Buzz Break: 2019 Topps Heritage High Number MLB (blaster)

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The box: 2019 Topps Heritage High Number baseball cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)
First Buzz preview, SPs & checklist: Click here

Packs per box: 8
Cards per pack: 9
Cards in this box: 72
Base set completion: 
63 of 200 (32 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Austin Meadows, Tyler Glasnow, Yasiel Puig, Craig Kimbrel, J.D. Davis

Rookie Cards (14) – Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Fernando Tatis Jr., Keston Hiura, Carter Kieboom, Erik Swanson (SP), Jake Bauers, Eric Stamets, Griffin Canning, Kyle Zimmer, Cal Quantrill, Braden Bishop, Skye Bolt, Justus Sheffield, Josh Fuentes

Insert/short-print cards: 8 (all in gallery below with some base )
Short-prints (Nos. 701-725) (2) – Anibal Sanchez, Erik Swanson
1970 Topps Decals (1) – Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (Walmart boxes only)
Now & Then (1) – Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
Award Winners (1) – Steve Pearce
Rookie Performers (1) – Carter Kieboom
Baseball Scratch-off (1) – Rhys Hoskins
Combo Cards (1) – Ichiro Suzuki & Yusei Kikuchi

Autographs/Memorabilia: None

What's Buzz-worthy: My first blaster this year to not over-deliver a Chrome card but it made up for it with not one but three looks at Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and a number of the other key rookies to be found here. That's enough for a solid A grade to me though it's not flashy if you're one looking for hits or numbered cards. It does show how a small set that's loaded with rookies might deliver very well even in small boxes like this one. As said before, in the short-term a box like this one is a winner and in the long-term there should be good safety here with RCs in slabs. The set size here lends itself to being able to stockpile RCs more easily -- a plus -- but part of me wants more Heritage in the year and wishes this set was as large as the first series. (It'd be nice if the Update model and its heavy RC volume was plopped here.) This is a second straight year I've given Heritage High an A+ as a product and it's all about the RCs and the big ink that's possible. Nearly all of the hobby inclusions are also found here -- just at higher odds -- so there's plenty of reasons to rip into these boxes if you find them. One interesting thing to watch in these Walmart boxes? The Cloth cards -- they are seriously condition sensitive and you can't even penny sleeve them without damage. I'll be slabbing this Vladdy since it's very clean but still has a couple of specks on that bottom edge -- these could be very good cards in good grade in the long term for the key names like the one pulled here. Many arrive out of packs with damage.

Product Grade: A+
Box Grade: A
Fun Grade: A-

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