First Buzz: 2019 Topps Update baseball cards

What: 2019 Topps Update baseball cards
Arrives: Oct. 16
Box basics: One autograph or Relic per 24-pack hobby box (12 boxes per case); or one autograph and two Relics per 10-pack jumbo box (six boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: The Update series of Topps' flagship set for 2019 arrives with a new wave of rookies, some new high-end inclusions and more surprises. One of them? The Silver bonus packs will be put directly into boxes this time around.

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

The Basics: The base set will consist of 300 cards -- a mix of veterans, rookies, highlights, All-Stars and Home Run Derby contestants. Each will have at least 12 parallels with rainbow foil, 150th Anniversary foil stamp, Gold (/2,019), vintage stock (/99), Independence Day (/76), (Black /67), Mother's Day Pink (/50), Father's Day Blue (/50), Memorial Day Camo (/25), Clear (/10) and 1/1 Platinum as well as printing plates. ... There also will be short-prints (rare and rarer) and short-printed autographs, too.

On the insert front, there will be three 150 Years of Professional Baseball sets -- Greatest Players, Greatest Moments and Greatest Seasons -- once again with each of them having 150th Anniversary parallels (/150) as well as Blue, Black (/299), Gold (/50), Red (/10) and 1/1 Platinum. Some will have autographed versions limited to no more than 25 copies. Other inserts in this one will include The Family Business, Est. 1869, Iconic Card Reprints and 1984 Topps cards. The sets will have the same parallels for the most part except for the reprints, which will have just the 150th and autographed versions. There also will be 1984 Jumbo cards that will be box-toppers for Jumbo boxes.

As for hits, there will be Legacy of Baseball Autographs with those having 150th parallels (/150) as well as Gold, Red and Platinum versions. There also will be a new batch of 1984 autos with the same parallels but the Reds only in Hobby boxes and the Platinums only in Hobby and Jumbo. There also will be Topps Reverence patch autos (/10) with Red (/5) and 1/1 Platinums as well as All-Star Stitches (/5) with Red (/10) and 1/1 Gold versions. There also will be duals (/25) with the same parallels as well as All-Star jumbo patch autos (/10) with the Red (/5) and 1/1 Gold parallels. Joining them? Some 1/1 cut autos.

On the Relic side, Major League Material Relics with 150th (/150), Gold (/50), Red (/25) and 1/1 Platinum parallels along with All-Star Stitches with Silver (/50), Red (/25) and 1/1 Gold. Joining those will be All-Star jumbo patches (/5) with 1/1 Reds, All-Star Stitches duals (/25) and triples (/25) and 1/1 Own the Name Relics. Rounding things out will be MLB 150th Anniversary medallion cards (/150) and they'll be Hobby- and Jumbo-only finds with 150, Gold (/99), Red (/10), Platinum (1/1) and autographed versions (/10).

Silver bonus packs will be inserted into boxes with Hobby boxes getting one, Jumbo boxes getting two with the 1984 design also being used once again with autos and parallels possible.

Variation codes:
SP – ends in 055
SSP Rookie – ends in 057

Variations list (see gallery for most of these card images)
US1 Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
US1 Vladimir Guerrero Jr. SSP
US12 Paul Goldschmidt
US21 Willie Mays
US28 Oscar Mercado
US28 Oscar Mercado SSP
US35 Derek Dietrich
US39 Cavan Biggio
US50 Nick Senzel
US56 Tony Gwynn
US63 Trent Thornton
US79 Jackie Robinson
US93 Ken Griffey Jr.
US94 Gregory Soto
US100 Austin Riley
US100 Austin Riley SSP
US106 Yasiel Puig
US107 Robinson Cano
US109 Carter Kieboom
US123 Justus Sheffield
US128 Thurman Munson
US133 Willie Mays
US147 Cal Ripken Jr.
US149 Corbin Martin
US150 Keston Hiura
US165 Eddie Murray
US168 Robin Yount
US170 Michael Chavis
US179 Mariano Rivera
US182 Johnny Bench
US187 Roberto Clemente
US197 Cole Tucker
US197 Cole Tucker SSP
US199 Will Smith
US200 Griffin Canning
US200 Griffin Canning SSP
US202 George Brett
US206 Ichiro Suzuki
US218 Mitch Keller
US219 Nolan Ryan
US224 Yasmani Grandal
US227 Lane Thomas SSP
US237 Randy Johnson
US242 Adam Jones
US244 Jon Duplantier
US245 Carl Yastrzemski
US249 Nick Margevicius
US249 Nick Margevicius SSP
US256 Jake Bauers
US257 Josh Donaldson
US263 Chris Paddack
US266 Kevin Cron
US269 Ryne Sandberg
US283 Edgar Martinez
US291 Nate Lowe
US295 Roy Halladay
US299 Brendan Rodgers
US300 Mike Mussina

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