Following up on the 110 chrome prospect cards and autos that were included in the 2011 Bowman packs earlier in the year, Topps put out their main Bowman Chrome issue this past week. Other than the new players each year, not much has changed with this product in recent years. The product is driven by the prospect autos and the colored parallels. There are a couple of insert sets this year - a die-cut set that is actually pretty good looking, and a 2001 Bowman Chrome throwback set. But these are just window dressing for the prospects and the chrome itself.
The player selection from a Cubs standpoint is pretty good in this issue, which is a bit unusual among the recent spate of issues. We got Evan Crawford and Michael Brenly earlier in the year on their first Bowman Chrome cards, and the high number prospect set features Trey McNutt, Chris Carpenter, Scott Maine, and Kyle Smit in their first BC appearances. I always love seeing new guys in a set. We also get a card of Brandon Guyer as a Cub, despite the fact he was traded 10 months ago (and appeared with his new team in the low numbers for 2011 Bowman Chrome Prospects five months ago). The regular set also features a relatively robust nine Cubs players in it. Other than the Guyer, there is a lot to like in this issue for Cubs collectors.
The breakdown of Cubs in this issue is below.
Base Set - 8 Versions - Base, Refractors, Blue Refractors (#/150), Gold Refractors (#/50), Orange Refractors (#/25), Red Refractors (#/5), Superfractors (1/1), Canary Diamond (1/1), plus four 4 colors of printing plates
#7 Marlon Byrd
#38 Tyler Colvin
#76 Ryan Dempster
#84 Starlin Castro
#87 Aramis Ramirez
#143 Alfonso Soriano
#168 Matt Garza
#207 Darwin Barney
#211 Andrew Cashner
Base Set Rookie Autos (Partial Parallel Set) - 5 Versions - Base Autos, Autos Refractors (#/500), Autos Blue Refractors (#/250), Autos Gold Refractors (#/50), Autos Superfractors (1/1), plus four 4 colors of printing plates
No Cubs Included
Prospects Base Set - 10 Versions - Base Set, Refractors (#/799 for low numbers, #/500 for high numbers), Purple Refractors (#/700 for low numbers, #/799 for high numbers), Blue Refractors (#/250 for low numbers, #/150 for high numbers), Gold Refractors (#/50), Orange Refractors (#/25), Red Refractors (#/5), Superfractors (1/1), Green Xfractors (high numbers only), Canary Diamond (1/1, high numbers only), 4 colors of printing plates
#BCP-15 Michael Brenly
#BCP-71 Evan Crawford
#BCP-168 Brandon Guyer
#BCP-180 Trey McNutt
#BCP-206 Scott Maine
#BCP-207 Kyle Smit
#BCP-212 Chris Carpenter
Prospects Base Set Autos (Partial Parallel Set) - 7 Versions - Base Autos, Autos Refractors (#/500), Autos Blue Refractors (#/150), Autos Gold Refractors (#/50), Autos Orange Refractors (#/25), Autos Red Refractors (#/5), Autos Superfractors (1/1), Autos 4 colors of printing plates
#BCP-168 Brandon Guyer
#BCP-180 Trey McNutt
Bowman's Best Prospects (Green) - 4 Versions - Base, Refractors (#/99), Xfractors (#/25), Atomic Refractors (1/1), plus four colors of printing plates
No Cubs Included
2001 Bowman Chrome Throwbacks - 4 Versions - Base, Refractors (#/99), Xfractors (#/25), Atomic Refractors (1/1)
No Cubs Included
Futures Die-Cuts - 5 Versions - Base, Refractors, Bubble Refractors, Orange Bubble Refractors (#/99), Gold Bubble Refractors (#/25)
#21 Brett Jackson
USA Baseball Junior National Team - 14 Versions - Refractors (Base, #/417), Blue Refractors (#/99), Gold Refractors (#/50), Orange Refractors (#/25), Red Refractors (#/5), Superfractors (1/1), Xfractors (#/299), 4 colors of printing plates, Autos Refractors (#/417), Autos Blue Refractors (#/99), Autos Gold Refractors (#/50), Autos Orange Refractors (#/25), Autos Red Refractors (#/5), Autos Superfractors (1/1), Autos Xfractors (#/299), Autos 4 colors of printing plates
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