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: 
43 of 270 (16 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Mickey Mantle, Mike Trout, Bryce Harper, Joe Morgan, Tony Gwynn, Justin Verlander, Cody Bellinger, Wade Boggs, George Brett, Jim Palmer, Dave Winfield, Stephen Strasburg, Alex Bregman, Nolan Ryan, Giancarlo Stanton, Nolan Arenado, Clayton Kershaw, Manny Machado

Insert/short-print cards: 17 (gallery of these and more below)
Variations (7) – Ken Griffey Jr. (nickname), Aaron Judge (1984 alternate photo), Cody Bellinger (Unanimous ROY), Alex Bregman (alternate photo), Al Kaline (last name only), Bryce Harper (nickname), Andrew Benintendi (1984 alternate photo)
Rated Rookie (2) – Rafael Devers, J.P. Crawford
Diamond Kings (3) – Matt Olson, Miguel Cabrera, Noah Syndergaard
Holo Green parallels (5) – Jose Altuve, Luis Severino, Carlos Martinez, Andrew Benintendi, Kyle Seager

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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