REVIEW:2017 Bowman Draft

Rookie Cards.

What appears to be the biggest driving force in this hobby, just take a look at 2017 baseball or 2016 football cards, and what better product to get rookie cards from then the king of rookie cards Bowman. This time it comes in Bowman Draft form as a sneak peek of the future. 

One thing I learned about collecting in 2017 and key rookies, it's best to get them as early as you can. So let's take a look at the product and what it has to offer.

Each box of 2017 Bowman Draft comes with 12 packs of 32 cards per. Boxes pack a whopping 384 cards which will help you build your future pretty fast. Boxes also come with 3 Bowman Chrome autographs. Boxes are currently running $125.

The base set design is the Bowman one for 2017. Once again draft comes with both draft picks and prospect cards in both chrome and paper. 

(Hunter Greene is not in this product and will be featured in 2018 Bowman)

Key Draft Picks include, Royce Lewis, MacKenzie Gore, Brendan McKay, Kyle Wright, Austin Beck, Pavin Smith, Adam Haseley, Keston Hiura, Jo Adell, Jake Burger, Shane Baz, Nick Pratto, Evan White, Heliot Ramos, and David Peterson.

Key Prospects include Ronald Acuna, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Gleyber Torres, Bo Bichette, Eloy Jimenez, Fernando Tatis Jr., Blake Rutherford, Nick Gordon, Juan Soto, Kevin Maitan, Ian Anderson, Kyle Lewis, Taylor Trammell, Scott Kingery, Jorge Mateo, Brendan Rodgers, Carter Kieboom, A.J. Puk, and Mitch Keller. 

There are 200 cards in the base set in both paper and chrome.

As with anything chrome, bring on the refractors!!! These are base ones and fall two per jumbo pack.

Others I pulled are, sky blue, Bowman 70th, Green and Purple.

 

Overall offerings are, 

• Refractor
• Sky Blue Refractor
• Purple Refractor:
• Bowman 70th Logo Refractor
• Blue Refractor
• Green Refractor
• Gold Refractor
• Orange Refractor /25
• Red Refractor /5
• SuperFractor 1/1.

There are paper parallels.I pulled a blue.

 

Others include,

• Silver Border
• Purple Border
• Green Border
• Gold Border
• Orange Border /25
• Red Border /5.
• Black Border 1/1.

Now onto the inserts!

Recommended Viewing has two players featuring team-specific prospect combinations

MLB Draft History features players of the past.

 

Bowman Defining Moments features upcoming players and their key moment so far.

  I pulled this Gleyber gold refractor /50

Now onto the autographs!

My first one is a base of Heliot Ramos

My second is a refractor of Blake Hunt

And my final one is a purple of Griffin Canning

 

Other parallels include,

• Blue Refractor
• Green Refractor
• Black Refractor /75
• Bowman 70th Logo Refractor
• Gold Refractor /50.
• Orange Refractor /25.
• Red Refractor /5.
• SuperFractor 1/1. 

Other hits not found in my box include, Class of 2017 Autographs that are 1 per case,

All-America Game Autograph Cards, MLB Draft History Autos and Top of the Class Box Toppers.

OVERALL:This product isn't for everyone, but if you are a prospector or want cards of your teams future, this is definitely the way to go. Lots of cards in a box. I like the design of the inserts and the themes of them. The bonus of having a shot at some decent former players autographs adds an extra value to the product as well.

When it comes to the price, its about what you usually pay for a 3 autograph hit product and for a Bowman one. With so many prospects to chase, you never know if you are investing or losing on a box like this until a few years pass. Time can only tell for rookies.

Take a minute out to thank Topps for providing the box to review. Some of the cards you see above will be included in the #MyToppsMomentOfTheYear promo! Follow Topps on all social media sites and check out their website HERE for cards and more!