Buzz Break: 2018 Topps Chrome baseball cards (blaster box)

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

Packs per box: 8 (seven standard, one Sepia)
Cards per pack: 4
Cards in this box: 32
Base set completion: 
20 of 200 (10 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Corey Seager, Gary Sanchez, Yoan Moncada, Noah Syndergaard, Jose Altuve, Matt Chapman, Stephen Strasburg

Rookie Cards (7) – Rhys Hoskins, Jack Flaherty, Sandy Alcantara, Clint Frazier, Brandon Woodruff, Jen-Ho Tseng,  J.D. Davis

Insert cards: 24 (all inserts and some base in gallery below)
Sepia Refractors (4) – Cody Bellinger, Buster Posey, Jose Abreu, Jay Bruce
Refractors (2) – Harrison Bader, Kevin Pillar
Prism Refractors (1) – Jack Flaherty
Future Stars (1) – Gary Sanchez
Superstar Sensations (1) – Giancarlo Stanton
1983 Topps (2) – Giancarlo Stanton, Nick Williams
1983 Topps Orange (1) – Carlos Correa (/25)

Autographs/Memorabilia: None

What's Buzz-worthy: At first glance, this box probably isn't bad with a key rookie and some good names among the inserts (Sepias only in blasters, by the way), but a glance at the odds panel tells another story. That Orange card? That's one in 6,740 packs -- or one in 963 boxes. That's a crazy pull. I hadn't ripped into one of these yet -- instead previously opting for some of the value packs a mega box and a hobby box -- but this one delivered well. Autographs are found across the board in blasters with the easiest ones at one in 66 packs, so there is good reason to dig in here beyond the Sepias and standard stuff. ... I've not done as much flagship Topps this year but the wave and its parallels do seem to translate a bit better for Chrome. If you can find these on the affordable side, they're worth the rip with an autograph checklist (and other inclusions) that has a number of players who are ones to grab and tuck away, especially if rarer color. It's also a deep checklist of rookies where you could be coming back to these boxes later if players emerge.

Product Grade: A-
Box Grade: A+ (powered by Correa)
Fun Grade: B+

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