Buzz Break: 2019 Bowman baseball cards (blaster box)

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The box: 2019 Bowman baseball cards (blaster)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for a few formats)

Packs per box: 6
Cards per pack: 12
Cards per box: 72

Set completion: 
37 of 100 (37 percent)
Duplicates: 0
Prospect set completion: 
18 of 150 (12 percent)
Duplicates: 0
Chrome Prospect set completion: 
12 of 150 (8 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base/prospect cards – Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Ronald Acuña Jr., Juan Soto, Mike Trout, Kris Bryant, Anthony Rizzo, Clayton Kershaw, Nolan Arenado, Aaron Judge, Bo Bichette, Seth Beer, Adam Haseley, Cristian Javier, Edward Cabrera, Ronaldo Hernandez

Rookie Cards (14) – Kyle Tucker, Michael Kopech, Jeff McNeil, Adolis Garcia, Chris Shaw, Stevenn Duggar, Williams Astudillo, Kevin Newman, Kevin Kramer, Taylor Ward, Rowdy Tellez, Bryse Wilson, Aramis Garcia, D.J. Stewart

Insert cards: 35 (highlights in gallery below)
Prospects (18) – Notables noted above
Chrome Prospects (12) – Roberto Ramos, Travis Swaggerty, Matthew Liberatore, Drew Waters, Brendan Rodgers, Michel Baez, Yordan Alvarez, Hunter Greene, Brent Honeywell, Justin Dunn, Forrest Whitley, Reggie Lawson
Rookie of the Year Favorites (1) – Justus Sheffield
Bowman Scouts' Top 100 (1) – Jarred Kelenic
Ready For The Show (1) – Triston McKenzie
1989 Bowman 30th Anniversary (1) – Aaron Judge
Atomic 1989 Bowman 30th Anniversary (1) – Aaron Judge (/150)

Autographs/memorabilia: None

What's Buzz-worthy: My second blaster of this one delivered Aaron Judge on a 1989 card once again -- and this time a relatively rare parallel of that card, too.  The Atomics are one in 593 packs ... so that gets this box an A grade along with a number of notable names. However, since this year's blasters have fewer packs and seem a little dryer on how much they deliver, this still didn't feel like a flashy box to me. ... As said last time, the base set and its prospect counterparts are not symmetrical in their designs and I like that move, though I'm sure it will matter to some people out there. This one is on par with past Bowman releases but the meatier packs don't have a lot of extra flash. I got the exact number of basic cards and even the same number of RCs in this blaster as the last one but had a few more first Bowman cards than last time. There are some big potential pulls here so there are many reasons to dig in -- hobby being your first stop if you want to chase ink and big rarities -- but Bowman can always deliver pretty well ... either now or later.

Product Grade: A-
Box Grade: A- (good names and the Judge is a rare pull)
Fun Grade: B+

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