Buzz Break: 2019 Bowman Chrome baseball cards (hobby box)

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The box: 2019 Bowman Chrome (hobby box)
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Packs per box: 12 (six per mini box)
Cards per pack: 5
Cards in this box: 60
Base set: 22 of 100 (22 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Bryce Harper, Giancarlo Stanton, Francisco Lindor, Aaron Judge, Christian Yelich

Rookie Cards (9) – Cal Quantrill, Danny Jansen, Bryse Wilson, Kolby Allard, Corbin Burnes, Jonathan Loaisiga, Dakota Hudson, Chance Adams, Engel De Los Santos

Insert/short-print cards: 36 (all in gallery below with some base)
Prospects (24) – Tim Tebow, Owen Miller, Roansy Contreras, Leonardo Jimenez, Garrett Whitlock, Israel Pineda, Jordan Yamamoto, Mike Siani, Joey Bart, Briam Campusano, Ryan Rolison, Aramis Ademan, MacKenzie Gore, Nick Pratto, Grayson Rodriguez, Jesus Sanchez, Sean Hjelle, Kristian Robinson, Tony Santillan, Ryan McKenna, Alec Bohm, Brendan McKay, Nolan Jones, Mitchell White
Refractors (1) – Nick Senzel (/499)
Purple Refractors (1) – Chris Sale (/250)
Blue Refractors (1) – Jacob deGrom (/150)
Blue Prospect Refractors (1) – Taylor Trammell (/150)
Purple Shimmer Prospect Refractors (1) – Alex Kirilloff
Stat Tracker (4) – Genesis Cabrera, Casey Mize, Drew Waters, Ronaldo Hernandez
Elite Farmhands (1) – Joey Bart
AFL Fall Stars (2) – Jordan Yamamoto, Julio Pablo Martinez

Autographs/Memorabilia: 2
Chrome Prospect Autographs (1) – Melvin Adon
Chrome Prospect Refractor Autographs (1) – Cole Irvin (/499)

What's Buzz-worthy: On the odds panel, this one over-delivered pretty well with a Refractor auto (one in 61 packs), a RC Refractor (1:21), a Purple parallel (1:43), a Blue (1:71) and then a Blue prospect with the same odds. That's a good amount of color but this one still felt pretty flat in terms of who I pulled. Look at that RC list and the first Bowman cards -- is Tim Tebow my highlight? The feel of everything here is on-par with Bowman releases so it generally grades high for the product but this one didn't seem like all that fun of a rip. I think there just needs to be more variety in this one, though I know simplicity is wanted by a lot of collectors out there. The variety would help when you get a box that's lean on star power (or in need of names who generate more Buzz sales-wise). There's plenty of potential here with the rookie crop -- and the other box format includes just three autos per box if that's your sole focus -- but this box didn't ultimately show it. Your box should -- hit that link above.

Product Grade: A-
Box Grade: B (helped by parallels with higher odds but ultimately closer to an average box)
Fun Grade: B

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