First Buzz: 2024 Bowman baseball cards (updated)

What: 2024 Bowman baseball cards
Arrives: May 8
Box basics: One auto per hobby box (12 boxes per case) or three autos per jumbo box (eight boxes per case)
Odds: Click here
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: All of the details for this year's Bowman release are formally here for collectors to chew on.

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

The Basics: The base sets here once again will include 100 stars and rookies as well as 150 prospects. The base parallels for both will include Sky Blue (/499), Neon Green (/399), Fuchsia (/299), Purple (/250), Purple Pattern (/199), Pink (/175), Blue (/150), Blue Pattern (/125), Yellow (/75), Green (/99), Green Pattern (/99), Gold (/50), Red (/5) and 1/1 Platinum as well as printing plates.

Chrome parallels for prospects will include Lunar Glow, Refractors (/499), Speckle (/299), Purple (/250), Fuchsia (/199), Fuchsia Lunar Glow (/199), Blue (/150), Blue Shimmer (/150), Green Grass (/99), Yellow (/75), Yellow Lunar (/75), Green (/99), Green Shimmer (/99), Gold (/50), Gold Shimmer (/50), Rose Gold (/10), Rose Gold Mini-Diamond (/10), Red (/5), Red Lava (/5), 1/1 Superfractors and printing plates.

Among the inserts will be Bowman Scouts Top 100, Bowman A.I., ROY Favorites, Bowman In Bloom, Prospect Power-up, Bowman Spotlights and Hidden Gems. Most of these will have parallels -- Mini-Diamond (/150), Aqua (/125), Green (/99), Gold (/50), Red (/5) and 1/1 Supers. Hidden Gems will not be paralleled and are "ultra rare."

Early auto info shows retail-only prospect autos on standard stock -- Purple (/250), Blue (/150), Green (/99), Gold (/50), Orange (/25), Red (/5) and 1/1 Platinum. Chrome retail autos will include Green, Green Shimmer (both /99), and Yellow (/75), while rookies will only have Green and Yellow. There also will be buyback autos (/TBD).

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Update (April 9): The checklist has been added previously but now we have a little more info. Bowman parallels only in hobby boxes will include Orange (/25) and Black Pattern (/15) while Chrome Prospects will have hobby-only Mini-Diamond Refractors as well as Blue RayWave (/150), Orange (/25), Orange Shimmer (/25), new Black (/10) and Rose Gold Mini-Diamonds (/10). ... Among prospect cards will be a new Prospector's Special variation (/49). All other inclusions can be seen on the checklist above and odds will be added once they are released. ... Also in the mix will be Pearl Refractor packs with four cards inside and a chance at autos limited to 10. ... Chrome Rookie autos will include Refractors (/499), Blue (/150), Mini-Diamond (/100), Yellow (/75), Gold (/50), Orange (/25), Red (/5) and 1/1 Supers as well as plates. ... Rising Inferno autos (/99) will have only Orange, Red and Supers and that rainbow (or a smaller one) also applies to Top 100 (/99), Gladiators (/99), Power-Up (/TBD), Favorites (/150) and duals (/25). There also will be an ultimate auto book (/10), prep All-American autos (/TBD) and buyback autos.

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Update (April 23): There also will be Breaker's Choice boxes for this one (six boxes per case) with just three autographs inside. It appears most stuff can be found in the format with a few exclusive parallels, too. Those will include Choice (/150), Green Lava (/99), Gold Lava (/50), Orange Wave (/25) and Red Wave (/5) for the prospect autos.

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