Buzz Break: 2018 Bowman Chrome baseball cards (hobby box)

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The box: 2018 Bowman Chrome (hobby box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 12 (six per mini box)
Cards per pack: 5
Cards in this box: 60
Base set: 23 of 100 (23 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Buster Posey, Corey Seager, Kris Bryant, Francisco Lindor, Manny Machado, Miguel Cabrera

Rookie Cards (7) – Victor Robles, Amed Rosario, Zack Granite, Tyler O'Neill, Francisco Mejia, Dominic Smith, Luiz Gohara

Insert/short-print cards: 1  (all cards from box in gallery below)
Prospects (24) – D.J. Daniels, Lolo Sanchez, Daulton Varsho, Chris Torres, Jorge Guzman, Eduardo Diaz, Brusdar Graterol, Alec Hansen, Brent Rooker, Riley Pint, Shane Bieber, Austin Riley, Jay Groome, Logan Shore, Luis Ortiz, Jon Duplantier, Willy Adames, Garrett Hampson, Kyle Lewis, Gavin Sheets, Nicky Lopez, Franklin Perez, Kyle Funkhouser, Jeter Downs
Refractors (1) – J.P. Crawford (/499)
Prospect Refractors (1) – Tanner Houck (/499)
Purple Shimmer Prospect Refractors (1) – Aramis Ademan (/655)
Peaks of Potential (4) – Bo Bichette, Sixto Sanchez, Luis Robert, Andres Gimenez
Peaks of Potential Atomic Refractors (1) – Mitchell White (/150)
AFL Fall Stars (2) – Justus Sheffield, Tomas Nido
Bowman Sterling (1) – MacKenzie Gore

Autographs/Memorabilia: 2
Chrome Prospect Autographs (2) – Luis Medina, Micker Adolfo (redemption)

What's Buzz-worthy: This one statistically over-delivered as the basic Refractors are both listed at one in 20 packs, while the Atomic is one in 221 -- but the box still felt a little flat. Maybe that's partly due to the autograph redemption but Adolfo is actually the better of the two autographs right now. The crop of Rookie Cards in this box was relatively flat considering the checklist, while the prospects didn't have any of the names that jump off the page to me. This one has a lot of things to like -- for example, mini boxes, which means you can get a guaranteed autograph cheaper -- and there's a ton of high-end potential with all those big names in this one. With Bowman, though, it's always about the names who might end up being big ones later so this one doesn't sting as much as it might if it was a flat box of a non-prospecting brand.

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

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