First Buzz: 2018 Topps Heritage Minor League baseball cards

What: 2018 Topps Heritage Minor League baseball cards
Arrives: Sept. 26
Box basics: One autograph and one Relic per 19-pack box (12 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Collectors can turn back the clock to 1969 for a final time this season with this trip down to the minor leagues where baseball's hopefuls get a big-league look on this popular line and one lucky collector will get a chance to suit up on a one-day contract.

Keep reading for more as well as a full gallery of images.

The Basics: There will be 18 packs per box along with a three-card blue cello box-topper pack this year. The basic set will consist of 200 cards with notable prospects along with league leaders and All-Stars subsets. The parallels will include Blue (/99), Black (/50), team name color swaps (/25) and 1/1 Red versions. Autographs will be on-card ink this time with the same parallels as well as new image variation autos. Also new will be Bazooka autos (/50) with 1/1 Red versions as well as rare dual-player autos (/20) and Deckle edge autos (/99) with a color image parallel (/25).

Also among the inclusions will be short-printed base cards, image variations and a number of inserts, which will include Deckle edge, 1969 Collector Cards Mint Relics with quarters -- Black (/50), Red (1/1) and autographs (/10) -- and Clubhouse Collection Relics that will use bat and jersey swatches with Blue (/99), Black (/50), Orange patch (/25) and 1/1 Red patch versions. Last but not least the Make Your Pro Debut contest cards will be in this one with the Richmond Flying Squirrels (Giants Double-A affiliate) being the team that gets the nod this year and will have a collector on its roster for a day next season.

Update (April 17, 2019): The mystery redemptions for this one have been announced -- new additions to the base set who weren't able to we worked into the set at the time of its arrival. They are ...

Subject A – Casey Mize
Subject B – Nolan Gorman

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