Buzz Break: 2018 Bowman baseball cards (blaster box)

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The box: 2018 Bowman baseball cards (blaster)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for a few formats)

Packs per box: 8
Cards per pack: 10
Cards per lot: 80

Set completion: 
33 of 100 (33 percent)
Duplicates: 0
Prospect set completion: 
24 of 150 (16 percent)
Duplicates: 0
Chrome Prospect set completion: 
15 of 150 (10 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base/prospect cards – Hunter Greene, Ronald Acuna, Cristian Pache, Nick Senzel, Kris Bryant, Gary Sanchez, Buster Posey, Andrew Benintendi, Albert Pujols, Yoan Moncada, Miguel Cabrera, Manny Machado, Taylor Ward, Eric Pardinho, MacKenzie Gore, Dylan Cozens, Jeren Kendall, Nick Gordon, Cal Quantrill

Rookie Cards (16) – Shohei Ohtani, Ozzie Albies, Miguel Andujar, Luiz Gohara, Chance Sisco, Harrison Bader, Nicky Delmonico, Willie Calhoun, Lucas Sims, J.P. Crawford, Dominic Smith, Richard Urena, Walker Buehler, Austin Hays, Erick Fedde, Parker Bridwell

Insert cards: 47 (highlights in gallery below)
Prospects (24) – Notables above
Chrome Prospects (15) – Notables above
Big League Breakthrough (1) – Andres Gimenez
Chrome Prospects Blue Shimmer Refractor (1) – Trevor Rogers (/150)
Talent Pipeline (1) – Cubs (Jose Albertos, Adbert Alzolay, Mark Zagunis)
ROY Favorites (1) – Francisco Mejia
Bowman Scouts' Top 100 (2) – Chance Sisco, Juan Soto
Bowman Birthdays (1) – Rhys Hoskins
#BowmanTrending (1) – Sixto Sanchez

Autographs/memorabilia: None

What's Buzz-worthy: I couldn't give a hitless box an A+ grade but this one has to be very close to that if you look at the odds panel. The Breakthrough inserts are one in every 223 packs, the Blue Shimmer card is one in every 209 packs and the box included a Shohei Ohtani Rookie Card. About the only drawback to what was found in this one is that the Breakthrough card has a rough-cut edge, meaning it will definitely get scratched if he somehow plays in an MLB game this season. The crop of prospects, base cards and Rookie Cards here is very strong for a blaster -- others I ripped didn't come close -- and it appears that there won't be numbered color parallels in every box. (Meanwhile, I went streaking here because every box I ripped had one.) The bummer of not finding any blasters in my area was dissipated after this box -- and its results made it worth the wait. You'll see more of these boxes here in the coming weeks ... if I can find more of them after my first three get Buzzed here.

Product Grade: A
Box Grade: A
Fun Grade: A

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