Monday, December 08, 2014

2014 Topps Chrome Update box recap

I picked one up for $14.99 even though the way these boxes are put together seems stingy on Topps' part - while the basic Topps Chrome Update set is only 55 cards, maybe at least a couple more Topps Chrome Update packs would make this a more reasonable purchase.

Topps Chrome Update packs

Pack one
#MB-55 Brandon McCarthy
#MB-32 Jason Giambi
#MB-37 Miguel Cabrera - checklist
#MB-26 Bronson Arroyo

Pack two
#MB-25 Tony Sanchez
#MB-16 Adrian Nieto
#MB-28 Raul Ibanez

#MB-4 George Springer - Gold parallel serial #'d 026/250; this seems like a mildly interesting pull but how many similar parallel cards does Springer have out that makes this one less than special?

Regular Topps Update - eight card packs

Pack one
#US-34 Gavin Floyd
#US-218 David Carpenter
#US-226 Chris Coghlan
#US-50 Jacob DeGrom - Gold parallel serial #'d 1412/2014
#WSH-BR Brooks Robinson - World Series Heroes insert
#US-27 Shin-Soo Choo
#US-151 Robinson Cano
#US-190 Jose Altuve

Pack two
#US-194 Hector Santiago
#US-70 Jarrod Saltalamacchia
#US-180 Chris Taylor
#PPA-MTR Mike Trout - Power Players insert
#US-230 Kurt Suzuki
#US-229 Sam Fuld
#US-269 Max Scherzer
#US-255 Jonathan Lucroy

Pack three
#US-244 Daisuke Matsuzaka
#US-73 Francisco Cervelli
#US-168 Austin Jackson
#TM-YD Yu Darvish - 1989 Topps Die-Cut minis insert
#US-200 Masahiro Tanaka
#US-301 Mookie Betts
#US-8 Josh Harrison
#US-9 Francisco Rodriguez

Pack four
#US-83 Brandon Hicks
#US-85 Daniel Descalso
#US-145 A.J. Pierzynski
#US-141 Chris Dickerson
#FN-NC2 Nick Castellanos - The Future is Now insert
#US-12 Brian McCann
#US-320 Koji Uehara
#US-97 Salvador Perez

Pack five
#US-296 Tyler Moore
#US-116 Brett Anderson
#US-130 Tony Watson
#US-286 Brandon Barnes
#FF-PM Paul Molitor - Fond Farewells insert
#US-72 Chris Young
#US-173 Jose Bautista
#US-96 Eugenio Suarez

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