Here's a look at the top five players on this week's Baseball America Top MLB Prospects Hot Sheet and their seasons so far. It's a little something to help those who might want to dabble with prospecting -- some basics on their baseball cards alongside a highlight line from those more scouting-minded. We may not do this every week, but we'll check in on BA's top crop from time to time for the remainder of the season.

1. Luis Urias, 2B, Padres — Triple-A El Paso Chihuahuas
Season so far: Hitting .290 with 28 doubles, 8 homers, 44 RBI and 2 SBs in 114 games
Baseball America’s highlight line: “Urias reeled off five consecutive multi-hit games, including four three-hit games, and raised his season batting average from .270 to .290 in a span of six games. He finished the week off in grand style, belting the game-tying RBI triple in the ninth and then scoring the winning run on Sunday."
CARDBOARD BASICS
Approximate card total (so far): 200
First Chrome auto: Still to come
One auto to consider: 2016 Elite Extra Edition
Buzz’s card take: He's barely cracked 20 certified autos so there's just two places to find him right now -- 2016 Elite Extra Edition and 2018 Onyx Platinum Elite where his easiest auto is limited to only 200 copies. After his un-numbered Elite auto, none of the parallels there is more than 100 copies. All of this should help values right now.

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What:

What's buzz-worthy: What Panini calls "the industry standard for high-end trading cards" returns to the hardwood for another season with every autograph on-card and impressive patches as well as diamond cards also in the mix.

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What's Buzzing Today: Nothing but big pulls and case breaks in today's edition.

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The box: 2018 Topps Chrome baseball cards (mega box)
Where to buy: Click here for jumbo, hobby & blasters

Packs per box: 24
Cards per pack: 4
Cards in this box: 96
Base set completion: 
70 of 200 (35 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Mike Trout, Bryce Harper, Kris Bryant, Aaron Judge, Clayton Kershaw, Carlos Correa, Cody Bellinger, Giancarlo Stanton, Andrew Benintendi, Francisco Lindor, Buster Posey

Rookie Cards (19) – Ronald Acuña Jr., Miguel Andújar, Scott Kingery, Parker Bridwell, Andrw Stevenson, Chance Sisco, Anthony Banda, A.J. Minter, Max Fried, Francisco Mejia, Amed Rosario, Harrison Bader, Paul Blackburn, Greg Allen, Willie Calhoun, Raudy Read, Felix Jorge, Garrett Cooper

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The box: 2018 Topps Clearly Authentic baseball cards
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Cards per box: 1
Base set completion: 
1 of 52 (2 percent)
Duplicates: 0

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What's Buzzing Today: Big pulls and other highlights to start the work week, an awaited MLB debut to come and pondering if Justin Verlander is a Hall of Famer.

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What's Buzzing Today: An "unreal" day of ripping, seeking The Sandlot's stars, Mandy Rose, Peyton Manning and more in today's edition.

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What's Buzzing Today: Pondering big vintage card investments, chasing Mookie Betts RCs, busting a WWE Undisputed case, notable NFL pulls and more.

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From time to time, Buzz will break a box of something and post the results here. Like this and want to see more? Or maybe there's a box you'd want to see busted? Send Buzz an email at BlowoutBuzz@blowoutcards.com.

The box: 2018 Donruss NFL cards (jersey hanger box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Packs per box: 1
Cards per pack: 50
Base set completion: 
31 of 300 (10 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Ozzie Newsome, Leonard Fournette, Tony Dorsett, Matt Ryan, Khalil Mack, Drew Brees, Julian Edelman, Terry Bradshaw, Jameis Winston, Jared Goff, Andrew Luck, Kurt Warner

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What: 2018 Leaf Autographed Football Helmets
Arrives: Late October
Box basics: One autographed mini-helmet per box (three boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf brings a new batch of autographed helmets to the masses with a mix of past and present stars as well as multi-signed helmets and at least one name you might not expect ... Ben Affleck.

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The box: 2018 Topps Archives baseball cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 8 (seven standard packs, one coin pack)
Cards per pack: 7
Cards in this box: 58 (56 cards and two coins)
Base set completion: 
50 of 300 (17 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Gary Carter, Roberto Clemente, Wade Boggs, Buster Posey, Rod Carew, Kyle Schwarber, David Ortiz, Ozzie Smith, Greg Maddux, Will Clark, Justin Verlander, Ryne Sandberg, Aaron Judge

Rookie Cards (10) – Ronald Acuña Jr., Juan Soto, Chance Sisco, Luis Gohara, Tyler Mahle, Francisco Mejia, Brian Anderson, Jordan Hicks, Harrison Bader, Austin Meadows

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One of television's most-enigmatic series is coming back to cardboard next week packing plenty of star power for both its original run and its recent return.

It's Twin Peaks. 

Rittenhouse Archives is presenting this new set of 2018 Twin Peaks trading cards and it's one that packs more than 50 different standard autographed cards between the 1990 TV series and its 2017 counterpart alone.

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What's Buzzing Today: Huge pulls like this Tom Brady 1/1 autograph lead the way as we work toward the weekend.

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Quick, can you name the hottest wax box of the 1990s?

It's not anything from Topps, Fleer, Upper Deck, Donruss or any other creator from the sports-card world, it's one of these 1999 Pokemon First Edition (English) boxes and it commanded a solid five-figure sale on Friday via Huggins and Scott Auctions. 

How much?

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Have you seen the latest cool or interesting items on eBay? If not, you just might see some of those here every week as we're launching a weekly version of our eBay Buzz pieces that pop up from time to time. We’ll spotlight some items that have a story or just wow us with how much interest it might have — and we’re not just talking baseball cards, either.

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BIGGEST THING IN BASEBALL RIGHT NOW
The Item: Ronald Acuña 2017 Bowman's Best Green Refractor auto /99 (BGS 10-10)
The Price: $290 after 44 bids (active auction)
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: The early autograph cards for this young slugger typically get graded and put on eBay with new-car pricing but this card -- one that came just a .5 away from a perfect BGS Black slab -- is up as an active auction that will close in five days. His home run binge is something that we've already talked about here this week and it will be interesting to see where this one lands. Bowman's Best cards are typically overlooked vs. Chromes but they can command some good cash at times -- and it should do pretty well in a scenario like this where he's red-hot on the field.
Similar Pieces: More Ronald Acuña cards on eBay
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Keep reading for four more interesting items in this week's roundup ...

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What's Buzzing Today: Big pulls, Sweet Spot autos, fake NBA cards, Rookie Cards missing their RC logos and more.

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What:

What's buzz-worthy: This sophomore release for the gridiron arrives with plenty of foilboard and color, plenty of rookies, their autographs and a pairing of a present player and a past player on every base card just like last year.

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The Sandlot's stars.

The basic insert set for this one includes Scotty Smalls, Alan 'Yeah-Yeah' McClennan, Kenny DeNunez, Tommy 'Repeat' Timmons, Hamilton 'Ham' Porter, Michael 'Squints' Palledorous, Benny "The Jet" Rodriguez, Bertram Grover Weeks, Timmy Timmons, Wendy Peffercorn (despite her non-player status) and Hercules the dog who has a taste for Babe Ruth-signed baseballs.

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There's a new take on Topps baseball cards on the way.

A three-dimensional take.

The company teased on Wednesday that it will have a Topps On Demand set soon called Topps 3D that appears to apply a plastic multi-layered look at baseball cards via its online distribution platform -- and they are now live with a sale window that will last for the next 55 days.

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Hotlanta doesn't just apply to the city this time of year -- right now it also applies to one if its rookies.

Atlanta Braves outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr. hit a lead-off home run for the third consecutive game on Tuesday night and that was his fifth consecutive game overall with a homer. (And he hit two.) At just 20 years old, he's the youngest to do that in the last 100-plus years and he's the first player since Brady Anderson back in 1996 to open three straight games with a longball. (Anderson did it four times during his record lead-off streak.)

The MLB record for most consecutive games with a homer? That's eight -- a mark held by Ken Griffey Jr. (1993), Don Mattingly (1987) and Dale Young (1956). For the Braves, a franchise with a rich home run history, he's tied the consecutive games mark held by eight players -- a group that includes Hall of Famers Rogers Hornsby, Hank Aaron and Chipper Jones. (How many homers does Acuña have in his last eight games? Eight -- just not in every game in a row.)

For the season, Acuña is hitting .288 with 19 home runs and and 43 RBI -- and since the All-Star break (24 games) he's hitting .358 and 12 of those home runs have come during that time. And for collectors, it's also at a time when his Rookie Cards are beginning to regularly appear in baseball card sets released this season.

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What: 2018 Leaf Soccer Immortal Collection
Arrives: Late September
Box basics: One autograph per four-card box (four boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf celebrates soccer's biggest stars with a premium brand that packs ink in every box and some of the most-notable names from the past and present.

Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.

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What's Buzzing Today: Pondering Heritage High Number demand, Ronald Acuña and big pulls from a few different directions.

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From time to time, Buzz will break a box of something and post the results here. Like this and want to see more? Or maybe there's a box you'd want to see busted? Send Buzz an email at BlowoutBuzz@blowoutcards.com.

The box: 2018 Topps Allen & Ginter baseball cards (hobby box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 25 (24 plus box-topper)
Cards per pack: 8
Cards in this box: 193
Base set completion: 
130 of 300 (43 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Hank Aaron, Sloane Stephens, Buster Posey, Derek Jeter, George Brett, Manny Machado, Champ Pederson, Jose Altuve, Ryne Sandberg, Gary Sanchez, Michael Rapaport, Sonny Fredrickson, Ty Cobb, Jackie Robinson, Mark McGwire, Theo Epstein, Lou Gehrig, Roberto Clemente, Jim Thome, Luis Severino

Rookie Cards (14) – Shohei Ohtani, Erick Fedde (SP), Christian Villanueva (SP), Rafael Devers, Jack Flaherty, Scott Kingery, J.D. Davis, Walker Buehler, Amed Rosario, Clint Frazier, J.P. Crawford, Garrett Cooper, Lucas Sims, Ryan McMahon

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What:

What's buzz-worthy: Flawless returns to the baseball diamond once again with more ink, more variety to the gem cards and plenty of big-time memorabilia cards.

Keep reading for more info and a full gallery of images released so far.

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What: 2018 Futera Unique soccer cards
Arrives: Sept. 12
Box basics: Four autograph, memorabilia or gold-plated framed autograph/memorabilia cards per box (18 boxes per case via three inners)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Fans of the global game -- past and present -- get a new option from Futera very soon with this one including a number of inclusions beyond the hits, which are found in every pack.

Keep reading for more info as well as a gallery of early images.

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