Rhys Hoskins’ powerful arrival sparks big interest in his few baseball cards

There’s a new hard-hitting powerful rookie in MLB this season but you’ll have to wait for his first Rookie Cards and battle if you have your sights on his few certified autographs.

His name is Rhys Hoskins and he’s a member of the Philadelphia Phillies — and he’s got a record 11 home runs in his first 18 games. That’s an MLB record for a hot start as well as a team rookie record for the month — with a few games to go. He’s also homered in his last five games, adding to the attention that comes with such a torrid pace.

Now, about that cardboard?

Board Buzz: Must-read threads on the Blowout Forums (Feb. 22)

The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What’s Buzzing Today: Kris Bryant Transcendent cards, 2017 Topps Heritage & big breaks.

Board Buzz: Must-read threads on the Blowout Forums (Feb. 21)

The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What’s Buzzing Today: Big breaks, the Boogie deal, chasing rainbows, Trea Turner expectations and O.J. Simpson

Board Buzz: Must-read threads on the Blowout Forums (Feb. 19)

The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What’s Buzzing Today: Trading Cards artwork, vintage cards, collecting Canseco & more.

Board Buzz: Must-read threads on the Blowout Forums (Jan. 20)

The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What’s Buzzing Today: Nothing but impressive breaks today.

Board Buzz: Must-read threads on the Blowout Forums (Jan. 11)

The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What’s Buzzing Today: Transcendent hauls, Star Wars, NFL breaks, 2016 Bowman Draft and plenty more.

Board Buzz: Must-read threads on the Blowout Forums (Jan. 7)

The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What’s Buzzing Today: Tracking Superfractors, busting Star Wars, NFL hits, collecting Jose Canseco & more.

Gallery: 2016 Bowman Draft autos, Superfractors & other rarities

Once again, the Bowman Draft rainbow is colorful — and pricey.

Topps’ recently released 2016 Bowman Draft baseball card set which is the first look at MLB cardboard for future stars such as No. 1 draft pick Mickey Moniak.

Rarities for guys like him? Well, they’re in demand. One of his five Red Wave Refractors has sold for $2,327, which isn’t too shabby considering the price of the pack it came in.

Board Buzz: Must-read threads on the Blowout Forums (Dec. 20)

The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What’s Buzzing Today: Star Wars Rogue One and WWE Divas Revolution breaks along with a Super case of 2016 Bowman Draft, an impressive A.I. collection and what about “Ravishing” Rick Rude’s best card?

Board Buzz: Must-read threads on the Blowout Forums (Dec. 19)

The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What’s Buzzing Today: We’ll just start with the gem … “Is Tom Savage the next Brett Favre?”

Buzz Break: 2016 Bowman Draft baseball cards (jumbo box)

From time to time, Buzz will break a box of something and post the results here. Like this and want to see more? Or maybe there’s a box you’d want to see busted? Send Buzz an email at BlowoutBuzz@blowoutcards.com.

The box: 2016 Bowman Draft baseball cards (jumbo box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 12
Cards per pack: 32
Cards in this box: 384
Base set completion: 
200 of 200 (100 percent)
Duplicates: 73

Base cards of note – Mickey Moniak, A.J. Puk, Delvin Perez, Kyle Lewis, Joshua Lowe, Alex Kiriloff, Bobby Dalbec, Bobby Ray, Ian Anderson, Tyler O’Neill, Gleyber Torres, Eloy Jimenez, Bo Bichette, Braxton Garrett, Corey Ray, Forrest Whitley, Gavin Lux, Joe Rizzo, Will Benson, Zack Collins (and others)

Board Buzz: Must-read threads on the Blowout Forums (Dec. 16)

The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What’s Buzzing Today: Big questions, big breaks, big pulls & some Star Wars Rogue One.

Get the 2016 Bowman Draft Picks & Prospects baseball checklist here

The wait for many of the details is over.

Topps released the final checklist for its 2016 Bowman Draft Picks & Prospects baseball cards on Thursday, giving prospectors a final rundown of who’ll be signing on for the 15th edition of the popular brand.

Gallery: Who’s signing for 2016 Bowman Draft … so far

The arrival of 2016 Bowman Draft Picks & Prospects is less than two weeks away and Topps has begun teasing players whose autographs will be found inside its packs.

One of them will be No. 1 overall draft pick Mickey Moniak, a high-schooler who hit .284 with 28 RBI in 46 games in his first season as a pro.

Topps signs Mickey Moniak to exclusive autograph & card deal

The No. 1 pick has a new — and exclusive — home.

Topps revealed on Wednesday that it has signed Philadelphia Phillies prospect Mickey Moniak to an exclusive deal for his cards and memorabilia. This also means his autographs will only be found in upcoming Topps products and Bowman lines such as 2016 Bowman Draft. He’ll also appear in 2016 Bowman’s Best.

“As the top overall pick of this year’s MLB Draft, we’re ecstatic to have Mickey headlining our 2016 Bowman Draft release,” said Bowman brand manager Zvee Geffen. “The Bowman brands are home to the game’s future stars and, as Mickey certainly fits that billing, he epitomizes the best of our brand.”

Board Buzz: Must-read threads on the Blowout Forums (Aug. 26)

The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What’s Buzzing Today: New products, Bowman Draft Super Jumbo news, big cases & more.

First Buzz: 2016 Bowman Draft baseball cards

What: 2016 Bowman Draft baseball cards
Arrives: Dec. 7
Box basics: Three autographs per 12-pack box (eight boxes per case). For Super-jumbos, there will be five packs of 120 cards in each box with a total of five autos (six boxes per case).

What’s buzz-worthy: One of the hobby’s heavyweights returns is back for another year with nearly 400 cards per box and “better autograph value, revamped MLB Draft content and additional autograph Refractors.”

See a gallery and more … below.