2017 Donruss Baseball, Panini’s annual budget-priced ode to MLB (or at least MLBPA), is back.
Despite the lack of an MLB license, the company has enjoyed some success with its baseball brands, enough to continue an annual Donruss set, a lower cost product is designed to flash back to the company’s 1980s issues.
Boxes will contain 24 packs with eight cards per back and 16 boxes per case. Each box will have three hits including at least one autograph.
Among the autograph subsets are Signature Series, Significant Signatures (all-time greats) and Retro Signatures, (today’s stars signing on cards that mimic the 1983 Donruss release). Promising Pros Materials Signatures is a prospect-heavy insert featuring some of the game’s top young players. 
Much like they did back in the 1980s, the Donruss Diamond Kings cards will lead off the release with five in each box. Rated Rookies, featuring rookie cards of the 2017 class, will return with this year’s cards numbered 31 through 45. Two will be found in each box along with two The Rookies and two The Prospects inserts.
Each box will contain seven parallel cards.
New this year are Diamond Collection memorabilia cards, with a checklist that includes past, present and future stars.
The Famous San Diego Chicken makes a return to Donruss in 2017, with some all new triple-swatch cards that feature pieces of the chicken suit.
Elite Series and Dominators inserts will be back while photo and name variations will abound in the base set. Each box will have four.
Here’s a breakdown of what to expect from the three autograph chase elements:
SIGNATURE SERIES
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Signature Series Blue – #’d/199 or less
– Signature Series Red – #’d/99 or less
– Signature Series Gold – #’d/49 or less
– Signature Series Purple – #’d/25 or less
– Signature Series Pink – #’d/10 or less
– Signature Series Green – #’d/5 or less
– Signature Series Black – numbered 1 of 1
SIGNIFICANT SIGNATURES
– Significant Signatures Blue – #’d/199 or less
– Significant Signatures Red – #’d/99 or less
– Significant Signatures Gold – #’d/49 or less
– Significant Signatures Purple – #’d/25 or less
– Significant Signatures Pink – #’d/10 or less
– Significant Signatures Green – #’d/5 or less
– Significant Signatures Black – numbered 1 of 1
RETRO SIGNATURES 1983
– Retro Signatures Blue – #’d/199 or less
– Retro Signatures Red – #’d/99 or less
– Retro Signatures Gold – #’d/49 or less
– Retro Signatures Purple – #’d/25 or less
– Retro Signatures Pink – #’d/10 or less
– Retro Signatures Green – #’d/5 or less
– Retro Signatures Black – numbered 1 of 1
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