ea Finest Personality Autos (15 card CL)- ~215 ea Gustographs (41 card CL)- ~25 ea Topps Rookie Cup Anniversary Autos (13 card CL)- ~50 ea Topps Rookie Cup Dual Autos (20 card CL)- ~15 ea Finest Rookie Patch Autos (37 card CL)- ~105 ea Finest Mystery Redemption (1 card CL)- ~90 ea Finest Mega Autos (Mega only, 86 card CL)- ~340 ea Finest Mega Autos Mini Diamond- ~120 ea #thehobby #SlabSquatchAnalytics #2026ToppsFinestMLB
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I know not everyone may have Spotify or Apple Podcasts so here is the full video episode from yesterday. It includes which non-debuted prospects had the best opening weekend in Spring Training + my conversation with Mariners prospect Ryan Sloan about his Bowman collection.
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2026 Topps Series 1 Analysis & Deep Dive If you enjoy this kind of content, please follow me on Substack, where I keep my entire archive of product breakdowns like this. substack.com/@slabsquatch?ut… As is a full-on tradition at this point, Topps was fashionably late with the odds sheet for one of the biggest releases of the year. In the meantime, anyone paying even mild attention has already watched a small army of content creators rip this stuff on camera, making sure to notate that we have fewer hits in some formats, fewer packs in others, but all arriving at the same conclusion: “Wow… they printed this to the moon!” Now that I've taken one for the team and sacrificed too many hours of my life combing through every detail of this massive odds sheet, I'm happy to report...we have some surprises in store! Well, not about print runs. That will surprise precisely no one. On my deep dives, it's not my intention to go over every basic detail of the product and its dynamics. There are plenty of content creators that do a fantastic job of that. My specialty is going deeper, letting the numbers weave the narrative, and pointing out the elements that are buried down in the crevasses of the odds sheets. Feel free to strap in for this one...there might be some turbulence: Total cards in product: 614,818,654 (This encompasses all 25 formats listed on the odds sheet, but not the factory sets that will undoubtedly release later in the year. It also appears there will be something similar to the Celebration box of 2025 that will likely share the base checklist, so this number is bound to rise.) 2025 Series 1 production: 437,853,600 YOY +40.4% Base cards per player: 2026 Series 1- 1,560,544 2025 Series 1- 1,092,061 YOY +42.9% I'd like to start by addressing the elephant in the room. Production went up a little. However, I'm not mad at it. It's Series 1. Getting upset about Series 1 being overproduced is like getting mad that McDonald's makes more cheeseburgers because customers keep buying up all the cheeseburgers. It's kinda the point. Total production by format: Hobby boxes- 200,200 (16,683 cases) Jumbo boxes- 116,288 (14,536 cases) Hanger boxes- 1,102,500 (17,226 cases) Fanatics Value Boxes- 63,200 (1,580 cases) Fat Packs- 1,313,064 (12,158 cases) Floor Display (I have to assume this is similar to what is typically called the Retail Display Box)- 24,144 boxes (2,012 cases) Mega Boxes- 296,980 (14,849 cases) Super Boxes- 245,184 (20,432 cases) Tins- 2,511,950 (69,776 cases) Value Boxes- 1,239,520 (30,988 cases) There are some other formats on the odds sheet that I figured production for, but will not play a part in my comparisons. Japan boxes will likely not be readily available in the US. Even if they were, I would not recommend them. Also, there are 4 different SKUs called "Club Super Box Bulk Packs A,B,C, & D". These are separate from regular Super Boxes. I have to assume they will end up in some different formats of mixed Super Boxes as we've seen in the past. Finally, there are 1.4m "Little League" packs produced that will presumably be given out to young ball players. Hit frequencies per box: Hobby- 0.34 autos (1 auto per 3 boxes), 3.4 parallels, 10 inserts, 1.4 # cards, 0.66 relics Jumbo- 1 auto, 9.7 parallels, 19.8 inserts, 2.7 # cards. 1.3 relics Hangers- 44 boxes/auto, 3.1 parallels, 6 inserts, 4.8 boxes/# card, 22.9 boxes/relic Fanatics blasters- 44 boxes/auto, 10 parallels, 10.7 inserts, 4.1 boxes/# card, 16.3 boxes/relic Fat packs- 96 packs/auto, 0.5 parallels, 2.5 inserts, 18.2 packs/# card, 45.2 packs/relic Floor Display- 5.3 boxes/auto, 5.5 parallels, 26.7 inserts, 1.4 boxes/# card, 2.3 boxes/relic Mega Boxes- 18.2 boxes/auto, 3.5 parallels, 22.5 inserts, 1.9 boxes/# card, 8 boxes/relic Super Boxes- 25.2 boxes/auto, 5.9 parallels, 15.4 inserts, 2.8 boxes/# card, 12 boxes/relic Tins- 480 boxes/auto!, 2.4 parallels, 2.1 inserts, 32 boxes/# card, 135 tins/relic Value Boxes- 129.2 boxes/auto, 3.4 parallels, 8 inserts, 4.3 boxes/# card, 54.9 boxes/relic Things to note: • Autos in Hobby are roughly what you’d expect for Series 1, though noticeably less frequent than they were in ’25 Update. • Topps didn't bless us with extra autos in jumbo like they did in '25 Update, but it appears about 30% of boxes will have an extra relic over the stated 1/box. • Hangers now have less than the typical 2 autos/case that we've seen recently. • Fanatics blasters have really gone downhill from an auto perspective and can no longer be blindly relied upon to provide decent value. Though they technically provide the best $ per parallel cost, it's almost entirely from the Topps Foil parallels as there's not much else going on in those boxes. • If you're looking for any sliver of value, I would not even think about buying Tins. Unless it's for a kid. Even then, there are better options where your kid may still like you after. • Value boxes for Flagship have never been good. Now they're not even trying. Value landscape: Pricing based on release day pricing for Hobby formats ($100/hobby, $210/jumbo) and MSRP for retail formats. $/card: 1) Fat pack- 19¢ 2) Hangers & Tins- 25¢ $/parallel 1) Fanatics box- $3.00 2) Super Box- $3.62 3) Hangers- $4.92 $/Auto 1) Jumbo- $210 2) Hobby- $294.12 3) Floor Display- $369.60 4) Hangers- $660 Had to go to a runner-up retail format in case "Floor Display" has different dynamics than "Retail Displays" of the past. $/# card 1) Hangers- $72.30 2) Hobby- $72.46 3) Jumbo- $78.95 Best formats for value: From an auto perspective, it won't surprise anyone that Jumbo & Hobby are very close with the slight edge going to Jumbo. For inserts & parallels Hobby is still solid, but Hangers and surprisingly "Floor Display" boxes provide a similar value. If we find that Floor Display boxes are not the typical $70, 20-pack retail boxes, then they would fall off, leaving Hangers as the clear retail winner as they are solid all the way around. Keep in mind, in small sample sizes, Hangers can feel pretty awful. But it takes ~7 hangers to reach the equivalent of 1 Hobby box, even more once the prices of hobby spike as it inevitably will. At one auto per 44 Hangers, they can feel exceedingly dry, but they are actually a cheaper way to pull desirable Inserts like Golden Mirrors, Heavy Lumber, All Aces & All Kings than either Hobby or Jumbo. Print runs: Unnumbered parallels: Silver Crackle- ~2,335 ea Diamante- ~6,300 ea Pink Diamante- ~300 ea Holo Foil- ~8,750 ea Rainbow Foil- ~12,170 ea Aqua Rainbow Foil- ~580 ea Aqua Holo Foil- ~240 ea Pink Holo Foil- ~1,070 ea Spring Training- ~7,080 ea Sandglitter- ~1,110 ea Topps Logo- ~1,445ea Golden Mirror Image Variation- ~80 ea Golden Mirror Legend Variation- ~22 ea Team Color Border Variation- ~1,360 ea True Photo Variation- ~90 ea Base Holiday Variations- ~7,180 ea Base Holiday Polka Dots Green/Pink- ~3,590 ea Base Holiday Polda Dots Purple/Blue- ~720 ea Base Holiday Chicks- ~720 ea Base Holiday Eggs- ~340 ea Base Holiday Rabbits- ~130 ea Unnumbered Inserts: Cover Athlete Cards (10 card CL)- ~70 ea 2025 All Topps Team (12 card CL)- ~92,550 ea 2025 All Topps Team Pink- ~900 ea Topps Profiles (25 card CL)- ~95,290 ea Topps Profiles Pink- ~900 ea Big Ticket Players (26 card CL)- ~91, 980 ea Big Ticket Players Pink- ~900 ea 2025's Greatest Hits (28 card CL)- ~89,360 ea 2025's Greatest Hits Pink- ~900 ea First Pitch (9 card CL)- ~92,940 ea First Pitch Pink- ~910 ea 1991 Topps (100 card CL)- ~114,500 ea 1991 Topps Pink- ~910 ea 1991 Topps Crackle Foil- ~10,400 ea 1991 Topps Pink Crackle Foil- ~460 ea Stars of MLB (30 card CL)- ~473,430 ea Stars of MLB Crackle Foil- ~480 ea Titans of the Game (20 card CL)- ~499,240 ea Titans of the Game Crackle Foil- ~480 ea Home Field Advantage (20 card CL)- ~435 ea Heavy Lumber (20 card CL)- ~450 ea All Aces (10 card CL)- ~260 ea All Kings (15 card CL)- ~250 ea Funko Base Cards (5 card CL)- ~490 ea Oversized Base Cards (Super Box, 16 card CL)- ~15,325 ea Companion Card (16 card CL)- ~15,325 ea 1952 Variation (25 card CL)- ~90 ea 1991 Topps Koi Fish (100 card CL)- ~3,000 ea Unnumbered Autos: Funko Base Autos (2 card CL)- ~10 ea Major League Material Autos (86 card CL)- ~80 ea Heavy Lumber Auto Relic (60 card CL)- ~25 ea Baseball Stars Autos (83 card CL)- ~925 ea 1991 Topps Autos (185 card CL)- ~460 ea 75 Yrs of Topps Die Cut Autos (77 card CL)- ~75 ea Flagship Real One Autos (48 card CL)- ~165 ea Unnumbered Relics: Major League Material (87 card CL)- ~2,470 ea City Connect Swatch Relic (50 card CL)- ~420 ea 1991 Topps Relics (91 card CL)- ~2,150 ea Real One Relics (80 card CL)- ~230 ea #thehobby #SlabSquatchAnalytics #2026ToppsSeries1
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🚨Leaked Documents‼️ Internal documents from Topps & Fanatics have leaked, revealing the "Confidential" data behind their hierarchy of breakers & distributors. These documents expose exactly who is moving the needle for Fanatics, including a 12-month rolling spend for their top partners. Top spenders include: 
Blowout Cards: $49.7M 💰
DA Card World: $42.3M 💰 Blez Sports Cards: $17.1M 💰
WeTheHobby: $13.6M 💰
FilthBomb: $12.9M 💰
Backyard Breaks: $9.9M 💰 Besides the money, the most interesting takeaway? The documents explicitly state that certain breaking operations are being identified for "stronger allocation support" specifically in exchange for breaking product on the Fanatics Live platform. If you wondered why your favorite breaker suddenly switched apps, the answer is in the paperwork. The leak also highlights special treatment for high-profile partners like Card Vault. While the store’s 12-month spend is lower than the giants at $3.4M, the company enjoys significant executive attention, and a special pricing structure. **link to article in comments**
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Last night in my Discord someone noticed that the reference to Chrome in Stadium Club had been removed from images of the Mega Boxes
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IT’S OFFICIAL: Shohei Ohtani, Aaron Judge, Ken Griffey Jr., and Hank Aaron grace the cover of 2026 Topps Series 1 ⚾️
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2025 Topps Update: On the heels of 2024 Update, one of the best flagship releases in quite some time, 2025 Update has some big shoes to fill. Here are what the odds sheets tell us: Total production: 2025 Update- 228.25m cards 2024 Update- 163.3m cards YOY +39.8% Base production: 2025- 197.16m cards (563,300 copies ea) 2024- 137.9m cards (394,000 copies ea) YOY +43% As is the trend, we have a considerable jump over last year's production. However, as usual, Update is still more limited than 2025 Series 1 (469.2m) & Series 2 (306.9m). Total sealed product (2025 vs 2024): Hobby 2025- 69,992 boxes (5,833 cases) 2024- 69,550 (5,796 cases) YOY +0.6% Jumbo 2025- 39,214 boxes (4,902 cases) 2024- 35,368 boxes (4,421 cases) YOY +10.9% Value Boxes 2025- 625,050 boxes (15,626 cases) 2024- 485,190 boxes (12,130 cases) YOY +28.8% Hanger Boxes 2025- 689,500 (10,773 cases) 2024- 647,500 (10,117 cases) YOY +6.5% Retail Display boxes 2025- 33,514 2024- 21,692 YOY +54.5% Fat Packs 2025- 1,300,353 (12,040 cases) 2024- 445,414 (4,124 cases) YOY +191.9% Fanatics Value Boxes 2025- 50,050 (1,251 cases) 2024- 50,048 (1,251 cases) YOY +0% Super Box 2025- 120,858 (10,072 cases) 2024- 137,812 (11,484 cases) YOY -12.3% One interesting format note is that Japan Edition odds are listed alongside all the American SKUs. I thought Japan was a sneaky good play last year because it had a shortened checklist, stacked rookie class, and production was only about 1% that of 2024 Series 1. However, this year it looks to be based off the same checklist and has some of the same parallels and inserts as the American Update, along with some Japanese exclusive stuff. And I apologize to our Japanese brethren, but it's now absolutely the worst value across the board aside from some shorter printed inserts. On a high note, we have about 50% more autos throughout the entire 2025 product than we did in 2024, so hit frequencies, though they may seem sparse in most retail SKUs, are actually better than last year. Hit frequencies: Hobby- 0.57 autos/box, 4.5 parallels/box, 15.65 inserts/box, 2.74 numbered cards/box Jumbo- 1.5 autos/box, 15.15 parallels/box, 30.9 inserts/box, 5.3 numbered cards/box Retail display box- 1 auto per 15.3 boxes, 6 parallels/box, 37 inserts/box, 1.26 numbered/box Hangers- 1 auto per 49 hangers (down from 1:60 last year), 2.6 parallels/box, 2.8 inserts/box, 1 numbered per 3.2 hangers Fat packs- 1 auto per 295 packs, 0.45 parallels/pack, 2.2 inserts/pack, 1 numbered per 6.1 packs Value boxes- 1 auto per 48.2 boxes, 4.8 parallels/box, 12.4 inserts/box, 1 numbered per 1.8 boxes Fanatics blasters- 1 auto per 15.2 boxes, 11.9 parallels/box, 16.7 inserts/box, 1 numbered per 1.8 boxes Super Box- 1 auto per 24.8 boxes, 6.5 parallels/box, 18.6 inserts/box, 1 numbered per 1.6 boxes Japan Edition- 1 auto per 4 boxes, 6.6 parallels/box, 26.9 inserts/box, 2.5 numbered cards/box Value landscape: Retail- We finally have an instance where Fanatics blasters don't blow all the other SKUs away. The cheapest $ per most parallels and inserts is actually Fat Packs, although they are atrocious for autos. Hangers & Super Boxes lag behind Fat Packs for parallels/inserts, but are not as abysmal for autos. As usual, Hobby/Jumbo will be the best overall value options at release pricing. But I don't suspect they'll stay that price for long. Hobby has autos in a little more than half the boxes and like last year, Jumbos look like they'll consistently provide more than the stated 1 auto/box as the avg is 1.5 autos/box. $ per card: 1) Fat pack- 19 cents 2) Hanger- 22 cents 3) Super box/Display box/Bulk packs- 25 cents Best $ per parallel 1) Fanatics Value box- $2.52 2) Hangers- $4.96 3) Value Boxes- $5.20 Worst $ per parallel 1) Hobby- $20.04 Best $ per Auto 1) Jumbo- $131.76 2) Hobby- $157.89 3) Fanatics blaster- $457.20 Worst $ per Auto 1) Fat Packs- $2,069.27 2) Value boxes- $1,205.50 Best $ per numbered card: 1) Hobby- $32.85 2) Jumbo- $36.72 3) Hangers- $41.21 4) Fat Packs- $42.98 Print runs Parallels: Silver Crackle Foilboard- ~3,120 Holofoil- ~3,280 Pink Diamante- ~985 Rainbow Foil- ~4,540 Aqua Rainbow Foil- ~110 Aqua Holo- ~90 Pink Holofoil- ~1,220 Topps Logo Foil- ~1,290 Sandglitter- ~560 Holiday Base (Values)- ~4,170 Holiday Jack O'Lantern- ~570 Golden Mirror SP- ~70 True Photo Variations- 100 Inserts: Bleacher Reachers- ~27,500 Bleacher Reachers Pink- ~1000 Most Valuable- ~27,100 Most Valuable Pink- ~1,000 First Pitch- ~27,700 First Pitch Pink- ~1,000 2025 All Star Game- ~82,050 2025 ASG Pink- ~1,000 Black Gold- ~27,500 Black Gold Pink- ~1,000 Mystical- ~27,500 Mystical Pink- ~1,000 Heavy Lumber- ~465 Home Field Advantage- ~5,380 Legendary HFA- ~100 1990 Topps- ~72,900 1990 Topps Pink- ~1,000 Stars of MLB- ~409,500 Stars of MLB Pink- ~1,030 Keegan Hall Art Cards- ~630 Oversized Base Cards (Super Box)- ~7,550 Companion Cards- ~7,550 Enamel Pins- ~12,090 Tokyo Series Highlight (Japan)- ~610 Strike Zone Heroes- ~620 Stars of Japan- ~620 1990 Topps Japan- ~620 Base Unnumbered Autos: Baseball Stars (46 card checklist)- ~500ea 1990 Topps Autos (106 card checklist)- ~700ea Flagship Real One Autos (45 card checklist)- ~200ea Relics: Major League Materials (40 cards checklist)- ~1,800 1990 Topps Relics (60 card checklist)- ~1,330 Rising Rookie Relics (39 card checklist)- ~1,000 All-Star Stitches (61 card checklist)- ~850 @CardPurchaser #thehobby #2025ToppsUpdate
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2025 Topps Holiday: Received confirmation of elusive "Stocking Stuffer" packs in Topps Holiday Baseball. These appear to be something very similar to the Snack Packs in Bowman with potential Metallic Candy Cane, Santa Bag, Ornament, Stocking & Holly parallels. Though we don't have odds yet for Holiday Baseball, the Stocking Stuffer packs are listed on the odds sheet for Holiday Basketball at 1:3002 packs, or 1:15 Mega cases. I would expect them to be seeded similarly in Holiday Baseball. Print run of the basketball version is 10 copies each (may or may not be numbered), and again likely similar for Baseball. Not sure if there are potential autos yet in these packs. @CardPurchaser #2025ToppsHoliday
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2025 Topps Pro Debut Baseball pre-orders available TODAY at 11am central! #ad Details: thetoppscompany.sjv.io/raxee…
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RT @CardPurchaser: These are the releases I can find listed on the Topps website right now. The dates can change pretty often so check the…
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