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You are here: Home / Sports Card News / Modern Sports Card News / 2017 Topps Series 1 Baseball Preview

2017 Topps Series 1 Baseball Preview

August 12, 2016 By Bob D'Angelo

For collectors it’s a sure sign that spring is in the not so distant future.  2017 Topps Series 1 Baseball will take its traditional place as the first product of the new year when it debuts February 1, about a month in front of Heritage. A full Topps 2017 baseball cards retail boxchecklist is at the bottom of this story, along with links to boxes you can buy now.

What’s interesting to note is that Topps has completed the full bleed desig2017Topps_Seagern it initiated in 2016. The difference is that there are no smoky borders.

The 2017 design also will employ sharp angles to enhance the player’s name and team near the bottom of the card. The team’s logo will be anchored in the bottom left-hand corner of the card, with angled lines extending toward the top and across the bottom of the card.

2017 Topps Baseball Basics

Bryce Harper 2017 Topps Baseball cardA hobby box of 2017 Topps Series One will again contain 36 packs, with 10 cards to a pack. Jumbo boxes will have 10 packs, with 50 cards per pack.

Topps is promising one autograph or relic card per hobby box and one autograph and two relics for a jumbo box.

Price for a Hobby box should be in the $55-$70 range, depending on the retailer with Jumbo boxes likely falling between $90- $100 retail.

Base Set and Parallels

Kris Bryant 2017 Topps 1The 2017 Topps Series 1 set will include 350 base cards of current stars and key rookies.  Card #1 will feature a horizontal image of Kris Bryant, the NL MVP.

For the first time since 1995, an active player will be Card #7.  Topps “retired” the number from its flagship set after printing a commemorative Mantle card in 1996 and several others in the years that followed. At times, no #7 card was issued, however, leaving collectors confused.  Gary Sanchez will get #7 in the 2017 set. 

The defending World Series champion Cubs have more cards in Series 1 than any other team including 20 base cards.  Here’s a full breakdown by team: 2017 Topps Series 1 Baseball Breakdown

Several parallels also will be offered. The traditional gold parallels will be numbered to 2017. Rainbow parallels will fall every 10 packs. Vintage Stock will have cards numbered to 99, while hobby and jumbo exclusive Black parallels will be numbered to 66. Hot Pink will signify the Mother’s Day parallel, numbered to 50. Father’s Day gets into the act, too, with Powder Blue cards also numbered to 50. A camo-style parallel to commemorate Memorial Day will be numbered to 25.

Hobby exclusive Clear parallels will be numbered to 10, and a Negative parallel will be restricted to hobby and jumbo boxes. Platinum and printing plate cards will be 1/1 offerings.

2017 Topps Rookie Cards

Dansby Swanson Topps rookie cardOrlando Arcia Topps rookie cardThe group of 30 players getting rookie cards in the first release of 2017 feature recent first-round draft picks, international stars and future stand outs.

Some of the bigger rookie cards in the set include Dansby Swanson (2015 No. 1 Draft Pick), Yoan Moncada (Cuban star), Alex Bregman (2015 No. 2 Draft Pick), Aaron Judge (2013 first-round pick), Andrew Benintendi (2015 first-round pick), and David Dahl (2012 first-round pick).

Players who were traded in the offseason (like Moncada) are featured on a card with their original team. Rookie cards with their new teams will be in 2017 Topps Update Series Baseball, which comes out in October.

Inserts

Topps will offer a mixtu2017Topps_JACKIE_ROBINSON_INSERTre of old and new inserts. One of the more interesting and popular inserts will return.  First Pitch, which recaptures celebrities throwing out the first ceremonial first pitch at games, should fall one per eight packs in a hobby box. Topps Salute should fall nine per hobby box and will key on special uniforms and holidays like Mother’s Day and Memorial Day.

Topps is bringing back the the 1987 design it’s used a few different times on various products. Next year marks the 30th anniversary of the wood-grain design and collectors can expect to find nine parallels in every hobby box.

Another retro idea is the Bowman Then & Now subset, which will fall once in every eight packs. These cards will feature today’s top players in their original Bowman debut.

The Five Tool insert will debut and borrow from the Topps Fire design, put together by company artist Tyson Beck. Expect to pull between four and five of these inserts from a typical hobby box.

Autographs and Relics

Generally, Topps autographs are basically pa2017TOPPS_RIZZO_AUTO-PATCHrallels of base cards or low-end designs. But for the 2017 Series 1 set, Topps Reverence autograph patch cards will be a high-end offering with an on-card signature that will be exclusive to hobby and jumbo boxes.

Other offerings include Topps Salute autographs, along with Postseason Performance and World Series Champion autographs. Major Lea2017Topps_FIVETOOLgue Material Autograph relics will add a piece of memorabilia to an autographed card. Other relics are Major League Material, Postseason Performance and World Series Champion.

Bryce Harper 2017 Topps auto 1987 designAll autograph cards will include red and 1/1 parallels. The relics also will have a red parallel, but the 1/1 card will be Pl2017Topps_Auto_Syndergaardatinum.

Those 1987 designs will have autographed versions too, either on card or on stickers.  Parallels will include numbered Maple and 1/1 Birch cards.

Some collectors will pull some 1/1 gems: In the Name Relics (exclusive to hobby and jumbo boxes) will feature a letter2017Topps_DAVID_ORTIZ_Insert patch, while cut signatures will feature the player’s signature from a document or canceled check.

Another exclusive product found in hobby and jumbo boxes will be the MLB Spring Training Logo Patch and the MLB All-Star Team Medallion. Both will be featured with parallels in gold and black, along with a 1/1 Platinum card and an autograph card.

“Topps Baseball Series 1 is the official launch of the baseball season and a part of Americana as generations of fans eagerly await the annual baseball card release,” said David Leiner, General Manager and Vice President of the North American Sports & Entertainment Division at Topps. 

2017 Topps Series 1 Checklist

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About Bob D'Angelo

Bob has been a sportswriter and copy editor for more than 35 years and a blogger for a decade. He is celebrating his 50th year of card collecting, and still counts his 1965 Topps Mickey Mantle as his favorite. You can reach him at [email protected].

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