First Buzz: 2025 Bowman baseball cards (updated)

What: 2025 Bowman baseball cards
Arrives: May 7
Box basics: One auto per 24-pack hobby box (12 boxes per case), Three autos per 12-pack jumbo box (eight boxes per case)
Odds: Click here
Checklist: Click here
Mega Box Checklist: Click here
Sapphire Edition Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Early teasers for 2025 Bowman are here in advance of its pre-order coming next week.

Keep reading for more.

The Basics: There will, of course, be Chrome prospect autos, Anime inserts and Rookie Cards for newcomers such as Roki Sasaki. No other info has yet been released but this one will update when more info and images are formally unveiled.

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Update (April 9): The base set here will include 100 veterans and rookies, while the prospects set and its Chrome counterpart are 150 cards. A pair of Retrofractor variations will be found for Brooks Robinson and Steve Carlton in this one (see checklist link up top) and other finds will include Etched In Glass variations, Bowman Spotlights, Anime (some with Kanji variations), Bowman Scouts Top 100, ROY Favorites, Hobby Stars, Very Important Prospects, Rockstar Rookies, Crystalized and Greatness Loading. (See parallels in play on the odds file linked above.)

Among the autographed cards will be Chrome prospects, Chrome rookies, Bowman dual autos, Retrofractor ink for Carlton and then ink for the inserts -- VIPs, Rockstar Rookies, Hobby Stars and ROY Favorites. There also will be Bowman rookie and veteran autos found in retail along with Prospect autos, prep all-star game autos, buyback autos  and an Ultimate Autograph Book.

Boxes opened at $239.99 (hobby) and $499.99 (jumbo) via Topps.

Update (April 10): The full details are in with parallel info for most cards added in the gallery below.

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Update (April 29): Mega boxes will be arriving for this one on May 28 with two five-card Chrome packs with their exclusive texture inside and then four 10-card standard Bowman packs. Boxes opened at $49.99 via Topps. The checklist of inclusions can be seen above or right here.

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Update (June 4): The Sapphire Edition checklist can be seen here.

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