Buzz Break: 2023 Bowman baseball cards (blaster box)

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The box: 2023 Bowman baseball cards (blaster)
First Buzz preview & checklist/odds: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for a few formats)

Keep reading for what was inside this one ..

Packs per box: 6
Cards per pack: 12
Cards per box: 72

Set completion: 
37 of 100 (37 percent)
Duplicates: 0
Prospect set completion: 
18 of 150 (12 percent)
Duplicates: 0
Chrome Prospect set completion: 
11 of 150 (7 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Bobby Witt Jr., Julio Rodriguez, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Mike Trout, Justin Verlander, Fernando Tatis Jr.

Rookie Cards (21) – Michael Harris, Nolan Gorman, James Outman, Francisco Alvarez, Drew Waters, Bo Naylor, J.J. Bleday, Miguel Vargas, Oswaldo Cabrera, Nelson Velazquez, Max Meyer, Shea Langeliers, Matthew Liberatore, Cade Cavalli, Nick Pratto, Oscar Gonzalez, Vaughn Grissom, Logan O'Hoppe, Oswald Peraza, Jonathan Aranda, Garrett Mitchell

Insert cards: 35 (highlights of everything in gallery below)
Prospects (18) – Jackson Chourio, Austin Charles, Axel Sanchez, Rickardo Perez, Brock Jones, Lazaro Montes, Vincent Perozo, Henry Ramos, Spencer Jones, Kenni Gomez, Zach Neto, Roderick Arias, Max Muncy, Kevin Parada, Marcelo Mayer, Jace Jung, Cristian Hernandez, Alex Ramirez
Chrome Prospects (11) – Roman Anthony, Carlos Jorge, Pedro Ramirez, Braylon Bishop, Jorge Burgos, Simon Juan, Samuel Zavala, Kevin Parada, Colston Montgomery. Drew Gilbert, Gavin Cross
Lunar Glow Chrome Prospects parallel (1) – Anthony Gutierrez
Bowman Scouts Top 100 (2) – Elly De La Cruz, Robert Hassell
Sights on September (1) – Marco Luciano
Modern Prospects (1) – Druw Jones
Rookie Of The Year Favorites (1) – Miguel Vargas
Bowman Spotlight (1) – Lazaro Montes

Autographs/memorabilia: None

What's Buzz-worthy: I recently picked up this one with a few other boxes and while this one delivered some key names in spots, there was plenty made ... so without something rarer this one just wasn't that strong. It happens, though the odds on things aren't all that friendly here, either. Was anything here rare? No, the Lunar Glow parallel here is one per blaster per Topps' odds. It was disappointing to see odds not on boxes or wrappers as that can be a deciding factor to buy -- or really not to buy, actually, in my book -- and a move that their competition should have adopted (boxes with odds) long ago. But ... here we are. The stock here seems cleaner than the last couple years of Topps and Bowman flagship ... but it also seems skinnier, too. Not sure how I feel on that but it doesn't seem like the best move. The design is symmetrical and, honestly, perhaps a tad dull color-wise compared to recent years but it's Bowman and more of you out there are probably getting what you want with that move vs. my tastes. The inserts have some advanced looks to them, though, to help that out a bit. Plenty of this one will be made -- perhaps even more at retail to offset the higher hobby costs as the higher those go the fewer buyers will bite there -- so that's fine but that also will likely hurt demand as plenty of supply will downplay values. It happens ... though Bowman has been among the more-plentiful brands for years now so perhaps that variable doesn't matter. ... Retail is the home of some exclusive Green parallels and non-Chrome autographs (none for me this time) while these boxes can include a number of possible finds at longer odds, including Superfractors -- check the odds. There's a lot to find here for sure -- hit the bigger formats at the link up top for your best results.

Product Grade: B
Box Grade: B+
Fun Grade: B

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