Bowman may get the most hype of the Minor League Focused baseball card products, but they aren’t the only game in town. Topps Pro Debut is the second release of the season which focuses on the stars of tomorrow. The 2019 version released on May 22nd, and the hobby only release delivered 24 packs per box with eight cards in each pack.
Set Review
Once again, the card’s design mimics the Topps flagship design with the addition of the Pro Debut logo on some cards which indicates it is their first Pro Debut card (think 1st Bowman). Parallels come in a variety of colors starting with Green /99, Gold /50, Orange /25, Red /10, and Black 1/1s. The 200 card base set is packed with prospects, some of which were already been called up to the bigs early in the 2019 season. Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Pete Alonso, Fernando Tatis Jr., and Nick Senzel are a few of the bigger names who have graduated from MiLB prospect to major league rookie.
Wander mania finds its way into this product as card #50 pictures the current class A ball player on his Princeton rookie ball team. Joey Bart, Nolan Gorman, and Casey Mize are a couple other notable guys who make the list of prospects for collectors to chase.
Five insert sets can be found with checklists ranging from one card (2019 Make Your Pro Debut Winner) to 25 cards (MiLB Leaps and Bounds). The Ben’s Biz set returns for another year and shows some fun that can be found in five MiLB cities. The Pro Debut 10 Year Anniversary Reprint Set promises to deliver micro heart attacks to collectors as they briefly forget it’s actually a reprint and not the original ProDebut card of Bryce Harper, Francisco Linder, Kris Bryant, Mookie Betts, or Mike Trout. I don’t know about you, but those reprints get me every time. I enjoy the Promotional Night uniforms set as it continues with the “fun at the ballpark” theme.
Each hobby box contains two autographs and two relic cards. There are 75 different subjects on the base autograph checklist. The Future Cornerstones auto checklist contained a more focused list of 24 players and each card is numbered to 99 or less and should fall one per case. Jumbo Patch Auto Relics, MiLB Leaps and Bounds Autos, and Pro Debut 10-year Anniversary Autos round out the potential signatures.
Vlad Jr., Wander, and Pete are a few of the notable names in the product!
Distinguished Debut Medallions are thankfully the only manufactured relic in the product and for some reason have Gold, Red, and Black parallels. I’m just not a big fan of these cards with metal logos that were only created for these cards. I’m a much bigger fan of the unique memorabilia found in the Fragments of the Farm set! The Jumbo Patch and Promo Night Uniform relics provide an opportunity to get a piece of uniform.
I opened two boxes on release day including the box I recorded for the video below!
In the box I didn’t record, I pulled the Casey Mize 1/1 pictured above! My other autos were not overly notable, but I did get another numbered to /50. All in all, it was a pretty fun break. I locked in a good preorder price, so I saved quite a bit off of the full retail release price which always helps from a return of value perspective. Two boxes should be enough to hand collate a set, but you can buy a complete set shipped to your door for less than the price of one hobby box. So if maximizing value is on your mind, that’s the way to go.
In last year’s Pro Debut break I landed another huge auto, you can read about it here. If you can’t get enough coverage of MiLB products, you can check out my review of 2019 Bowman!
Thanks for reading.
Checklist
1 Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
2 Brock Burke
3 Tirso Ornelas
4 Mason McReaken
5 Esteury Ruiz
6 Jonathan India
7 Edward Cabrera
8 Sean Hjelle
9 Joey Bart
10 DL Hall
11 Yadier Alvarez
12 Shane McClanahan
13 Grayson Rodriguez
14 Dane Dunning
15 Kevin Maitan
16 Parker Meadows
17 Jordyn Adams
18 Jake McCarthy
19 Simeon Woods Richardson
20 Anderson Tejeda
21 Daz Cameron
22 Brendan Rodgers
23 Matt Manning
24 Cristian Santana
25 Fernando Tatis Jr.
26 Dustin May
27 Albert Abreu
28 Lenny Torres
29 Alek Thomas
30 Nolan Jones
31 Griffin Canning
32 Pete Alonso
33 Adonis Medina
34 Bo Bichette
35 Micah Bello
36 Carter Kieboom
37 Alex Kirilloff
38 Rylan Bannon
39 Seuly Matias
40 Griffin Roberts
41 Jose Suarez
42 Yusniel Diaz
43 Hunter Greene
44 Drew Waters
45 Adrian Morejon
46 Jayson Schroeder
47 Terrin Vavra
48 Dylan Cease
49 Ian Anderson
50 Wander Franco
51 Ronny Mauricio
52 Ryan McKenna
53 Spencer Howard
54 Aaron Civale
55 Sheldon Neuse
56 Bobby Dalbec
57 Keibert Ruiz
58 Jazz Chisholm
59 Daulton Varsho
60 Nick Senzel
61 Yordan Alvarez
62 Peter Lambert
63 Estevan Florial
64 Brusdar Graterol
65 Nick Decker
66 Kyle Lewis
67 Mike Siani
68 Heliot Ramos
69 Trevor Larnach
70 Logan Webb
71 Mickey Moniak
72 Jesus Luzardo
73 Cristian Javier
74 Royce Lewis
75 Michael Chavis
76 Jesus Sanchez
77 Nick Schnell
78 Forrest Whitley
79 Josh Breaux
80 Andres Gimenez
81 Oneil Cruz
82 Adam Haseley
83 Ryan Weathers
84 Ryan Costello
85 Clarke Schmidt
86 Andrew Bechtold
87 Reggie Lawson
88 Andrew Knizner
89 Cole Roederer
90 Leody Taveras
91 Logan Allen
92 Jeter Downs
93 Justin Dunn
94 Tanner Dodson
95 Kyle Isbel
96 Grant Lavigne
97 Chris Paddack
98 Ronaldo Hernandez
99 Jeremiah Jackson
100 Eloy Jimenez
101 Taylor Widener
102 Luis Robert
103 Michael Donadio
104 Kevin Smith
105 Keegan Thompson
106 Owen Miller
107 Connor Scott
108 Izzy Wilson
109 Tim Cate
110 Beau Burrows
111 Daniel Lynch
112 Jordan Groshans
113 Jake Wong
114 Triston McKenzie
115 Greyson Jenista
116 Jonathan Hernandez
117 Seth Beer
118 Keston Hiura
119 Brendan McKay
120 Brice Turang
121 Nick Sandlin
122 Matt Mercer
123 Blake Rutherford
124 Luis Garcia
125 Nick Madrigal
126 Cadyn Grenier
127 Colton Welker
128 Anthony Seigler
129 Jeremy Eierman
130 Jonathan Ornelas
131 Corey Ray
132 Will Stewart
133 Casey Golden
134 Ke'Bryan Hayes
135 Gavin Lux
136 Kris Bubic
137 Mitch Keller
138 Brandon Marsh
139 Sean Murphy
140 Joe Gray Jr.
141 Jo Adell
142 Akil Baddoo
143 Eli Morgan
144 Triston Casas
145 Matthew Liberatore
146 Mason Martin
147 Ryder Green
148 Will Smith
149 Grant Little
150 Shed Long
151 Nate Pearson
152 Taylor Trammell
153 Chad Spanberger
154 Braden Bishop
155 Hans Crouse
156 Gabriel Cancel
157 Daniel Johnson
158 Alec Bohm
159 Carlos Cortes
160 Austin Riley
161 Derian Cruz
162 Blaze Alexander
163 Tommy Romero
164 Brennen Davis
165 Luken Baker
166 Osiris Johnson
167 Genesis Cabrera
168 Michel Baez
169 Julio Pablo Martinez
170 Durbin Feltman
171 Franklin Perez
172 Khalil Lee
173 MacKenzie Gore
174 Tristan Pompey
175 Jarred Kelenic
176 Kody Clemens
177 Travis Swaggerty
178 Brewer Hicklen
179 Ford Proctor
180 Jackson Kowar
181 Will Banfield
182 Elehuris Montero
183 Sixto Sanchez
184 Nico Hoerner
185 Darwinzon Hernandez
186 Bo Naylor
187 Miguel Amaya
188 Jameson Hannah
189 Roberto Ramos
190 Braxton Ashcraft
191 Nolan Gorman
192 Jon Duplantier
193 Cristian Pache
194 Freudis Nova
195 Ryan Jeffers
196 Evan White
197 Ryan Mountcastle
198 Josh Stowers
199 Alex Faedo
200 Casey Mize
