Collectors will have a chance open something besides colorfully wrapped presents during the upcoming holidays. 2020 Bowman’s Best Baseball will arrive just ahead of Santa Claus, with a release date of December 23.
2020 Bowman’s Best Basics
Bowman’s Best will once again offer two six-pack mini boxes inside a master box. There will be four autographs in each master box along with 12 Base Refractor parallels and one Atomic Refractor.
2020 Bowman’s Best Base Set
This year’s edition will open with a 100-card base set on chrome stock, featuring 50 active veterans and rookies along with 50 top prospects. Parallels will include:
Refractor Parallel – 1 Per Pack
Atomic Refractor – 1 Per Box
Purple Refractor – #’d to 250
Blue Refractor – #’d to 150
Green Refractor – #’d to 99
Gold Refractor – #’d to 50
Orange Refractor – #’d to 25
Red Refractor – #’d to 10
SuperFractor – #’d 1-of-1
Inserts
Look for a couple of new insert themes this year including Franchise 2020 Die-Cuts, which will fall one in every four packs. Inverse Color parallels will be found at the rate of two per case. There will also be Gold Refractor versions numbered to 50 and 1/1 SuperFractors.
Also new are Decade’s Best inserts, which will be found in every 18 packs. The checklist will be based on voting from fans and collectors. Atomic Refractors will be found in every other case. There will also be Gold Refractors numbered to 50 and 1/1 SuperFractors.
Power Producers will be a look back at the rookie seasons for some of the game’s top veterans and some former greats. Parallels include:
Atomic Refactor – 1 per case
Gold Refractor – #’d to 50
SuperFractor – #’d 1-of-1
2000 Bowman’s Best Franchise Favorites will be in every third pack. Two Atomic Refractor versions will be in every case with Gold (# to 50) and 1/1 SuperFractors here, too.
Autographs
Standard Best of 2020 Autographs will lead off the autograph side as the most commonly found signed cards parallels. They’ll come in several parallel versions including:
Refractor Parallel
Blue Refractor – #’d to 150
Green Refractor – #’d to 99
Gold Refractor – #’d to 50
Atomic Refractor – #’d to 25
Red Refractor – #’d to 10
SuperFractor – #’d 1-of-1
Printing Plates – #’d 1-of-1
The insert sets in 2020 Bowman’s Best will make up the rest of the autograph checklist.
Franchise Favorites will include single and dual signed versions. Serial numbering will vary on base autographs but there will be Gold (# to 50); Atomic (# to 25) and 1/1 SuperFractors. Dual versions will be numbered to 25, with Atomic Refractors numbered to 10 and 1/1 SuperFractors.
Franchise 2020 Die-Cut Autographs will also have varied numbering except for the Gold, Atomic and SuperFractor versions. The Decade’s Best inserts will have parallel autographs numbered to 99 or 1. Power Producers autographed parallels will have varied numbering along with 1/1 SuperFractors.
Boxes are on eBay now for around $200.
2020 Bowman’s Best Baseball Checklist
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