What: 2021 Panini Prizm Draft Picks baseball cards
Arrives: Jan. 19
Box basics:  Five autographs per five-pack box (16 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Prizm Draft returns with new prospects and their autographs in the mix -- one in every pack -- along with plenty of colorful parallels to chase.

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What: 2021 Panini Contenders baseball cards
Arrives: Dec. 17
Box basics: Six autographs per six-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Contenders drops for another run around the bases with an autograph in every pack and plenty of young stars and new draft picks all in play here.

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What's Buzzing: The NBA Finals, the MLB Futures Game, the MLB Draft, The National and more in this edition.

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What: 2021 Bowman Draft baseball cards
Arrives: Dec. 29
Box basics: No autos guaranteed in 10-pack LITE boxes (16 per case); three autos per 12-pack hobby boxes (eight per case); five autos per super-jumbo box (six per case)
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: The three-format approach comes to Bowman Draft, which has a tentative January arrival with the newest draft picks and more all in their MLB threads -- and with some new textures like Lava (above) among the Refractor rainbow.

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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: 2018 Panini Stars & Stripes USA Baseball cards (hobby)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

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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: 2013 Panini America USA Baseball boxed set
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

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The box: 2017 Leaf Perfect Game National Showcase baseball cards
Where to buy: Here when available ... see all Perfect Game boxes here

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The box: 2020 Panini Elite Extra Edition baseball cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

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Do you like Buzz Breaks? Today's your day then as we launch 8 in 8 -- a series of a eight breaks of wax boxes and wax packs in as many hours today. We'll post one every hour ... this is Hour 3.

The sets: 2019 Panini USA Baseball Stars & Stripes rack sets (four)
The cost: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby boxes)

What's inside this one? Keep reading ...

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What: 2020 Elite Extra Edition baseball cards
Arrives: Dec. 16
Box basics: Eight autographs and two memorabilia cards per five-pack box (20 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: EEE returns with its familiar format of the past but with many fresh draft picks and international prospects in the mix for the first time.

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What: 2020 Panini Prizm Draft Picks baseball cards
Arrives: Dec. 4
Box basics:  Five autographs per five-pack box (16 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Prizm Draft is back once again with new prospects and their autographs in the mix -- one in every pack -- along with plenty of parallels and a few new inclusions.

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Buzz buys and busts a lot of boxes right here for Buzz Breaks, but one of my goals is to rip a little less and talk more about cardboard that I -- and you -- might like. One way to do that? Simple show and tell -- present a few pick-ups and say why they captured my attention.

So, with all that said, here are a few Buzz Buys ... and this time around there's some variety as well as some Father's Day nods.

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VOLATILE FISH
The Card: Mike Trout 2020 Topps Project 2020 -- Artist: Andrew Thiele (/13,199)
The Price: Factory cost from Topps
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: This was just the second Trout card made in the set that's generating more attention than most releases this year, and Thiele's allegiance to the original 2011 Topps Update Rookie Card got me to bite here a lot faster than the first one, which is far more abstract. This isn't my favorite Trout of those released so far -- that nod still goes to Ben Baller's version -- but I do like it. I'm not buying Project 2020 cards to sell -- many of you out there are -- but now that the big wave of mainstream attention that has come and gone there should be more cards with print runs closer to this number (not for Trout as each of his cards to come has a shot at autographs). This one leads off here as a reminder that this is a set that needs to be watched closely. Only about 285 more cards to go!
Grab a box right here: No boxes of this one ... but MLB boxes are here

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Have you seen the latest cool cards from a new release? With so many options for collectors of all kinds arriving every week it's possible you haven't. That's where Buzz comes in -- well at least on one brand you'll see here from time to time in what we're calling Buzz's Pick Six. Simply put, here are six cards from a new arrival that seemed interesting to this collector and we think they might interest you, too.

This week's list: Bargain boxes I'd bust right now ... for a few reasons.

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TEN PACKS, TEN AUTOGRAPHS
The Box: 2008 Razor Signature Series baseball box
The Price: Click here
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: With the MLB Draft tonight, I figured I'd give this one a nod both for the power of prospect cards in everything when it comes to baseball these days and for the reality that not all draft classes age that well. This one has an autograph in every pack and a number of guys who made it to MLB and then many who didn't really make much of a mark. Your most-notable autos here at this point are Giancarlo Stanton (in his "Mike" days) as well as Buster Posey, Charlie Blackmon and Eric Hosmer. Others that have been of note at times? Tim Beckham, Pedro Alvarez, Yonder Alonso and Matt Wieters to name a few. An autograph in every pack makes this one fun but it can be a bit of a bummer if you don't land one of the bigger names ... but at the low-price volume still makes for a decent rip and you can find parallels and dual autos, too.

Keep reading for five more interesting items in this week's roundup ...

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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, big predictions, Project 2020, banking on Derek Carr (?!?!) and MLB Draft chatter will be picking up soon.

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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: 2019 Panini USA Baseball Stars & Stripes (hobby box)
Where to buy: Click here

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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: 2019 Panini USA Baseball Stars & Stripes (hobby box)
Where to buy: Click here

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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 sets: 2019 & 2020 Panini USA Baseball Stars & Stripes rack sets
Where to buy: Directly via USA Baseball Shop for these -- BlowoutCards.com for hobby boxes
Cards per set: 71 for 2019; 73 for 2020
Base set completion: 
68 of 68 (100 percent) for 2019; 70 of 70 (100 percent) for 2020

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What: 2019 Panini Prizm Draft Picks baseball cards
Arrives: Nov. 6
Box basics:  Five autographs per five-pack box (16 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Panini brings Prizm Draft Picks back to the diamond with an autograph in every pack and plenty of color that goes beyond just those school colors that don't get as much love on baseball cards.

Keep reading for more info and a full gallery of images released so far.

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What: 2019 Panini Contenders Draft Picks baseball cards
Arrives: Oct. 2
Box basics: Six autographs per six-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Contenders hits the diamond once again with a new crop of MLB draft picks in their college uniforms, high school standouts and international signees, too, along with other prospects all in one place with an auto in every pack.

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The author of one of the greatest pitching performances in college baseball history already has baseball cards.

He's Kumar Rocker and he's a freshman for the Vanderbilt Commodores. He struck out 19 batters in a NCAA Tournament Super Regional on Saturday -- a 3-0 no-hitter that was just the eighth in the history of the event. If you need a record-book refresher, the MLB record for most strikeouts in any game is 20 and the record for most Ks in an MLB no-no is 17.

The 19-year-old won't be seen on the pro scene for a while, but he's already got a number of autographed cards for you to try and stockpile right now.

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The box: 2019 Donruss baseball cards (Target Mega Box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Packs per box: 14
Cards per pack: 8
Cards per box: 112
Set completion: 
35 of 150 (23 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Stephen Strasburg, Joey Votto, Rafael Devers, Justin Verlander, Javier Baez, Trevor Story, Manny Machado, Matt Chapman, Christian Yelich, Michael Conforto

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If you're slacking with your bargain-hunting buys for a collector who is prospect-minded, there's an easy option that can hit high points in the here and now as well as the future.

It's the USA Baseball boxed set.

They're stacked with close to 10 hits in many instances along with other inserts and basic cards that include several playing levels of the organization -- one that's helped propel top prep and college names onto cardboard for the first time sometimes years before their arrivals. And all without breaking the bank.

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What: 2018 Elite Extra Edition baseball cards
Arrives: Dec. 5
Box basics: Eight autographs and two memorabilia cards per five-pack box (20 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Elite once again arrives with a heavy emphasis on future stars and the hits -- with case cards that are limited to no more than 999 copies with 10 parallels apiece just like last year.

Keep reading for more as well as 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 Today: Drew Brees' new record, no love for Adam Thielen, a random football-movie thread, showing off Michael Jordan and Tony Gwynn, and ripping into Panini Contenders Draft Picks.

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With the first round of the 2018 MLB Draft last night, a new crop of MLB hopefuls now have new collectors seeking their cardboard -- but this year there's a little bit of a challenge involved that could help make for a stronger card crop later.

How? Interestingly, a number of the first-rounders and supplemental picks last night don't actually have cardboard yet. That's certainly not the norm in a world where USA Baseball players not even in high school yet have card appearances and signed certified autograph cards years before MLB might call and where other prep All-Star events spawn card sets of their own.

Here's a Buzz List rundown of who has ink and where ...

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