Buzz Break: 2019 & 2020 USA Baseball Stars & Stripes racks

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The sets: 2019 & 2020 Panini USA Baseball Stars & Stripes rack sets
Where to buy: Directly via USA Baseball Shop for these -- BlowoutCards.com for hobby boxes
Cards per set: 71 for 2019; 73 for 2020
Base set completion: 
68 of 68 (100 percent) for 2019; 70 of 70 (100 percent) for 2020

Insert cards: 1 (all inserts and hits in gallery below with some other highlights)
Japanese Collegiate All-Stars (2019 set) (1) – Hiromi Ito

Autographs/Memorabilia: 5
From the 2019 set ...
2018 EEE 15U Signatures Red (1) – Ryan Clifford (/100)
2018 EEE Contenders Collegiate Tickets Signatures Red (1) – Will Wilson (/100)

From the 2020 set ...
2019 EEE 15U Signatures Red (1) – Matthew Matthijs (/150)
2019 EEE 18U Signatures Red (1) – Drew Romo (/150)
2019 EEE Contenders Collegiate Tickets Signatures Blue (1) – Max Meyer (/150)

What's Buzz-worthy: These were such a good deal, here's one more break -- and you'll see the same base card images as last time (those don't change here) and then the new hits in the gallery below. I'm not sure this pairing was as strong as the last one, but this is still a pretty solid break for the price. Wilson was drafted with the 15th pick by the Angels so the Red Contenders card looks even better with that team. The Clifford auto might not come into play for a couple years and the same for the Matthijs card. Romo checks in at No. 26 on this 2020 MLB Draft Prospects list, while Meyer is at 24 -- so there's some potential with this pair of sets. As I said last time, I didn't bust much USA Baseball last year but last week's arrival of the 2020 Panini Stars & Stripes USA Baseball rack set -- a USA Baseball Shop exclusive release -- let me revisit last year's set for just $5 when it was bundled with this year's version ($15) for the total price of a blaster. I will readily admit I knew a lot more names in last year's set than this year's (I'm just too busy to prospect super-hard pre-draft but I enjoy early and cheap cardboard), but both sets are the homes for players who will be taken in the next draft (whenever that happens) or in the years to come as the sets includes he 15U, 18U and Collegiate National Teams. I checked the MLB.com draft prospect rankings and found 19 players on the checklist in the top 50 and most of those are in the top 20 on the list. (See the gallery.) The extras are the big draw here but base cards of key names aren't bad finds, either for the price. (A wider range of autographs and memorabilia cards are in the hobby boxes -- link up top.) If you land the right names on ink, they pay for a set or two (or more), while others might not but these combos aren't bad for the price of a blaster. The price on the hobby boxes from last year is solid right now as some top prospects who are already in MiLB are in there.

Product Grade: A- (both years)
Lot Grade: B+
Fun Grade: B (simple and cheap)

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GALLERY | 2019 & 2020 Panini USA Baseball Stars & Stripes rack set highlights & hits ... click for a closer look