2020 Bowman’s Best Hobby Box: Review, Checklist, and Information

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Dropping on December 23rd, the second-to-last Topps release of the year comes in the form of the annual Bowman’s Best. This release, much like other Bowman releases, places a heavy focus on baseball’s rookies and prospects from the 2020 season.

2020 Bowman’s Best Baseball Cards: Basics

This set features many of the same elements as the popular Bowman Chrome set just with a bit of presentation and style change.

In a similar situation as with Chrome, each Hobby Box contains a Master Box which is broken up into two, six-pack mini boxes.

Each pack will contain five cards for a total of 60 cards per box. The Master Box contains four autographs, 12 base refractor parallels, and one atomic parallel.

One of these 2020 Bowman’s Best Hobby Boxes will set you back around 200 dollars. This comes out to be about 16.7 dollars per pack and 3.3 dollars per card.

2020 Bowman’s Best Baseball Cards: Design

2020 Bowman’s Best takes a similar approach as the Topps Finest set replacing traditional photo-based backgrounds with its usage of modern design elements, including an emphasis on lines. This set makes use of the famous chrome stock used in products like Bowman Chrome.

2020 Bowman’s Best Base Set

For the 2020 release, Bowman has decided to split the 100-card base set into 50 rookies and veterans and 50 prospects. There are multiple refractor parallels featured in the set, they are:

• Purple Refractor – #/250
• Blue Refractor – #/150
• Green Refractor – #/99
• Gold Refractor – #/50
• Orange Refractor – #/25
• Red Refractor – #/10
• SuperFractor – 1/1

2020 Bowman’s Best Autographs

The base signature set of this Hobby Box is the Best of 2020 Autographs insert. These chrome autographs are the main place to find signatures in this product. With a mixture of both rookies and prospects, there is a lot of potentials.

In the same fashion as the base set, these autographs also come in a variety of parallels listed below:

• Refractors
• Blue Refractors – #/150
• Green Refractors – #/99
• Gold Refractors – #/50
• Atomic Refractors – #/25
• Red Refractors – #/10
• Printing Plates – 1/1
• Superfractors – 1/1

Dual Autographs

This product also features dual autographs from a pair of players that are limited in their base quantity to just 25. There are, of course, parallels of the dual autographs as well. Limited to only two parallels, they are:

• Atomic Refractors – #/10
• Superfractors – 1/1

2020 Bowman’s Best Baseball Card Inserts

Aside from the Best of 2020 Autograph inserts there are four additional designs that can be found throughout a Hobby Box. The first of these is the Franchise 2020 Die-Cuts (1:4 packs).

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This insert is an homage to a 2000 Bowman’s Best insert and features a shiny mix-colored background with an etched look and rounded corners.

Inverse Color parallels (1:6 boxes) for this insert exist and they are Gold Refractors (/50) and Superfractors (1/1). Autograph variants also exist with their own Gold Refractors (/50), Atomic Refractors (/25) and Superfractors (1/1).

The second insert available in this set is the Decade’s Best (1:18 packs). This design was inspired by the 2012 Bowman International parallel. It features the flag of the home country of the player as the background and was determined by a fan vote. Parallels include Atomic Refractors (1:2 cases), Gold Refractors (/50), and Superfractors (1/1). There are also Autographs (/99) and Autograph Superfractors (1/1).

The third available insert in a Hobby Box of 2020 Bowman’s Best is the Franchise Favorite (1:3 packs). This insert is a throwback to the 2000 Bowman’s Best Franchise Favorite.

The card features a split colored background with a black-and-white silhouette of a player with a player image in the foreground.

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Besides Atomic Refractors, Gold Refractors (/50), and Superfractors (1/1) for the base versions, there are autographs as well. The autographs feature the same parallels as the previous two insert’s autographs.

The fourth parallel that is in this set is returning from last year. This parallel is the Power Producers (1:6 packs). This card looks back on the rookie seasons of veterans and retired players It features the same bright card design as last year.

Refractors include case-hit Atomic, Gold (/50), and Superfractors (1/1). Autographs are once again available with this insert and feature separate one-of-one Superfractors (1/1).

2020 Bowman’s Best Buyer’s Guide

Overview

What to expect in a hobby box:

• Autographs – 4
• 2000 Bowman’s Best Franchise Favorites – 4
• Franchise 2020 Die-Cuts – 3
• Power Producers – 2
• Atomic Refractors – 1
• Refractors – 12

2020 Bowman’s Best Hobby Box Review

This box has a lot to offer if you are someone who enjoys collecting rookies and prospects. A big plus of this box is that there are four guaranteed autos in this box and the checklist is heavily dominated by the type of player that you would want an autographed card of. Also, the shiny chrome look of this card looks really good and the design is nice. I could see some of the rookie cards in here fairing well down the road.

The downside is that often times Bowman’s Best does not hold its value as well as other Topps releases unless it is an autograph or numbered parallel. The inserts in this set are a little lackluster as the only base insert that will most likely have long term value is the Franchise 2020 Die-Cut. This product is essentially an alternative to Bowman Chrome at the same price point, but without the 1st edition cards.

Buy Rating: Buy with Risk (3.5 out of 5)

Bottom Line: For the same price you can get a Hobby Box of Bowman Chrome instead which will hold long-term value a lot better.

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Checklist

Base Set Checklist

REFRACTOR PARALLELS: Refractor, Atomic, Purple #/250, Blue #/150, Green #/99, Gold #/50, Orange #/25, Red #/10, SuperFractor 1/1.

Veterans/Rookies
1 Shun Yamaguchi – Toronto Blue Jays RC
2 Mike Trout – Los Angeles Angels
3 Fernando Tatis Jr. – San Diego Padres
4 Buster Posey – San Francisco Giants
5 Bo Bichette – Toronto Blue Jays RC
6 Justin Verlander – Houston Astros
7 Xander Bogaerts – Boston Red Sox
8 Anthony Rizzo – Chicago Cubs
9 Christian Yelich – Milwaukee Brewers
10 Luis Robert – Chicago White Sox RC
11 Justin Dunn – Seattle Mariners RC
12 Yoshi Tsutsugo – Tampa Bay Rays RC
13 Bobby Bradley – Cleveland Indians RC
14 Kris Bryant – Chicago Cubs
15 Manny Machado – San Diego Padres
16 Jordan Yamamoto – Miami Marlins RC
17 Corey Kluber – Texas Rangers
18 Nolan Arenado – Colorado Rockies
19 Dustin May – Los Angeles Dodgers RC
20 Mookie Betts – Los Angeles Dodgers
21 Sean Murphy – Oakland Athletics RC
22 Shohei Ohtani – Los Angeles Angels
23 Pete Alonso – New York Mets
24 Jorge Alfaro – Miami Marlins
25 Gerrit Cole – New York Yankees
26 Vladimir Guerrero Jr. – Toronto Blue Jays
27 Rhys Hoskins – Philadelphia Phillies
28 Blake Snell – Tampa Bay Rays
29 Jacob deGrom – New York Mets
30 A.J. Puk – Oakland Athletics RC
31 Kyle Lewis – Seattle Mariners RC
32 Aristides Aquino – Cincinnati Reds RC
33 Josh Bell – Pittsburgh Pirates
34 Yadier Molina – St. Louis Cardinals
35 Zac Gallen – Arizona Diamondbacks RC
36 Nick Solak – Texas Rangers RC
37 Juan Soto – Washington Nationals
38 J.D. Martinez – Boston Red Sox
39 Max Scherzer – Washington Nationals
40 Brendan McKay – Tampa Bay Rays RC
41 Gavin Lux – Los Angeles Dodgers RC
42 Starling Marte – Miami Marlins
43 Tim Anderson – Chicago White Sox
44 Francisco Lindor – Cleveland Indians
45 Yordan Alvarez – Houston Astros RC
46 Nico Hoerner – Chicago Cubs RC
47 Trent Grisham – San Diego Padres RC
48 Jesus Luzardo – Oakland Athletics RC
49 Brusdar Graterol – Los Angeles Dodgers RC
50 Adbert Alzolay – Chicago Cubs RC

51 Bryce Harper – Philadelphia Phillies
52 Dylan Cease – Chicago White Sox RC
53 Ronald Acuña Jr. – Atlanta Braves
54 Freddie Freeman – Atlanta Braves
55 Joey Votto – Cincinnati Reds
56 Anthony Rendon – Los Angeles Angels
57 Dan Vogelbach – Milwaukee Brewers
58 Trey Mancini – Baltimore Orioles
59 Albert Pujols – Los Angeles Angels
60 Paul Goldschmidt – St. Louis Cardinals
61 Aaron Judge – New York Yankees
62 Eddie Rosario – Minnesota Twins
63 Cody Bellinger – Los Angeles Dodgers
64 Austin Meadows – Tampa Bay Rays
65 Jose Altuve – Houston Astros
66 Mauricio Dubon – San Francisco Giants RC
67 Miguel Cabrera – Detroit Tigers
68 Jorge Soler – Kansas City Royals
69 Matt Chapman – Oakland Athletics
70 Shogo Akiyama – Cincinnati Reds RC

2020 Bowman Top Prospects
TP-1 Wander Franco – Tampa Bay Rays
TP-2 Emerson Hancock – Seattle Mariners
TP-3 Garrett Crochet – Chicago White Sox
TP-4 Casey Mize – Detroit Tigers
TP-5 Jarred Kelenic – Seattle Mariners
TP-6 Justin Foscue – Texas Rangers
TP-7 Heston Kjerstad – Baltimore Orioles
TP-8 Robert Hassell – San Diego Padres
TP-9 Dylan Carlson – St. Louis Cardinals
TP-10 Royce Lewis – Minnesota Twins
TP-11 Nick Yorke – Boston Red Sox
TP-12 Zac Veen – Colorado Rockies
TP-13 Adley Rutschman – Baltimore Orioles
TP-14 Joey Bart – San Francisco Giants
TP-15 Julio Rodriguez – Seattle Mariners
TP-16 Patrick Bailey – San Francisco Giants
TP-17 Nick Gonzales – Pittsburgh Pirates
TP-18 Asa Lacy – Kansas City Royals
TP-19 Andrew Vaughn – Chicago White Sox
TP-20 Bobby Witt Jr. – Kansas City Royals
TP-21 Cristian Pache – Atlanta Braves
TP-22 Nate Pearson – Toronto Blue Jays
TP-23 Ed Howard – Chicago Cubs
TP-24 MacKenzie Gore – San Diego Padres
TP-25 Max Meyer – Miami Marlins
TP-26 Forrest Whitley – Houston Astros
TP-27 Jo Adell – Los Angeles Angels
TP-28 Reid Detmers – Los Angeles Angels
TP-29 Austin Hendrick – Cincinnati Reds
TP-30 Spencer Torkelson – Detroit Tigers

2020 Bowman’s Best Baseball Autograph Checklist

Best of 2020 Autographs Set Checklist

90 cards.

REFRACTOR PARALLELS: Blue #/150, Green #/99, Gold #/50, Atomic #/25, Red #/10, SuperFractor 1/1, Printing Plates 1/1.

B20-AH Austin Hendrick – Cincinnati Reds
B20-AK Anthony Kay – Toronto Blue Jays
B20-AMU Andres Muñoz – San Diego Padres
B20-AW Austin Wells – New York Yankees
B20-BHE Ben Hernandez – Kansas City Royals
B20-BJ Bryce Jarvis – Arizona Diamondbacks
B20-CC Cade Cavalli – Washington Nationals
B20-CML Carmen Mlodzinski – Pittsburgh Pirates
B20-CS Casey Schmitt – San Francisco Giants
B20-DD Dillon Dingler – Detroit Tigers
B20-DF Daxton Fulton – Miami Marlins
B20-EH Emerson Hancock – Seattle Mariners
B20-EHO Ed Howard – Chicago Cubs
B20-GC Garrett Crochet – Chicago White Sox
B20-GM Garrett Mitchell – Milwaukee Brewers
B20-HK Heston Kjerstad – Baltimore Orioles
B20-JDA Jaylin Davis – San Francisco Giants
B20-JF Justin Foscue – Texas Rangers
B20-JLA Justin Lange – San Diego Padres
B20-JSH Jared Shuster – Atlanta Braves
B20-JST Josh Staumont – Kansas City Royals
B20-JW Jordan Walker – St. Louis Cardinals
B20-JY Jordan Yamamoto – Miami Marlins
B20-LC Luis Castillo – Cincinnati Reds
B20-LW Logan Webb – San Francisco Giants
B20-MME Max Meyer – Miami Marlins
B20-NB Nick Bitsko – Tampa Bay Rays
B20-NG Nick Gonzales – Pittsburgh Pirates
B20-NGO Nolan Gorman – St. Louis Cardinals
B20-NLO Nick Loftin – Kansas City Royals
B20-NY Nick Yorke – Boston Red Sox
B20-OC Owen Caissie – San Diego Padres
B20-PB Patrick Bailey – San Francisco Giants
B20-PC Pete Crow-Armstrong – New York Mets
B20-RDE Reid Detmers – Los Angeles Angels
B20-RH Robert Hassell – San Diego Padres
B20-ST Spencer Torkelson – Detroit Tigers
B20-TSO Tyler Soderstrom – Oakland Athletics
B20-ZD Zach DeLoach – Seattle Mariners
B20-ZV Zac Veen – Colorado Rockies
B20-AA Adbert Alzolay – Chicago Cubs
B20-AAQ Aristides Aquino – Cincinnati Reds
B20-AB Andrew Benintendi – Boston Red Sox
B20-AC Antonio Cabello – New York Yankees
B20-ADR Adley Rutschman – Baltimore Orioles

REFRACTOR PARALLELS: Gold #/50, Atomic #/25, SuperFractor 1/1.

FFA-BJ Bryce Jarvis – Arizona Diamondbacks
FFA-CJ Chipper Jones – Atlanta Braves
FFA-CR Cal Ripken Jr. – Baltimore Orioles
FFA-EH Emerson Hancock – Seattle Mariners
FFA-GL Gavin Lux – Los Angeles Dodgers
FFA-HK Heston Kjerstad – Baltimore Orioles
FFA-JF Justin Foscue – Texas Rangers
FFA-JJ Josh Jung – Texas Rangers
FFA-JJB JJ Bleday – Miami Marlins
FFA-JL Jesus Luzardo – Oakland Athletics
FFA-JS Juan Soto – Washington Nationals
FFA-LR Luis Robert – Chicago White Sox
FFA-MM Max Meyer – Miami Marlins

2020 Bowman’s Best Baseball Insert Checklist

2000 Franchise Favorites Set Checklist

40 cards. 1:3 packs.

REFRACTOR PARALLELS: Atomic, Gold #/50, SuperFractor 1/1.

FFA-AA Aristides Aquino – Cincinnati Reds
FFA-AH Austin Hendrick – Cincinnati Reds
FFA-AL Asa Lacy – Kansas City Royals
FFA-AV Andrew Vaughn – Chicago White Sox
FFA-BJ Bryce Jarvis – Arizona Diamondbacks
FFA-BM Brendan McKay – Tampa Bay Rays
FFA-BW Bobby Witt Jr. – Kansas City Royals
FFA-CJ Chipper Jones – Atlanta Braves
FFA-CR Cal Ripken Jr. – Baltimore Orioles
FFA-EH Emerson Hancock – Seattle Mariners
FFA-EHO Ed Howard – Chicago Cubs
FFA-FT Fernando Tatis Jr. – San Diego Padres
FFA-GL Gavin Lux – Los Angeles Dodgers
FFA-GM Garrett Mitchell – Milwaukee Brewers
FFA-HK Heston Kjerstad – Baltimore Orioles
FFA-JF Justin Foscue – Texas Rangers
FFA-JJ Josh Jung – Texas Rangers
FFA-JL Jesus Luzardo – Oakland Athletics
FFA-JS Juan Soto – Washington Nationals
FFA-JW Jordan Walker – St. Louis Cardinals