What: 2023 Leaf Perfect Game Bonus Boxes
Arrives: Aug. 30, 2024
Box basics: Eight 1/1 autographs per hobby box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Some notable prep stars from the annual showcase will be arriving in collectors' hands soon with nothing but 1/1 cards in every box of this one.

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What: 2022 Leaf Perfect Game National Showcase baseball cards
Arrives: Late December
Box basics: 20 autographs per box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf once again makes its Perfect Game release a big box with nothing but hits -- and one of the most-limited products, too.

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What: 2021 Leaf Perfect Game Bonus Boxes
Arrives: Feb. 13, 2023
Box basics: Eight 1/1 autographs per hobby box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Some notable prep stars from two years ago will be arriving in collectors' hands soon with nothing but 1/1 cards in every box of this one.

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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 ... 

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The Card: Rachel Balkovec 2022 Topps Now MiLB Autographs (/99)
The Price: Around $10 (since I had discount rewards piled up) via Topps.com
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: This autographed card was a first for Topps Now this year -- some minor-league cardboard -- since as you can see she was a bit of a history-maker in MiLB and baseball in general. Topps Now cards have had delays at times this year with stock shortages and this one was actually initially scheduled to arrive much later this year but it looks like the signing came together faster than expected. I believe this is my first Topps Now auto in my stash. Why? Cost is always a factor -- most are too much for me to bother looking -- but in this case it was about as low as it gets and then I snuck in toward the end of the line and added this on the cheap with rewards points from buys.
Grab a box right here: No boxes for this one ... but MiLB boxes are here.

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This one is a new department here on The Buzz ... Fast Five -- a quick list under a simple topic that might offer a basic starting point for a themed collection. It's a basic list of five items that could be fun for a starting collector or a new way to add to a stash that might already seemingly include everything when it comes to cardboard. For some of you, it's probably common sense. For others of you out there, it's perhaps something to ponder.

This time? Five MLB rookies worth watching on cardboard

KYLE LEWIS -- OF, Seattle Mariners
If you look at the rookie leaders so far this year, it's this guy who's leading the way with 11 hits in six games two homers and five RBIs. He's also got 10 strikeouts -- a little scary there -- but he's still hitting .458. He's pushing 1,000 different baseball cards with more than 300 of those being certified autos starting with 2016 Bowman Draft. Some good news? About half of his autos are in 2020 releases so he's a big reason to rip into what was you do find and you'd be surprised how much some of his Rookie Card parallels -- no ink -- have been going for.

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

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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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What: 2018 Leaf Showcase Baseball Vault cards
Arrives: June
Box basics: One past Leaf Showcase box and five 1/1 (or /5) autographs per box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here when available

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf revisits the Perfect Game Showcase with a limited-edition release that's even rarer than last year and revisits past years of the prep all-star event via full boxes of those past products combined with newer bonus cards.

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If you want the newest baseball cards of the newest MLB draft picks, then you should probably pick up a box of 2017 Panini Stars & Stripes USA Baseball cards.

Why?

USA Baseball sets from Panini America are among your best bets for finding players taken in the MLB Draft -- 16 of the 30 first-rounders last night were USA alums -- and you'll find No. 1 draft pick Royce Lewis inside this year's boxes along with No. 2 pick Hunter Greene and many others.

Thanks to other past USA releases and Perfect Game products from Leaf Trading Cards, just five of this year's first-rounders don't appear on officially licensed cardboard from a major manufacturer. (One of those five has a collegiate team-issued card ... so there's something official for fans to chase.)

Buzz recapped the draft in real time last night on Twitter and here are those images and a bit more -- keep reading for a rundown of basics on the entire first round.

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He's not exactly a come-from-nowhere player, but the power is coming through for one Boston Red Sox minor-leaguer.

Michael Chavis hit his 14th home run of the season Sunday for High-A Salem -- and actually his 13th, too, since it was his third multi-homer game of the year. That's just two-shy of his career-high from two years ago in 109 games.

He's hitting .343 through 47 games (so that home run pace looks even stronger) and the good news here is that he's just 21 years old since he was just 18 back in 2014 when Boston took him with the 26th overall pick.

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Do you like Buzz Breaks? Today's your day then as we launch 12 in 12 -- a series of a dozen breaks of past wax boxes and wax packs in a dozen hours. We'll post one every hour on the hour all day long today ... this is Hour 2.

The box: 2013 Leaf Perfect Game National Showcase
The cost: Click here

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

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