Buzz Break: 2019 Topps Heritage High Number (monster box)

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

Keep reading for a breakdown of what was in this one ...

Packs per box: 16 (15 standard, one four-card Chrome bonus pack)
Cards per pack: 9
Cards in this box: 139
Base set completion: 
120 of 200 (60 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Max Fried, Manny Machado, Byron Buxton

Rookie Cards (24) – Notables include Pete Alonso ... see all rookies in gallery

Insert/short-print cards: 17 (all in gallery below with some base)
Short-prints (Nos. 701-725) (5) – Ryan Helsley (RC), Dominic Leone, Daniel Vogelbach, Anibal Sanchez, Chris Devenski
Now & Then (2) – Ryan Braun, Khris Davis
Award Winners (2) – Christian Yelich, Blake Snell
Rookie Performers (2) – Eloy Jimenez, Keston Hiura
Combo Cards (1) – Manny Machado & Fernando Tatis Jr.
The Hammer's Greatest Hits (1) – Hank Aaron (home run No. 1)
Chrome Refractors (4) – Merrill Kelly, Kevin Pillar, Francisco Mejia, Robinson Chirinos (/570) (topper pack)

Autographs/Memorabilia: None

What's Buzz-worthy: It's been more than two years since I've ripped into one of these, but with it on sale right now I bit. Why? Strong rookies -- with parallels -- and the possibilities of a lot more here with autographs and other rare/unusual hits in a larger-format box -- albeit still at long odds. This time? I defied the odds and landed just one of the notable rookies in this one ... something that should be hard to do. At best this was an average box with most of my inserts and SPs eluding top-name players save for Aaron and maybe the Machado-Tatis card but none of those are money cards. Heck, even the Alonso isn't ... but at least he's a highlight. The Chrome cards are only found in these boxes but the player list there wasn't strong even back in 2019 but the Kelly card is perhaps a mild highlight there. Why rip? Check out that checklist at the link up top and you'll see some definite money autos and Chromes and a lot more in this one on the insert front than what I landed. It's all possible here ... just at odds where they won't be in every box. This Topps.com-only release is a little more limited than the regular stuff but the only exclusives are the topper pack. You do get more volume here than what is in a blaster and that's another reason to rip -- more shots at the rarer stuff that's in there. Nearly all types of rarer inclusions in Heritage hobby packs are also found here (odds not easy in either format) and that includes ink and even Superfractors. The relative safety here is in the pack volume ,,, but that didn't help this time. Maybe next time.

Product Grade: A+
Box Grade: C (missed on nearly every top rookie here save for Alonso, which should be tough to do)
Fun Grade: C (see above)

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