First Buzz: 2020 Bowman Chrome baseball cards

What: 2020 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 few 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 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 there -- with six exclusive parallels atop the other possibilities. Prospect autos found only in these boxes will include HTA Choice (/150), Green Atomic (/99), Gold Shimmer (/50), Orange Wave (/25), Red Wave (/5) and Black Mojo (1/1) just like last year. The prospect Refractor auto rainbow beyond these also found in standard boxes will include standard Refractors (/499), Purple (/250), Blue (/150), Green (/99), Gold (/50), Red (/5) and 1/1 Superfractors just like last year. Chrome Rookie autos will include Refractor (/499), Purple (/250), Blue (/150), Green (/99), Gold (/50), Red (/5) and 1/1 Superfractors. Orange Refractors will only be found in hobby boxes.

Joining them in the autograph lineup will be Dawn of Glory (/varies) with Orange (/25) and 1/1 Supers as well as Farm to Fame, Arizona Fall League Fall Stars and Arizona Fall League MVP SP auto parallels (/100). Also in the mix will be Stat Track autos (/99) that have Orange and Super parallels and those same versions will be found for Prime Chrome Signatures (/50). Rounding out the autos will be prep All-American auto cards (/199) as well as AFL Fall Stars Relic Autos (/TBD) and Chrome Autographed Relics (/TBD) with Gold (/50) and 1/1 Supers.

Over in hobby boxes, you will find 100 Chrome Prospects and 100 veterans and rookies in the base sets each with a number of parallels -- Refractor (/499), Purple (/250), Blue (/150), Green (/99), Gold (/50), Orange (/25), Red (/5) and 1/1 Superfractors for the rookies and veterans. There also will be image variations for some rookies with autographed (/25) versions as well as Superfractor ink. Prospects also will add Shimmers -- Chrome (one in 12 packs), Green (/99), Gold (/50), Orange (/25), Red (/10) and Black (/5) -- atop the standard rainbow of parallels.

Among the inserts will be Stat Tracker, 2019 AFL Fall Stars and Dawn of Glory cards only found in hobby boxes. Stat Tracker inserts will have Atomic (/150), Orange (/25), Superfractor and autograph versions (/99) to be found with Orange autos and Super autos, too.  The Fall Stars will get the same parallels without the Orange ink. Dawn of Glory inserts will have the full parallels. Even more inserts will include a short-printed card for the 2019 Arizona Fall League MVP (/250) that will have a Superfractor and an autograph (/100) version. There also will be Farm to Fame inserts found one per case that will have Orange and Super parallels as well as autographs (/TBD) and Superfractor autos.

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