As the world awaits his first MLB Rookie Cards in packs, there's still plenty to chase right now when it comes to this phenom.

Los Angeles Dodgers prospect and former Chiba Lotte Marines superstar Roki Sasaki won't have an in-pack RC until his official regular-season MLB debut and he won't have any other in-pack Dodgers cards as a prospect until the first Bowman sets of the year arrive. But, he's still got a bunch of cardboard already thanks to appearances in World Baseball Classic releases and Nippon Professional Baseball cards made by Topps for the Japanese market.

Sasaki's debut comes next week as the Dodgers take on the Cubs in the Tokyo Series, a two-game set that starts the MLB season in an international way and that location is fitting as Sasaki's four seasons in NPB once included a 19-strikeout perfect game and then eight more perfect innings in his next start after that to put him firmly on the radar of collectors around the world.

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What's Buzzing: A new Michael Jordan card, ups and downs, Heritage High Number, repacks and MLB.

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1 -- Talking Michael Jordan cards ...

2 -- "What goes up, must come down"

3 -- Still talking Heritage High Number

4 -- Still talking Fanatics repacks

5  -- Even more MLB chatter is here

6 -- New MLB pulls

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The box: 2025 Topps Series 1 baseball cards (hanger)
First Buzz preview & checklist/odds: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for a few formats)

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What's Buzzing: Roki Sasaki, 2025 Topps, Fanatics repacks, new pulls, MLB chatter and "prospects that broke your heart."

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1 -- Roki Sasaki has 'em talking

2 -- All your MLB chatter is here

3 -- They have their thoughts on Fanatics repacks ...

4 -- Still talking 2025 Topps

5  -- "Prospects that broke your heart"

6 -- New MLB pulls

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What's Buzzing: Gerrit Cole injury reactions, some questions with answers, new pulls and more in this Tuesday edition.

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1 -- Gerrit Cole is out ... checking in on the Yankees chatter

2 -- A question with some answers 

3 -- Even more MLB chatter

4 -- Sigh ... 

5  -- New MLB pulls

6 -- Some notable WNBA finds at retail 

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What: 2024 Topps Stranger Things High Tek trading cards
Arrives: April 11, 2025
Box basics: Two serial-numbered parallels per eight-card box (12 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
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What's buzz-worthy: Topps brings Tek to the Upside Down as the world awaits the long-delayed final season of the Netflix series that's heavy on nostalgic throwbacks.

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What: 2023-24 Topps Three basketball cards
Arrives: April 11, 2025
Box basics: Two on-card autographs per three-card box (five boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Odds: Click here
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What's buzz-worthy: A new brand from Topps for the stars of the basketball court is one that keeps it simple -- two autos and a third card in the box and that's it.

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What's Buzzing: Jac Caglianone, new MLB pulls, a Sapphire WWE surprise, NBA cards, errors and more.

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1 -- Checking in on the Jac Caglianone chatter

2 -- 2025 Topps pulls and more

3 -- Sapphire WWE box delivers a surprise

4 -- NBA cards are on their minds

5  -- Look for the one odd card mentioned here

6 -- Sell the Rays? (What about the Marlins?)

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What's Buzzing: Talking Ichiro Suzuki cards, Topps Chrome, 1990s NFL inserts, nervously holding Mike Trout cards and more.

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1 -- Talking Ichiro Suzuki cardboard

2 -- They have their thoughts on Topps Chrome football 

3 -- Showing off 1990s and 2000s NFL inserts 

4 -- Giddy!

5  -- Chatter about the state of the hobby?

6 -- Nervously holding Mike Trout cards?

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What's Buzzing: Non-sports chatter, Spring Training highlights, Deebo Samuel, Allen & Ginter X, Shohei Ohtani and "the gamble pays off."

1 -- "The gamble pays off"

2 -- Checking in on the Shohei Ohtani thread

3 -- Plenty of non-sports chatter at the moment

4 -- Talking Spring Training ...

5  -- Deebo Samuel reactions

6 -- Talking Allen & Ginter X

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What's Buzzing: New pulls, volume ripping, WWE chatter, buy the card not the grade, Cheers cards and more.

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1 -- Some volume ripping of Leaf Metal autos

2 -- What's next in WWE?

3 -- Some new basketball pulls

4 -- All your off-season football chatter

5  -- Buy the card, not the grade

6 -- Still talking Cheers cards ... Get your box here!

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What: 2024 Topps Finest Formula 1 racing cards
Arrives: April 3, 2025
Box basics: One or two Relics per six-pack box (eight boxes per case)
Checklist: TBD
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Finest takes to the track for the stars of Formula 1 racing with its colorful and flashy looks, some higher-end chases and, of course, hits showcasing top names.

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What: 2024-25 Bowman University Chrome basketball cards
Arrives: April 3, 2025
Box basics: Two autographs per 24-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Odds: Click here
Order: Click here (when live)

What's buzz-worthy: Topps' newest round of college basketball cards for active college players once again will showcase college stars from men's and women's basketball all in one spot with a rainbow of potential among everything found in colorful, shiny Chrome.

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What's Buzzing: Hall of Fame voting change, error cards, Gold Prizms, Cheers cards and more have them talking.

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1 -- Error cards and misprints are on their minds

2 -- Hall of Fame voting change might eliminate debate 

3 -- Gooooooooollllllllldd NBA Prizms and Refractors

4 -- Heritage High Number has 'em talking

5  -- Topps Now WWE chatter has some gems

6 -- Talking Cheers cards ... Get your box here!

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Here's this month's roundup of items that have recently caught my eye as a buyer ...

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LEGENDARY INK
The Card: Ichiro Suzuki autographed 2001 Topps Rookie Card (BAS 10 auto)
The Price: Not as much as you might think ... but also not that cheap.
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: Clean copies of this iconic Topps flagship Rookie Card are not easy finds in general with the boxes and sets likely bricked now if they remain unopened -- that means the gloss will be snowy if you're lucky to peel the cards apart at all -- and then the dark green border and high-gloss on soft stock here is always going to be problematic. When I spotted this card among many where Suzuki has signed for literally years (Mill Creek Sports) without a premium price, I bit on this just before his Hall of Fame results hit. (We all knew he was going in ... but I didn't know if his prices were going to rise.) This copy is super clean vs. many cards out there with some very light roughness on maybe one edge and a light touch on the bottom-left corner ... but some of what's seen in my photo is just how the light is reflecting. I generally don't do a ton of bigger buys for my collection, but this one's cost wasn't that much more than some of the hot and plentiful new release hobby boxes. I went with a safe and iconic bet for my (for me) premium spend and went with the sure thing on an iconic card for a living legend. I pulled his ink once from an unlicensed release -- and it was in one of my earliest Making The Grade posts here -- but a signed RC means I'll likely never need to sweat his stuff again. (Might window shop, though, or bite if price is right for a nice certified.) One more fun part of my card? If that label had a simple added line of Beckett/Fanatics witnessed instead of signed for Mill Creek and then slabbed, the price likely would be double what I paid. I wouldn't pay that -- and this one is a win in my book.
Grab a box right here: Nothing for this ... but MLB cards are here.

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The box: 2024 Topps Heritage baseball cards (giant)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)
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What's Buzzing: Roki Sasaki arrives throwing heat, NFL Draft chatter, fake cardboard alert, predicting future NBA "bigs," Cheers cards and more.

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1 -- NFL Draft thoughts ...

2 -- Talking Spring Training ...

3 -- Fake cardboard: A thread to know

4 -- Predicting future NBA "bigs"

5  -- Chrome WWE chatter

6 -- Talking Cheers cards ...

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For years now, autographed books coming direct from the publishers -- or direct from the authors themselves -- have been an affordable way to collect ink from notable names in all realms of pop culture.

It's not a perfect system with stamped autos, fakes and autopens sometimes in the mix -- a problem for publishers to catch as they are not authenticators -- but thanks to dedicated collectors on the Blowout Cards Forum and elsewhere, those problems often get caught and fixed ... or at least become well-known enough to avoid if it's an issue that goes uncorrected.

Getting ink in-person is always best -- book tours still happen, of course -- but landing autographed editions from publishers, online sellers or celebs themselves via their websites or other appearances are common.

Our latest subject and autograph in this ongoing series? Olympic gold medalist Aly Raisman.

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What's Buzzing: WWE has 'em talking heading to Wrestlemania, Starting Lineup, basketball chatter, Cheers cards and more in this Tuesday edition.

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1 -- MLB: The Hall of Very Good

2 -- Some international non-sports ...

3 -- Talking Cheers cards ...

4 -- All your basketball chatter is here

5  -- I'm not

6 -- WWE still has 'em talking ... about a few things

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What's Buzzing: New football breaks, a new thing to watch out for, Shedeur Sanders, John Cena, Pete Rose and more in this Monday edition.

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1 -- Must-read: A new kind of scheming

2 -- Did you know?

3 -- Collectors have their thoughts

4 -- Nope

5  -- New football breaks are piling up

6 -- Nope, it wasn't Cody Rhodes ... John Cena sold his soul

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Like many collectors, Buzz is a fan of grading, so here's this month's grading diary.

CLOSE TO PERFECT
The Card: Shohei Ohtani 2018 Topps -- Rookie Card
The Reason Graded: Ohtani's historic 2024 season had me assessing all of my cards from my 2018 stash -- mostly lower-end stuff that's heavily graded -- but not graded by me. Why? I don't grade the heavily submitted stuff because a lesser mark wouldn't be as worthy of going through the process and, really, in most instances a card can always be found already graded if it's needed. But, with his 50-50 season being so big, I opted to slab a few basics and this is one that made the cut. The stock used in 2018 is almost as thin as it gets and all that dark ink definitely showcases flaws, but I picked a pair of cards I thought were perfect from my stash and sent them in.
The Grade: CGC 10

Reality Check: I don't know where I missed a perfect mark here but I'll still take a 10 ... less than half check in there and I think it's really harder than that -- people are examining their stuff harder before sending them in. The fact that these have checked in as low as a seven show how this one isn't easy sledding when it comes to slabbing. And as for my perfect aspirations? Well, it doesn't exist.

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What: 2024 Topps Inception football cards
Arrives: March 21, 2025
Box basics: Two autographs and one memorabilia card per seven-card box (eight boxes per case)
Checklist: TBD
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Inception hits the gridiron for a new run with Topps, packing a trio of hits in every box with plenty of color and variety showcasing past and present football stars.

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What's Buzzing: Heritage High Number chatter, new pulls, Travis Hunter's wants, all about that pencil bat and more.

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1 -- Heritage High Number has 'em talking today

2 -- New MLB pulls are here

3 -- It's a goal, but ... 

4 -- All about that pencil bat

5  -- Inside a box of Spectra NFL

6 -- Still talking 2025 Topps

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What: 2024 Topps Star Wars Chrome Black trading cards
Arrives: March 19, 2025
Box basics: One encased autograph in every box (12 boxes per case)
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Odds: Click here
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What's buzz-worthy: The Topps Chrome Black formula goes intergalactic once again with Star Wars as the formula that has been previously used for Topps' dark line gets some minor tweaks.

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What's Buzzing: Inside a new UFC case, offseason NFL chatter, best and worst cards, 2025 Topps and ... Roger Maris and the Hall of Fame?

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1 -- Inside a new UFC case

2 -- Plenty of offseason NFL chatter is here

3 -- Roger Maris and the Hall of Fame?

4 -- Best & Worst ...

5  -- New MLB pulls are here

6 -- Still talking 2025 Topps ... and its new formats

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