Buzz Break: 2018 Donruss baseball cards (hanger box)

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

Packs per box: 1
Cards per pack: 60
Set completion: 
49 of 270 (18 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Aaron Judge, Kris Bryant, Buster Posey, Max Scherzer, George Brett, Harmon Killebrew, Paul Goldschmidt, Miguel Cabrera, Mike Piazza, Clayton Kershaw

Insert/short-print cards: 18 (gallery of these and more below)
Variations (5) – Kirby Puckett (10x All-Star), Eddie Mathews (12x All-Star), Joe Morgan (Big Red Machine), Nolan Ryan (1984 alternate photo), Buster Posey (full name)
Rated Rookie (3) – Rhys Hoskins, Brandon Woodruff, Dustin Fowler
Diamond Kings (4) – Wil Myers, Freddie Freeman, Eric Hosmer, Anthony Rizzo
Holo Green parallels (5) – Buster Posey, J.D. Martinez, Daniel Murphy, Nomar Mazara, Harmon Killebrew (1984)
American Pride (1) – Tim Cate (/999)

Autographs/memorabilia: None

What's Buzz-worthy: It's baseball season so here's one more ... As said before on these, this year's blaster boxes for Donruss don't have a guaranteed hit in them every single time like last year, but you'll find a boatload of inserts and variations -- they don't have to be rare to be fun or collectable -- no matter which format you choose. (Ironically, you'll also find more cards in these hangers vs. the 56 in the blasters.) This new Donruss design is joined by a subset of 1984 cards as well as the typical somewhat short-printed Rated Rookies and Diamond Kings. Rounding things out is a selection of cards showing multiple players in the style of late 1980s and early 1990s Fleer's "Superstar Specials." A big reason to dig in here? Shohei Ohtani cards, inserts, memorabilia cards and autographs, though (spoiler alert) I've found none in the several hangers I've ripped. Nevertheless, I'll keep on ripping this one if it presents itself. About the only drawback is a simple base design that really feels like it's ready for being Optichromed later in the year. We'll see.

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

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