Each year collectors await the release of Topps Series One. It’s the kickoff product for the baseball collecting year and usually comes out right around the time Spring Training is beginning.

This year has obviously been a different type of year, with multiple products being released before the season starts and even Topps Series Two on the market.

Topps Series One features a very strong rookie card class including 2019 Rookie of the Year Yordan Alvarez, Gavin Lux, Dustin May, Brendan McKay, Aristides Aquino and Bo Bichette.

Series One also has tons of inserts and subsets to collect. You can find the ever popular image variation cards in both SP (Short Print) and SSP (Super Short Print) versions and various autographed cards.

A blaster box costs $19.99 and contains 7 packs of 14 cards. Each box also contains a special bonus pack of one Rookie Card Retrospective Logo Medallion Card. There’s also one retail-exclusive Turkey Red Insert Card per pack.

Take a look at what we found in our box:

Pack 1:

Kris Bryant Turkey Red, Mike Mussina 1985 Insert, Vladimir Guerrero Jr Highlights Card #9, Nick Solak Rookie, Fernando Tatis Jr Rookie Cup, Chance Sisco, Jay Bruce, Tim Anderson, Gleyber Torres, Ian Kinsler, Matt Barnes, Tim Anderson League Leaders, Jose Abreu League Leaders, Gerrit Cole League Leaders.

Pack 2:

JD Martinez Turkey Red, Domingo Santana Rainbow Foil, Max Scherzer World Series Highlights, Robel Garcia Rookie, Patrick Corbin, Jesus Aguilar, Jorge Alfaro, Caleb Smith, Matt Chapman, Dwight Smith Jr, Manny Machado, Emilio Pagan, Jake Arrieta, Christian Vazquez.

Pack 3:

Ronald Acuna Jr Turkey Red, 2010’s Decades’ Best St Louis Cardinals, Soaking It All In (Yankees & Gleyber Walkoff), Juan Soto, Liam Hendriks, Brock Holt, Mitch Garver, Ronald Acuna Jr, Gary Sanchez, Tyler Flowers, Blake Treinen, Nick Markakis, Trevor Bauer, Justin Verlander.

Pack 4:

Brian Anderson Turkey Red, Joey Gallo Home Run Challenge, Vladimir Guerrero Jr Highlights Card #4, Mike Trout, Luke Voit, Amed Rosario, Chris Davis, Kevin McCarthy, Ildemaro Vargas, Matthew Boyd, CJ Cron, Aaron Nola, Willy Adames, Chicago Cubs team card.

Pack 5:

Masahiro Tanaka Turkey Red, Chipper Jones 1985 Insert, Gavin Lux Rookie, Seth Brown Rookie, Stephen Strasburg World Series Highlights, Tim & Yolmer South Side Infielders, Dansby Swanson, Orlando Arcia, Kenley Jansen, Andrew Cashner, Jacob DeGrom, David Bote, Brandon Woodruff, Nelson Cruz.

Pack 6:

Jose Peraza Father’s Day Powder Blue 15/50, Fernando Tatis Jr Turkey Red, Jose Peraza, Ryan Yarbrough, Lewis Brinson, Alex Young Rookie, Wade Davis, Joey Votto, Steven Matz, Chris Archer, Jon Gray, Kirby Yates, Yoan Moncada, Franmil Reyes.

Pack 7:

Shohei Ohtani Topps Choice, Paul Goldschmidt Turkey Red, Dustin May Rookie, Michael Brosseau Rookie, Lewis Thorpe Rookie, Adbert Alzolay Rookie, David Dahl, Tyler White, Marco Gonzales, Austin Hedges, Aaron Hicks, JaCoby Jones, New York Mets, Minnesota Twins.

Bonus Pack:

Kris Bryant Rookie Card Retrospective Logo Medallion Card.

Grade: B

This was another fun break. I absolutely love the Turkey Red Inserts. I’ll finish that set either with eBay or COMC pickups. The Rookie Card Retrospective Cards are cool in person and I’ve been a big fan of Kris Bryant since he was a High School player. The 1985 inserts are great looking cards and I’m really tempted to send the Mussina off through the mail (TTM) for an autograph. Also getting Rookie Cards of Gavin Lux and Dustin May were nice pulls.

On the negative side, I would have liked to have gotten a player version of the Decades’s Best Insert rather than a team based card, but at least I pulled one. Anther negative is that Topps has canceled this year’s Home Run Challenge Contest, so I won’t get to use my Joey Gallo card.