2014 Topps Heritage Minor League Variation Short Prints Guide
As you shuffle through your 2014 Topps Heritage Minor League cards, make sure to keep an eye out for base variations. Like last year, Topps included 25 of these rare short prints in the minor league product. Although there is no real theme to the variations, most are easily distinguished from their base counterparts.
The 2014 Topps Heritage Minor League Variations feature some of the biggest prospects in the game, including Kris Bryant, Carlos Correa and Byron Buxton. The base card for Jorge Alfaro is actually part of the high number short prints subset.
View a detailed visual guide to the limited variations below, including a side-by-side comparison with the base versions. There is also a short description for each version to further help distinguish the cards. Another way to determine the variations is that they have no parallels except for printing plates. The base cards and high number short prints both have Lime, Black and Blue border parallels, in addition to printing plates.
2014 Topps Heritage Minor League Variations Visual Guide
Base parallels are shown when regular base cards were not available, but the images are the same. Click on the listing to shop for singles on eBay.
1 Carlos Correa, Lancaster JetHawks
Base: holding bat, blue jersey
Variation: holding ball, white jersey
9 Gary Sanchez, Trenton Thunder
Base: mask on, white chest protector
Variation: mask off, blue chest protector
10 Byron Buxton, Fort Myers Miracle
Base: holding bat
Variation: holding glove
20 Miguel Sano, New Britain Rock Cats
Base: holding bat upright with both hands
Variation: holding bat horizontal
30 Kris Bryant, Tennessee Smokies
Base: holding bat at an angle on shoulder, leaning
Variation: holding bat straight on shoulder, green background
36 Javier Baez, Iowa Cubs
Base: wearing sunglasses, blue jersey
Variation: white jersey
55 Julio Urias, Rancho Cucamonga Quakes
Base: blue jersey
Variation: gray jersey
57 Lance McCullers, Lancaster JetHawks
Base: green background
Variation: empty background
80 Albert Almora, Daytona Cubs
Base: running
Variation: batting
88 Jose Berrios, Fort Myers Miracle
Base: pitching with ball visible above head
Variation: pitching while holding ball in glove
90 Clint Frazier, Lake County Captains
Base: holding bat over shoulders
Variation: batting helmet
100 Austin Meadows, Jamestown Jammers
Base: holding bat over shoulders
Variation: dirty jersey
108 Trey Ball, Greenville Drive
Base: white pants visible
Variation: no pants visible
109 A.J. Cole, Harrisburg Senators
Base: pitching motion, gray jersey
Variation: holding ball, red jersey
110 Oscar Taveras, Memphis Redbirds
Base: batting, red batting helmet
Variation: blue hat
112 Bubba Starling, Wilmington Blue Rocks
Base: holding bat, blue jersey
Variation: holding glove, gray jersey
123 Hunter Dozier, Wilmington Blue Rocks
Base: standing
Variation: batting
130 Alex Meyer, Rochester Red Wings
Base: hunched
Variation: pitching with ball near his head
140 Andrew Heaney, Jacksonville Suns
Base: pitching with ball above head
Variation: pitching with ball to left of head
150 Henry Owens, Portland Sea Dogs
Base: pitching motion
Variation: standing with glove tucked into body
160 Joc Pederson, Albuquerque Isotopes
Base: running
Variation: batting
190 C.J. Edwards, Tennessee Smokies
Base: holding ball and glove
Variation: sunglasses on hat
193 Jesse Biddle, Reading Fightin Phils
Base: holding ball
Variation: ball in the air
199 Arismendy Alcantara, Iowa Cubs
Base: blue jersey
Variation: white jersey
214 Jorge Alfaro, Myrtle Beach Pelicans
Base: wearing catcher's gear
Variation: holding bat
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Mike Z.
Do these have a different serial # on the back like the 2013 version? Easier to look that way than memorize who are the guys with variations.