What's Buzzing: Juan Soto to the Mets on a record-breaking deal, new Baseball Hall of Famers, Josh Allen, a Bowman Draft throwback thread, new pulls and more in this Monday edition.

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Soon, it will be time.

Packs of 2023-24 Topps Mercury Victor Wembanyama will be in collectors' hands along with C.J. Stroud Topps Now autos, pricey new Marvel and Disney Chrome boxes and even fresh shots at key Rookie Cards for Patrick Mahomes, Shohei Ohtani and Luka Doncic. Oh, and there can be prospect gems for Paul Skenes, Jackson Holliday and others on collectors' minds these days, too.

How? They're all part of the 2024 Blowout Cards Holiday Edition MegaMix (click here) which began shipping early -- this week instead of Dec. 18. It's a mixed-box case where, at worst, you'll land a mix of 20 blaster boxes but every third case ups the ante with some bigger stuff and a little less of the smalls.

Among the biggest finds? There's a wide array of bonuses from a $5,000 Blowout Site Credit or a $1,000 Blowout Site Credit as well as cases of Select NFL, National Treasures, Exquisite Collection and Topps Chrome, which is also the home to other pricey cards of the NBA's reigning Rookie Of The Year. (Cases and credits will be issued as a redemption scratch-off page as was done in past years and will ship free of charge once redeemed ... and you'll still get a number of blaster boxes, too.) If you don't land one of those, there's always a chance you might land hobby boxes of landmark Prizm years (you know, the years with That Mahomes Guy and Doncic) or power-packed Bowman Draft boxes among others. There's even some Dynasty Formula 1 to be found as well as plenty of Chrome.

That's just part of the lineup for this one you see above ... get your 2024 Blowout MegaMix box now. 

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It might be easy to overlook the New York Yankees pitching staff with all those young sluggers and other big boppers in the Bronx, but there's one arm clearly establishing himself this summer as he's in the midst of a career year and should have dominating season totals by year's end.

It's Luis Severino.

The 24-year-old right-hander is 13-2 with a 1.98 ERA this season -- tops in the American League and nearly the best in MLB right now -- and he's got 138 strikeouts in 118 innings atop that. His next victory will tie his career-high set last season and he's by far the top arm on the team -- Masahiro Tanaka is second with just seven victories this year.

And all this success should bode well for his cardboard, which can still be found with relative ease.

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The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are a few threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: Big pulls and more as we work toward the weekend.

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The first jersey that Boston Red Sox Andrew Benintendi wore for his first official game commanded big money on the auction block over the weekend, reinforcing that last year's Rookie of the Year crop went deeper than just that one New York Yankees guy.

This jersey sold for $14,730 after 19 bids via Goldin Auctions after opening at just $1,000 -- and that was enough to make one wonder if there might be more action to come for the cards of the ROY runner-up in his sophomore season.

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With Giancarlo Stanton's six homers in his last six games, he's helped everybody re-focus on players who aren't those two rookies with all those home runs and he only needs two homers in his next two names to tie a major-league record.

The Miami Marlins slugger has an MLB-leading 44 homers on the year -- a pace that's actually right with Roger Maris' pace in 1961 -- and that's a career-high as well as a Marlins franchise record with plenty of games still left to play. (Yet, ironically, Stanton reportedly just cleared waivers -- so some of those games left could come in a different uniform.)

But that's not the only enigma that is Stanton, and it's something that you can see on his earliest cards like this one from 2008 Donruss Elite Extra Edition when you compare them to today. What is it?

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It's almost like Aaron Judge all over again.

The New York Yankees' newest rookie outfielder, Clint Frazier, made his big-league debut on Saturday night in big fashion with a home run and a double as part of a 2-for-4 day in Houston.

And just like Judge, who homered in his first game but had the night off save for a pinch-hitting appearance late in the Yanks' 7-6 loss last night, it's back in 2013 where you'll find the start of his certified autograph résumé.

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The newest big-name Chicago Cubs prospect arrived on Saturday and made his presence felt immediately in his first game with a two-run homer.

So far, Ian Happ is hitting .429 in his first two games, further helping bolster a mostly home-grown lineup that is watched closely by collectors.

Happ is not a surprise for prospectors as the defending World Series champs took him with the ninth pick in the 2015 MLB Draft out of the University of Cincinnati-- and he's been watched on cardboard ever since -- but sales of his cards, at least so far, are showing some room for growth.

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The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: New Topps Dynasty baseball cards and some bold Black Friday-inspired breaks from around the sports and non-sports world.

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If you're a veteran prospector you've probably ripped into a few Bowman Draft cases through the years, but the latest upcoming break from BlowoutTV is one that has to impress even the most-grizzled of hobby veterans.

It's a 50-case break of 2015 Bowman Draft. Yep, 50 cases. That's 600 boxes. That's 14,400 packs. That's a whole lot of potential.

The clock is winding down on the auction for this break (click here for the basics) but there are a few players who will grab the attention of prospectors now -- and inevitably those and a few others will grab the attention of baseball fans later. (It's Bowman Draft.)

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The Bowman Critic is one who spends countless hours examining checklists and box scores to see who should be emerging on collectors' want lists soon. On days like today where the checklist for 2015 Bowman Draft arrived -- click here to view it -- there's even more to say.

Keep reading for The Bowman Critic's pros and cons about this release, which is set to arrive redemption-free on Dec. 9.

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