2016 Bowman Draft Baseball Cards

I believe Bowman is awesome! The bottom line is, from my own personal experience, when it comes to rookies since the beginning of this millennium and even the nineties, BOWMAN is by far the best. They are the industry standard, when it comes to rookie cards.

With that being said, do they have flaws, absolutely. Anytime us humans are involved, there will be flaws.

For example;
1.) over priced. There is a difference between making a profit and what I believe, taking advantage of a customer’s loyalty
2.) and it’s probably not even really grounds for a grievance, because it happens all the time and will happen again and again…leaving a third round draft pick out, like the St. Louis Cardinals phenom, JORDAN HICKS. The only way to avoid this, would be to print every single player drafted, every single year. That’s just not going to happen. Where do you draw the line? 3rd round, 10th round, 20th round? What about the diamonds in the rough. You can’t do it, but you can definitely close that margin. Which leads me to say, that’s what they should be working on. Heck, with all that money they make, they should pour more into research, or hire people like me.

Not a big fan of draft but thought I might buy a couple of jumbo boxes.
Product is nice looking but agree with many who do not want to see the same prospects included that have been there for 4 or 5 years now.
The boxes I opened had a couple of really nice hits including a box topper auto of Braxton Garrett numbered to /35. However I do not buy a box in hopes of scoring a major hit but buy them because I am a set builder and love to collect prospects.

Just picked up my first jumbo box, HOT PACK!!! Puk, manning, dunn, quantrill , reed, Smith, ragans black autos /75. Very happy

I’m rating this product again because ignorant people gave it a bad rating before it even came out. All some collectors seem to do is complain about sometimes the tiniest little things like it’s their past time or something. First off how can you give a product a bad rating without one pack of it having been opened? Second there are still hobby boxes of this product, it’s called buying one pack of super jumbo, that guarantees one auto just as the old hobby boxes did. This is good for 2 reasons. Orange refractors which are my personal favorites are no longer hobby format exclusive and can now be found in both formats. Second a pack of super jumbo is $40 compared to a hobby box which would normally run for $60. If you choose to only buy that one guaranteed auto getting a dud or higher round draft pick doesn’t hurt as bad as if you dropped $60 as before. Third of all as for top draft picks such a Senzel, Groome and Rutherford being held over for 2017 Bowman has been happening for as long as I can remember, just as Bregman was last year, Rodon the year before that and Bryant 3 years before. The solution for that I feel is cutting out paper Bowman and just rolling with 2 Bowman sets every year, Chrome and Draft. That way Chrome combined with regular Bowman would have enough prospect power without having to borrow prospects from Draft and Chromes prospect autograph checklist wouldn’t be watered down and atrocious as it currently sits. Also let’s be honest, how many of us just throw away the base paper Bowman cards and only keep the Chrome anyways? Getting back to how great this Draft product is though I have bought 4 jumbo and 1 super jumbo. I have gotten at least 1 color Refractor Auto in everyone none numbered higher than a /150 Blue! I mean jeez last years Draft I must have opened up 3 cases and received 1 gold, 1 green, 3 or 4 purple and a handful of refractor autos! The color coming out of 16 draft is ridiculous! I’m going to buy as much as I can while the getting is good! To add one thing before I sign off the one grip I agree with is the top prospect section of the base set. Eliminate it! We really don’t need more cards of these guys that have been prospects for 5 years. Make the whole base set of draftees. That’s about it though and on a scale of things it’s minor. So once again this is hands down the greatest product I have ever opened!

This draft product is the best product I’ve seen come from the draft in years. BAR NONE! Whether it be Bowman, Panini, Leaf, etc. Of course it’s going to cost more. It’s a business and they have to post a profit.
Just about ALL the top 25 are represented, and then some. And all people do is complain.

Greatest…Product…..Ever!

No short poo rints,.lalready got top pick auto refactor though expensive . every penney.

Strong checklist, always my favorite of the 3 core Bowman Baseball releases each year.

Product all inclusive , cards evenly distributed. Ibought 4 jumbo boxes & 1 super jumbo box both have fair value for once u get what u pay for highly recommend ed.

Very nice return by Bowman to a solid prospect set. Not getting alot of love on ebay right now IMO, but I think its going to be a sleeper set.

Another pointless redundant set with many of the same prospects from Bowman and Bowman Chrome included. They need to go back to the 2011 set. Have the Draft Picks as the main focus with some lesser known MLB rookies as the add on. I love the Rockies, but I really don’t need another Forrest Wall or Ryan McMahon this year.

How do you have a product called “Draft” and not include all the top picks in the base set? The second overall pick is only represented in the box topper set, just as an example. What’s the point of having a separate set from regular Bowman if it isn’t truly distinct and complete?

Nobody cares if you are passing on this product because your favorite nobody prospect isn’t in it.

I buy a lot of this product annually to get signed during the following MiLB season, and it always infuriates me that they leave out top draft picks yet waste 80 cards on prospects who’ve been in the product for multiple years. For example, this year there is no base for Senzel, Groome, or Rutherford in the draft release. Instead we get more of Meadows, Arroyo, etc. Cut out the prospect segment and make it draft picks only, I don’t want to wait for the 2017 Baseball release to get the first Bowman card of guys who should’ve been on the draft checklist.

No Nick Senzel other than a box topper. With him being left out, this will be a pass for me.

Disappointed that the Royals have no autographs for the draft picks in this year’s box. I will be avoiding this product

Always my favorite box to buy! A little dissapointed at the box options, but I’ll be buying nonetheless. Can’t wait to start ripping.

Ripping people off.

Taking away regular boxes is bad for kids trying to save up money to buy a box. These are your future buyers. I remember when drat used to have rookie cards. I wonder what the reasoning is for this move?

What is the price for the Jumbo and Super Jumbo.

Supremely disappointed! I would normally give some of my hard earned money to get a box of this each year. Now I can’t even do that cause I can’t afford a jumbo box! This is an stupid decision for hobbyist, at least some of us. First they take it off retail, which I was ok with, but now this? I love Bowman. It’s all I buy, or used to.

So I have to wait until Dec 2016?…..When Topps will be out with 2017 Baseball to get it….