Fast Five is a quick list that might offer a basic starting point for a themed collection or new focus -- five things that could be fun for a beginner or a new way to add something to your stash if you're a grizzled veteran.

This time? Five MLB rookies who should be on your collecting radar

LEADING THE WAY
Julio Rodriguez -- OF, Seattle Mariners (first MLB prospect cards in 2019; RC logo cards in 2022)
He's played in all but one of his team's games this year and he's looking like a strong candidate for American League Rookie of the Year as we're nearing the All-Star break later this month. As of today, he leads all rookies in hits, runs, homers (tied), RBI (tied), stolen bases and is second in doubles -- and at 21 he's one of the five youngest rookies in the game (all that same age) this year. What do I like here? He's showing 30-30 Club potential (13 homers, 19 stolen bases) and that would be impressive for a young rookie -- Mike Trout did it at 20 and Ronald Acuña Jr. did it at 21. That's good company to be in if he can pull it off. His RC logo cards are still to come this year for the most part while he was among the prospects on the 2021 Bowman's Best checklist, making that his RC by definition.

Keep reading for four more making up the list this time.

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What: 2022 Topps X Lauren Taylor baseball cards
Arrives: Today for the first week-long wave
Pack basics: Five cards and one chase card per single-pack box ... or five cards and one chase card per five-pack box.
Checklists: Wave 1 Wave 2
Order: Via Topps.com; Click here (when available)

What's buzz-worthy: Project 2020 and Project70 artist Lauren Taylor returns to cardboard with her own collection of cards released over at least two waves beginning today.

Keep reading for more info and a gallery for this one.

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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: Plenty of MLB -- young and old -- with a question about firsts, a WWE case break and more in today's edition.

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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: New pulls, tips for a beginning collector, Ozzie Albies, cardboard normalcy and an alleged Panini points problem?

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They weren't on the checklist, but they are in there.

The formal arrival of 2022 Topps Series 2 today unleashes something that collectors might not have expected to see when they previously saw the recently revealed checklist -- short-printed variations for notable newcomers Julio Rodriguez, Spencer Torkelson and Bobby Witt Jr.

And there may be more notables to come as the annual set's rarer finds start trickling into the open market and on eBay.

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What: 2022 Topps Chrome baseball cards
Arrives: Nov. 16
Box basics: 20 packs per hobby box (12 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Topps Chrome gets a "galactic spin on Chrome technology" with this new brand in the Topps MLB lineup.

Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.

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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: 2022 Bowman mega boxes are here, pondering The National, vintage cards, Marion Barber, Game of Thrones and J-Rod in today's edition.

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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: Mike Trout, Julio Rodriguez and Jasson Dominguez check-ups, Talking Tom Brady gets a job, riding the Prizm WWE waves and a stolen card alert.

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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: MLB breaks, Seiya Suzuki, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Julio Rodriguez, new pulls and more in today's edition.

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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: Julio Rodriguez and Bobby Witt Jr. are big-leaguers now, fan caves, WrestleMania, MLB breaks and more.

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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: Jasson Dominguez's six-figure card, players to invest in (not), Wander Franco's Rookie Card and plenty more in this Monday edition.

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What: 2022 Super Glow Opal Edition sports cards
Arrives: March 2
Box basics: One autograph per five-card box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Super Glow's first planned spot for 2022 includes an autograph in every box and more deluxe hits such as auto-mem and multi-auto cards also found one per case.

Keep reading for more info and a selection of images.

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What: 2021 Onyx Gems baseball cards
Arrives: February
Box basics: Two slabbed autographs per box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Onyx gets into the slabbed autograph game with top prospects and young stars in play for this release with ink variants and inscriptions adding extra chase.

Keep reading for more info and a gallery of images.

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What: 2021 Onyx Premium baseball cards
Arrives: Dec. 23
Box basics: Two on-card autographs per box (24 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Onyx goes high-end to end 2021 with nothing but autographed cards in this one with top prospects in the mix as well as an iconic Hall of Famer and even ink from new American League MVP Shohei Ohtani.

Keep reading for more info and a gallery of images.

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If you hadn't noticed, there are a number of boxes with discounted prices right now right here as the sixth wave of Blowout Cards' Black November sales is here

Many of the discounts were dramatic enough that Buzz once again had to ponder the possibilities in many of the boxes and cases -- and here are five that caught this collector’s eye ... and there's far more that just might suit your tastes in the big sale.

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THE UNIQUE ONE ...
2020 Topps T206 Series 3 baseball box
Topps 206 is a throwback to the long-ago days of tobacco cards but this series is one that is even more different from the rest from last year and those from this year as well. It's the home of players in their MiLB unis and that includes super-rookie Wander Franco on the card you see here. It's a simple 50-card release with the chase being parallel backs and the crop of players includes some notables we have already seen in MLB and others who will be there soon. Among them? Adley Rutschman, Alex Kirilloff, J.J. Bleday, Marco Luciano, Andrew Vaughn, C.J. Abrams, Jo Adell, Julio Rodriguez, Ian Anderson, Joey Bart, Bobby Witt Jr. and others. These might be their most-unique cards you'll see all year and they are not a type of release that's a huge run, either. Only 28,225 10-card packs were made so once you do the math there's probably around 4,500 copies per card -- that's got to be low by prospecting standards. I just like these since they are unique -- and I think there's some good potential here long-term.

Keep reading for a few more boxes you should consider (and are likely to end up in Buzz's cart).

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From time to time, Buzz will break a box of something and post the results here. Like this and want to see more? Or maybe there's a box you'd want to see busted? Send Buzz an email at BlowoutBuzz@blowoutcards.com.

The box: 2021 Topps Heritage Minor League baseball cards (hobby box)
First Buzz preview & checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Keep reading for a breakdown and gallery of highlights with this one.

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What: 2021 Onyx Vintage Extended baseball cards
Arrives: Oct. 21
Box basics: Two on-card autographs per four-card box (24 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Onyx brings its Vintage brand back to the diamond for a second time this year with some legends of today as well as yesteryear signing on along with new looks at a number of prospects -- and that will include active NCAA players under new name, image and likeness rules.

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Update (July 4): You can now potentially find one of four VIP passes to this event within this year's Blowout MegaMix boxes.

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The National's first side event this year has been revealed -- and it's coming via Onyx Authenticated.

On the Thursday night of the show (July 29), the company and its VIP ticket holders will take over the Dave & Busters in Rosemont, Ill., for a three-hour Onyx Authenticated VIP Party with guests including baseball Hall of Famers Randy Johnson and Fergie Jenkins as well as NFL stars Frank Gore and Chad Johnson. 

Tickets are $899 and can be found here. Keep reading for a rundown of what each VIP attendee will receive.

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From time to time, Buzz will break a box of something and post the results here. Like this and want to see more? Or maybe there's a box you'd want to see busted? Send Buzz an email at BlowoutBuzz@blowoutcards.com.

The box: 2021 Panini Absolute Baseball (blaster box)
First Buzz preview: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery for this one.

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From time to time, Buzz will break a box of something and post the results here. Like this and want to see more? Or maybe there's a box you'd want to see busted? Send Buzz an email at BlowoutBuzz@blowoutcards.com.

The box: 2021 Bowman baseball cards (Mega Box)
First Buzz preview & checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of what was in this one.

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What: 2021 Bowman Transcendent Collection baseball cards
Arrives: Sept. 29
Box basics: 33 autographs and more per box
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Transcendent turns to the prospecting realm for a second year with the familiar formula of inclusions with 1989 Bowman getting the Superfactor nod and cut autographs that go beyond the diamond.

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

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What: 2021 Bowman Inception baseball cards
Arrives: Dec. 15
Box basics: Two autographs per seven-card box (16 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Bowman Inception returns after some time off with this return noting players' first cards in a new way -- Inception Introduction cards. (The mock says "Initiation" ... so maybe it will be that by the time these arrive in November.)

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

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What: 2020 Leaf Trinity baseball cards
Arrives: May 28
Box basics: Six autographed cards per box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Trinity hits the field once again with a 2020 release packed with young stars and promising prospects all in play ... and it's nothing but hits.

Keep reading for more info.

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What: 2021 Onyx Vintage baseball cards
Arrives: May 27
Box basics: Two on-card autographs per four-card box (24 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Onyx brings its Vintage brand back to the diamond once again with a familiar format but plenty of young MLB talent and promising prospects.

Keep reading for more info and a gallery of images.

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What: 2021 Break King Baseball Premium Edition
Arrives: Feb. 19
Box basics: Two graded buyback cards and one other card per box (three boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Fans of MLB stars' prospect cards and Rookie Cards (and other rookie-year releases) get another shot at new additions with this buyback line that drops in early 2021.

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