2013 Bowman Draft Picks & Prospects Baseball Cards

I love the product. 4 stars because I got a mini refractor that was way off centered. Other than that, I love it.
One question though.. Is there an Orange Ice refractor #/5 in this product? Someone has one listed on eBay and I need answers.. Thanks!

I pulled the Byron Buxton Black Ice 1/1. Gotta be happy with that!!!

in one box i pull a machado RC red wave /25 and a trey ball auto /75. awesome product

I think this is a great product. Thats not because i got a blue wave and a black wave pack in my box. I just like how you seem to have a good chance at making your money back.
Here are the best cards i got

Marco Gonzales auto
Aaron Blair black wave auto. I’ve noticed the one’s on ebay also have a smudge right below the auto.
Ty Hensley red wave /25
Marcel Ozuna black wave
Anthony rendon blue wave

First of all this product is amazing. I was surprised how much money you get back from opening a single box! But I wanted to know is there a Blue Sapphire Best Bowman Players of All-Time Auto?
Thanks

Isacc – From what I have seen, out of every case of 12 hobby, there seems to be slightly less than 2 blue wave packs and slightly less than 1 black wave pack, so expect one of the 2 in every 4/5 boxes, I’ve only seen around 5 cases so I could be wrong but not every box for sure.

does every hobby box (24pks, 7cds) come with a blue wave refractor pack?

I have a little bug with down a prospect without a game in the MLB. Do we know Puig 6 months ago? Every player have a chance to shine one day. 1st pick or 152nd, surely, Topps have to be more accurate and have the top prospects but I can’t say now that this year BDPP is bad. I always have my case not opened, like the years before cause those bowman cards are so flat. I have 3 kids and I don’t have time to lose to open it and put in a 5000 cards box by numbers. And my 5 years old son see the case but don’t know whats in it. lolll

I prefer mid-end cards. So this might be a little low end.

Are there any Buxton/Sano Autos in this ?? I don’t see there being any.

Bowman Platinum is the only Buxton Auto in the Bowman series?

I have been reading the reviews of this product and have to agree with what seems to be the general consensus that this year’s Bowman Draft is mediocre at best. It seems to me that instead of focusing on the Draft players, Bowman (and Topps) has decided to get behind the flavor-of-the-month and force it down everyone’s throat. I am not saying the Puigs, Buxtons, Bogarts, etc. aren’t worthy of their due, but consider…this set is the Bowman Draft Picks and Prospects yet the overall #1 pick (Mark Appel) is ONLY available as an insert. Anybody following college baseball in this country knows about Mark Appel. Perhaps Bowman can explain why he is denied a card of his own in this set. Just my thoughts…you don’t leave a number one overall pick out of a draft set.

I started collecting baseball cards again a little over 1 1/2 yrs ago. Like most collectors I had my fair share of big hits and duds. I find a local hobby store 15mins. away from me. I would purchase a hobby box or a hobby jumbo box every two weeks. 95% of the time I would open up the packs at the store. With my experience with this hobby store they are very loyal to customers who return to their store. I was going thru a dud drought on the cards. Hit that stage where I would keep getting the same auto card. One day there was a little kid and his sister in the store with their dad. I bought a jumbo hobby box of Bowman. The auto cards i pulled I already had. So i decided to give the auto cards to the boy and his sister. I returned to the hobby shop two weeks later bought another box of 2013 Bowman. Didn’t get much out of that box either. However, right before I left the owner tells me she has something to give me. She said because what I did two weeks ago and that i’m a loyal customer. She handed me a 2012 Topps Gypsy Queen Bryce Harper RC. I was completely shocked. I since moved and now the Hobby shop is over 1 1/2 hrs. away from me. I still make the drive there but only once a month. I will have to agree it does seem Topps has put more duds in the product. If your someone who’s looking for the big ticket item. You should save your money and just by the card off ebay. Specially, if you only collect certain players. If your like me. You like the thrill of opening up a box and being the lucky one to get that super rare auto card. So that brings me to my one and only complaint with Topps. The redemption cards. I have 7 redemption cards that are over a year old and have not been sent to me yet. There two cards that I have no problem with Topps sending me two replacement cards. However, the rest I do. Mainly because their rookie auto short prints. If you are looking for that Yasiel Puig auto card. I will tell you this I bought a redemption 2013 Bowman Platinum Soler/Puig dual auto off of ebay. I redeemed the redemption and the card was sent to me in less than two weeks. When it comes to the extremely High end cards like Tribute and Five Star. It might be best buy the autos that you want off of ebay. You get the card you want and you don’t have to pay an arm and leg for the product. Specially if your on a card budget like me.

I just pulled a Jorge Soler Blue wave silver /25 out of a pack? anyone know anything about these? didn’t see anything on ebay

Seems every time I decide to post on the forum, I end up sounding like some cranky old dude…today’s no different. Bowman Draft follows the trend of the recent past by being at best a mediocre product. Autos are pretty lame (with some definite exceptions, of course)–though they are no worse than most of those pulled from Tier One, Tribute, Museum, or 3x Threads. Chromies are so watered down that “two per pack”–let’s just say that there’s not much color to the rainbow or the chromes. Some of the photoshopping is just simply terrible. Remember that Seaver card from the 80’s with the sad Red Sox cap (looked like crayon)? That photo manipulation was better than some of this year’s BowDraft (see BDPP24,74,114,127 for some random examples). A $65-$70 hobby box has 2 inserts. Everyone knew that Topps getting sole rights would be bad for the hobby, but I don’t think we expected it to be this bad. $75-$100 boxes are now pretty crappy and passé, $150-$250 boxes are mediocre at best, leaving FIVE STAR as only decent product for hits…and the FIVE stands for $500. Sorry for the rant, but Topps is starting to remind me of Disney more and more each release…

Got my hobby box in the mail today. Pulled a Clint Frazier autographed Chrome. Got a Puig Chrome refractor. Reese McGuire 87/250, Ryan McMahon 17/25, Will Morris 56/99, and a Strasburg 1st Bowman Card. Very pleased.

Had a great time opening my box. Pulled a Riley Unroe auto and a Aaron Sanchez red /5.

My only complaint was that the blue paper parallels both had serious printing marks.

bowman draft used to be my favorite product period. I feel it lost a lot of luster once topps lost the license to USA players that used to be in draft. Additionally, they even have second rounders for autos. seems to me that it just used to be better or perhaps I just got spoiled.

sorry, last question is there any jumbo boxes this year?

did bowman ever say why they changed it to a hobby only product? Because I hate it, since I cannot afford a hobby box.

is this a hobby only product?

Will these cards have the Bowman 1st stamp on them?

no kris brant base auto? really?

is this a hobby only product again? if so then 2 star

Kris Bryant has autos in this product, so does Puig. And no retail just means the value will be better, retail waters down the product. Boxes are cheap enough as it is, and if you know this product, it’s always a 5 Star winner!

I am an avid fan of the Futures Game relics and this is the most disapointing checklist in years. No Buxton, Sano, Bradley, Correa, Polanco or Pederson? What are they thinking?

Panini has a fair amount of Bryant autos though so that is a plus.

Probably. But I figured they would ride Puig out even until then. I mean Dylan Bundy has been beat to death in Bowman.

seriously, how can Topps do a dual card of Kris Bryant even in an auto version and no base of him? Why? I don’t understand that one Topps…………

So no Kris Bryant autograph? Lame #2 pick

Bowman released the checklist on fb. No Kris Bryant makes this set a no go for me.

Thanks Ryan, do you have the checklist with names and card numbers?

Does the draft and prospect set have as much value as the regular chrome and bowman sets do?

Thanks

Quick question, so the 3 rookie autos you get per jumbo box are the ones you would get in regular bowman and bowman chrome? Ex. Same card style and numver for the buxton or Correa? Can you get the Puig?

Im new to collecting cards and this is very confusing to me. I was interested in bowman chrome but found out correa and buxton were only in regular bowman but they came out as bowman chrome. This is very deciptive to new hobbyist I think.

So can you please explain a little more in detail the cards in the bowman draft and prospects vs the other bowmans. Im.interested in jumbo hobby only.

Thanks

$60 for a HOBBY BOX is not expensive, you spend $20 on a blaster box, only difference is you CAN NOT pack search ! Better odds & guaranteed auto ! Dacardworld & Sbay are trusted. I to like to buy retail rack packs especially when I no theirs a hit in it !! But I will buy a box or 2 because its worth it !!

I really like this product alot!!! I’m a girl and I love collecting baseball cards!!! I love bowman draft picks because it gives me the chance to get autographs from the players personally. Especially when me and my family travel to Arizona so we can go to the Fall League!!!
Thanks so much!!!

The only thing that bothers me is that there’s only one auto per box. I wish there could be an added relic card at least.

Also I’ve been collecting 30 yrs I cannot believe ppl spend the time to sit there and pack search or check for thicker packs however the hell they do it and get away with it I think they SHOULD lock up the more expensive stuff but target makes absolutely well I mean they DON’T LOSE any $$ with that type of product the marketing cpany does and why the hell should they care if they’re making a small percentage compared to the other things they sell in they’re store! Cards aren’t or WON’T ever be policed! Not at target ATLEAST and my local HOBBY store bans u from the shop if they see ANYONE pack searching! Also target is called RETAIL so when it had to do with a large chain such as target where you don’t have to even have a GED to work there let alone papers saying that you were born in the USA I see it as a monopoly like Nike but Nike is STILL popular after all these years !

I give it a 1 star as well I went to target today to pick up some and they had 2 boxes left the only thing was that BOTH boxes were COMPLETELY empty what a damn shame! And they didn’t have any gypsy queen except for blisters and then sometimes I buy those cheap packs for $3.99 well I got my $$$’s worth with a LEBRON JAMES rookie card! Also a nice lookin late 90’s Fleer MJ card as well as a Scottie popped rookie thanks target for the mini green gypsy queen and the other box had a black framed relic card but yea all the new 2013 stuff was GONE !!

I just picked up two blaster boxes at target

I have to give this product 1 star, because the average fan will not be able to access this via the traditional retail route (Walmart/Target). I refuse to pay $expesive$ Hobby pricess and deal w/ shaddy businesses where their boxes are pack searched by the owners.
If I want to purchases a $6 rack pack or $20 blaster box I no longer have that option. 2011 Bowmand Draft Picks & Prospects was my favorite product to date…to bad it will be the last product line I will purchase until Topps changes their policy.