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2019 Topps Pro Debut Set Review, Box Break, and Checklist

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