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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Topps released the checklist for 2015 Bowman Draft on Monday.

You can see it below.

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What: 2016 Topps Finest baseball cards
Arrives: June 8, 2016
Box basics: One autograph per mini box -- two mini boxes per master box with six packs of five cards in each one.

What's buzz-worthy: Back for its 24th year, Finest once again includes a mini-box configuration to help more collectors enjoy the colorful high-energy and autograph-fueled brand. Among the highlights this year? Ichiro Suzuki autographs and a Ken Griffey Jr. tribute set.

Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.

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What: 2016 Topps Series 2 baseball cards
Arrives: June 15, 2016
Box basics: One autograph or Relic in every 36-pack hobby box (10 cards per pack, 12 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: The second series of the 2016 Topps flagship includes all of the things found in Series 1 but also some new inclusions such as rip cards and tributes to Ichiro Suzuki as he nears the 3,000-hit club and Ken Griffey Jr. as he'll likely be in Cooperstown not long after this one arrives next summer.

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Who will be signing for 2015 Bowman Draft? That's a question that's been ongoing and  Topps has been trickling out names via the BowmanCards Twitter account.

The first two signers will be Dansby Swanson and Brendan Rodgers but they'll now be joined by a few others.

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We're less than three months away from the arrival of the industry's longest-running and most-heavily collected baseball card brand of the year seemingly every year.

It's 2016 Topps.

And among the unusual inclusions in that one is the honeycombed creation you see above.

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What: 2015 Topps Tribute Special Edition baseball cards
Arrives: Dec. 16
Hobby box basics: Each pack contains at least two autographs and two Relics and every box (case) includes 12 packs. 

What's buzz-worthy: Remember 2015 Topps Tribute -- the early season release that was recalled because of issues with autograph quality due to problems with printing? Well, it's back with a new configuration. Every autographed card has been "inspected, treated, re-signed and slabbed" and new autographs of Kris Bryant and Carlos Correa have been added to the lineup. Every case will include 24 autographs and 30 Relics.  On top of this, there will be Hot Boxes (cases) that have up to 36 memorabilia cards inside.

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Russell Wilson was a fourth-round pick of the Colorado Rockies back in the 2010 MLB Draft and he spent two summers in A-ball where he hit .229 with five homers and 26 RBI and 118 strikeouts in 93 games.

Despite that, or thanks to his NFL credentials as a Super Bowl-winning quarterback for the Seattle Seahawks, in 2013 the Texas Rangers claimed him in the December Rule 5 Draft. He has not played an official game since 2011.

Now, he'll have autographed Relics in one of Topps' priciest baseball card brands.

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The 2015 Topps Heritage '51 baseball card set is a newcomer to the Heritage lineup and it's a brand with its non-traditional gaming-style backs that, admittedly, might not appeal to everyone.

But it's those card backs -- at least on the mini parallels -- that might make those sets a bit more appealing to those considering opening a set for breaking and resale.

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Twelve Major League Baseball players have granted their likenesses to be used as part of a prepaid debit card program that lets diehard fans have yet another card of their favorite and lets them show it off every time they make a purchase.

So, in other words, your Big Papi VISA doesn't come with big-league cash -- unless you put it there.

David Ortiz is among the players partnered with the True Stars Fan Club, an MLBPA-approved venture that promises baseball-related rewards and benefits to those who sign up for the program.

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Onyx Authenticated is finishing the year with one of its biggest autographed baseball releases and it arrives today.

It's 2015 Onyx Authenticated Elite Limited Collection, and the debut of the high-end brand includes some of the best names in the game today inside its wooden boxes.

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Topps' latest baseball card release is one you have seen before -- but never like this.

It's 2015 Topps Limited and it's a version of the 700-card flagship set from this year but with a simple twist.

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Collectors who busted into boxes of the 2015 Topps Heritage '51 set when it arrived last week found one autographed card per set with an assortment of some of the biggest young names in MLB today also inside.

Now, Topps is making the release (but not the autographs) even bigger.

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Will Ferrell's baseball career may be over, but his baseball card career isn't.

The big-league comedian who played a big-leaguer for a day in spring training this year will have at least one more baseball card appearance to come, and it will be in 2015 Topps Dynasty.

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Topps Bunt is a phone app where plenty of collectors buy virtual packs of cards and then wheel and deal to land the ones they want. Some are easy to find, others are not.

This Bryce Harper Signature Card was an award -- given out to those who completed a collecting challenge in the game -- and it's limited to only 16 copies.

Just like real cardboard with Harper's autograph on them, there's big interest in rare cards of the likely National League MVP. This card commanded a few bucks as the rights to the card were sold on eBay -- something that's been a pretty common occurrence in the last couple of years as more and more baseball fans try out the app.

How much did it go for? You wouldn't believe it unless you saw it. (The actual amount paid was $299 less than that posted price, but ... still.)

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With the final out of the 2015 World Series coming less than 24 hours ago, Topps has 12 more postseason prints available to collectors commemorating the Greatest Moments of this fall.

Whether you're a fan of the world champion Kansas City Royals and their cast of young stars or the runner-up New York Mets and their powerful young arms, there are options for you. There are six prints -- six Silvers limited to just 25 serial-numbered copies for $34.99 and six 1/1 Golds  that are $199.

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Update (Nov. 8): Alcides Escobar's home run ball sold for $19,200.

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If you're a collector of the Kansas City Royals or New York Mets, there are already a number of options for collecting the 2015 World Series just two games into the showdown.

That's thanks to Topps and MLB Auctions.

From Topps there are already commemorative prints showcasing plays from the first two games as part of its ongoing Postseason Moments wall art line. From MLB Auctions, there are game-used items already on the auction block.

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The season's not yet over, but Topps has already updated one release that captured the attention of some collectors this year.

A second wave of prints for the 2015 Topps Fire print line, which features art by Tyson Beck, is in the works and already for sale on Topps.com with standard prints starting at $29.99 and rarer Gold prints starting at $99.99.

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The Rally Squirrel returns as a Philadelphia Phillies squad member on this photo variation card found in packs of 2015 Topps Update, which arrived last week.

While this year's appearance comes as one of the 25 photo variations in the product, it's clearly not as hot as the original Rally Squirrel who led the St. Louis Cardinals to a World Series title in 2011 (after an appearance in Philly) and before a Topps card in 2012. This year's card properly identifies the rowdy rodent -- its name is on the front, not a player -- and it's sold for as much as $40 in eBay auctions.

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What: 2016 Topps MLB Wacky Packages
Arrives: March 9
Hobby box basics: Hobby Collector boxes include 14 six-card packs with one auto sketch or Relic, while Hobby boxes will include 24 10-card packs. 

What's buzz-worthy: What happens when you take the twisted takes of Wacky Packages and add Major League Baseball? Well, we'll soon find out with this one with parody cards of products (the traditional for the long-running card brand) along with twists on baseball's teams (major and minor), food and events. What makes this one a draw for baseball fans? Autographed cards of players and team mascots -- though no checklists for those were revealed by the company.

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Update: Topps canceled this set following the Royals' victory.

The 2015 World Series lineup isn't set yet, but the details of the world champions' commemorative baseball card set from Topps are here.

Whether it's the New York Mets against the Kansas City Royals or the Toronto Blue Jays, the champs set will include 40 World Series-branded baseball cards with 15 highlights from the team's postseason run. Atop that, there will be cards for 25 key players on the team as well as cards for the Championship Series and World Series MVPs from the team.

Each case of these will include 16 sets.

>>> Click here to pre-order sets on BlowoutCards.com once a link is available

What: 2016 Topps Gypsy Queen baseball cards
Arrives: April 6
Hobby box basics: 24 packs, 10 cards -- two autographs, two Relics and one 10-card mini box box-topper

What's buzz-worthy: The sixth edition of Gypsy Queen follows much of the same formula from the past releases with the same number of hits and the same mini box box-topper we have seen from past years. What's new here this time are a few insert sets (MVP Minis, Power Alley), some parallels (MVP Minis autos, Mini Black autos) and a few other fun inclusions. Those will be Laces Around the League Relics -- cards with baseball stitch swatches limited to five copies -- as well as jumbo patch Relic and Ancient Era Remnants -- aka buybacks from the 1920s to 1950s.

See a gallery and more ... below.

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