First Buzz: 2019 Bowman Chrome baseball cards

What: 2019 Bowman Chrome baseball cards
Arrives: Sept. 18
Box basics: Three autographs per one-pack HTA Choice box (12 boxes per case);
Two autographs per 12-pack master box (two mini-boxes per master box; 12 masters per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Topps continues with the format that it introduced for Bowman Chrome a couple of years ago with HTA Choice boxes that are autograph-only with their own features and a traditional release that includes standard cards and more via a traditional mini-box format.

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

The Basics: HTA Choice boxes will include only three cards -- all autos -- with six exclusive parallels atop the other possibilities. Prospect autos found only here will include HTA Choice (/150), Green Atomic (/99), Gold Shimmer (/50), Orange Wave (/25), Red Wave (/5) and Black Mojo (1/1). The prospect Refractor auto rainbow beyond these also found elsewhere will include standard Refractors (/499), Purple (/250), Blue (/150), Green (/99), Gold (/50), Red (/5) and 1/1 Superfractors. Orange Refractors will only be had in hobby boxes and will be limited to 25 just like last year.

There also will be Chrome Auto Relics (/TBD) in the HTA boxes that will have on-card autos for prospects, rookies and veterans. They will have Gold (/50) and Superfractor parallels. Also found here will be prep All-American game autos (/199), Prime Chrome Signatures (/50) with Orange (/25) parallels only in these boxes and Super versions. That same breakdown will happen for Elite Farmhands autos (/TBD) and Stat Tracker (/TBD) autos.  Chrome Rookie autos will include Yusei Kikuchi and there will be on-card autos with Refractor (/499), Blue (/150), Green (/99), Gold (/50), Red (/5) and 1/1 Superfractors.

Over in hobby boxes, you will find unsigned Chrome Prospects with a number of parallels -- Refractor (/499), Purple (/250), Blue (/150), Green (/99) Gold (/50), Orange (/25), Red (/5) and 1/1 Superfractors. There also will be Shimmers -- Green, Gold, Orange and Black (/5) with the same volumes -- for the prospects, while the rookies and veterans will have the same rainbow for non-Shimmer Chromes.

Among the inserts will be Arizona Fall League Fall Stars inserts with Atomic (/150), Orange (/25), Superfractor and autograph versions to be found (/TBD volume but also with Supers) along with Arizona Fall League Alumni one per case, a card for the AFL MVP (/250) and an Elite Farmhands set. The Alumni cards will have Orange, Supers and auto parallels (/TBD) with a Super auto in there. The MVP card will be limited to 250 with autos (/100) and a Super. The Farmhands set will have Atomic (/150), Orange (/25) and Supers.

There also will be rookie image variations with autographed parallels (/25) and an autographed Super, while Stat Tracker inserts will have Atomic (/150), Orange (/25) and Supers. There also will be AFL Fall Stars Relics with Orange, Super and autos as well as Chrome Auto Relics that add Gold Refractors into the Orange and Super possibilities.

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