Buzz Break: 2019 Donruss baseball cards (blaster box)

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The box: 2019 Donruss baseball cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Packs per box: 11 (10 standard, one bonus)
Cards per pack: 8
Cards per box: 88
Set completion: 
35 of 150 (23 percent)
Duplicates: 4

Notables on base cards – Shohei Ohtani, Alex Bregman, Albert Pujols, Joey Votto, Victor Robles, Justin Verlander, Clayton Kershaw

Insert/short-print cards: 49 (a sampling of these below)
Variations (10) – Kris Bryant (KB), Trevor Story (Trev), J.T. Realmuto (full name) J.D. Martinez (alternate photos on rest), Jose Ramirez, Jose Altuve, Adrian Beltre, Jacob deGrom, Brandon Lowe (1985), Trevor Richards (1985) 
Rated Rookie (4) – Kyle Wright, Michael Kopech, Steven Duggar, Ramon Laureano
Diamond Kings (6) – Hunter Renfroe, Max Muncy, Starling Marte, Eugenio Suarez, Matt Carpenter, Whit Merrifield
Retro 1985 (20) – Kevin Kramer (2), Johan Camargo (2), Patrick Corbin (2), Julio Urias (2), Eric Haase, Tanner Rainey, Bryse Wilson, Ryan Borucki, Framber Valdez, Nick Martini, Sean Reid-Foley, Ryan Meisinger, Luis Ortiz, Josh James, Matt Boyd, Daniel Palka
Independence Day parallel (1) – Sean Manaea
Purple parallels (4) – Andrew Benintendi, Khris Davis, Kyle Freeland, Grayson Grenier (1985)
Rapture Franchise Features (1) – Francisco Lindor
Rapture Elite Series (1) – Francisco Lindor
Rapture American Pride (1) – Josh Jung
Rapture Action All-Stars (1) – Mookie Betts

Autographs/Memorabilia: None

What's Buzz-worthy: Hobby boxes are a big winner for this one with guaranteed hits and plenty of variety for (right now) less than the price of four blasters. These blasters are the home of a ton of variations (one per pack) and a bonus pack that includes a mix of Purple parallels and Rapture parallel inserts. No hits are guaranteed in blasters, but it appears they are possible, so your main focus in every box would be on the inserts, while the variations and the Rated Rookies, Diamond Kings and Retro cards are essentially base in their feel. The basic design has a good feel to it, but it's not my taste. The non-bonus pack parallels do look to have interesting potential but there was only one here. All in all, this one delivered consistent with the previous blaster I busted here but this one just didn't seem like it had big enough names among the inserts and short-prints. As said before, you get good variety here but I think this is one I would have liked more had I ripped into a hobby box.

Product Grade: B+
Box Grade: C (feels like a very average box)
Fun Grade: B (not very flashy this time)

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