Buzz Break: 2020 Panini Chronicles baseball cards (blaster)

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The box: 2020 Panini Chronicles baseball cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of images.

Packs per box: 4
Cards per pack: 6 (Unparalleled cards added into packs instead of bonus pack ... error on box)
Cards in this box: 24
Base set completion: 
2 of 45 (4 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Base cards – Dylan Cease, Yordan Alvarez (both RCs)

Insert cards: 22 (all cards from box in gallery below)
Certified (2) – Mike Trout, Danny Mendick
Certified Green (1) – Kwang-Hyun Kim
Classics (1) – Jaylin Davis
Crusade Ruby Wave (1) – Fernando Tatis Jr. (/199)
Legacy (1) – Adrian Morejon
Limited (1) – Brendan McKay
Magnitude (1) – Shohei Ohtani
Mosaic (1) – Ronald Bolanos
Mosaic Prizms (2) – Jose Altuve, Nick Solak
Obsidian Electric Etch Purple (1) – Javier Baez (/99)
Rookies & Stars (1) – Yu Chang
Score (1) – Lewis Thorpe
Titan (1) – Trea Turner
Titanium (2) – Kwang-Hyun Kim, Adbert Alzolay
Titanium Green (1) – Michel Baez
Unparalleled (3) – Rafael Devers, Jordan Yamamoto, Nico Hoerner
Unparalleled Astral (1) – Yoshitomo Tsutsugo

Autographs/Memorabilia: None

What's Buzz-worthy: This is a brand that I've ripped often the last few years because of the variety and the generally loaded rookie presence along with some other top young stars and notables. That formula is pretty much the same but the pair of boxes I ripped just didn't wow me as much this year with neither box delivering heavily on the top rookie front. This one was the better of the two to lead things off with a pair of numbered cards and a Mike Trout presence as well as a pair of Prizm parallels from one of the meatier sets in this one, the 100-card Mosaic set.  This brand is made up of several others we have already seen this year and is the home of seven new brands here, too. Many of them include autographs -- hit those hobby boxes for guaranteed hits four times per box -- but there are no guarantees here beyond the exclusive Unparalleled cards and Green parallels. (Hits do appear to be possible here but the inclusions panel type isn't going to be examined by Buzz with that type being tiny ... see the gallery for your shot at it.) All in all, this one remains a fun one to rip for the variety but I feel like it just needs something different in the mix -- the foilboard Unparalleled cards have been nice in the past but they still feel like normal stuff here. The Red Tatis was a find I initially thought was big but it's actually from a pretty available set. The online bots are gobbling this one up just like others but I managed to grab a couple boxes. I'm not sure I'll do as much of this one this year -- if I can find it -- but it's a definite possibility as it's a fun rip with good potential if you land some of the notable rookies. I don't think that happened much in this box but it got the A with the Trout, Tatis, Baez and Mosaic cards. This one feels like you might do better with the volume of hobby boxes but those only have 48 cards. Either way, this one is worth a look if you like what you see.

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

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