2023 Topps Series 1- Top 10 Rookies To Look For And Invest In
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ต.ค. 2024
- 2023 Topps Series 1 is here, and the checklist is loaded. 2023 Topps Series 1 features rookies of top prospects, short prints of every player, and a new 1988 design. In this video I break down the top ten rookies in 2023 Topps Series 1 and share my thoughts about each player heading into the 2023 baseball season.
This rookie class for series 1 is insane. I'm a big Vinnie P fan I see him as a Rizzo type. As an Orioles fan breaks are gonna get expensive.
I was surprised how good of stats he had. I hope he is able to keep up the pace at the big league level!
New to collecting and your videos are very informative. No doubt continuing to watch more of them will be a big help to me
I’m scared for the print runs, cuz this is THE BEST checklist of rookies I’ve ever seen in a single series of Topps! I bought quite a bit of update, but I’m glad I saved money to buy some series 1 cuz that checklist is RIDICULOUS.
It is a strong checklist. I am hoping that the print runs are flat or only SLIGHTLY up from last year! I will do a break down once I can find the pack odds. It will definitely be a fun set to open. Good luck on your rips!
@@scottiebcards2354 Pack odds have since come out - evidently print runs are actually down from Series 1 last year, although they're still up from 2021 Series 1. A step in the right direction.
Absolutely love your prospective on these. Honestly, really great way to look at potential rookie stars. New to the channel. Gonna have to check out more videos for sure. Have a great weekend!
I love it! Image variations here I come!!
Hey Scottie-you mentioned the change in rules this year re: the shift against hitters. I’d love to see a video where you rate which hitters will likely see huge stat increases as a result of this 😀 keep up the stellar content 👍
Totally agree on the Harris II analysis you gave. His prior Minor League saber-metrics weren't exactly eye popping , but obvy something clicked for Mike Harris II when he got to the Show and caught most, (if not all) by surprise, from a Baseball Card Investers POV. Good Take!
Opened 4 Hangers: 1 Auto, 1 Rainbow Foil, almost all the rookies you listed beside 2...not to shabby. Idk if I'm compelled to open anymore. Will gamble once chrome comes out and we know what rookies are good by then lol
Always great info, always look forward to your videos. You keep it real with facts and great information. Thanks for the time and effort you put into the hobby and getting cards into kids hands. Also a huge Mookie Betts and trout fan!!!!
Love that Mark Appel finally has a RC after like 10+ years
I was happy to see that as well. Pretty cool he made it after retiring and coming back!
Great video thanks for the Info. Series 1 ready 🍀🙏
Love your videos.. appreciate your insight
Solid Video doing research for my SGC submissions! NEW Sub thanks!!!
Man love this informative detailed breakdown! Great watch
Been waiting for this vid thanks man👍👍 go Astros 🔥🏆
Good job buddy. I like the Seriousness of things and Honesty.
Great video...just shared it on Twitter.
Its so funny i have been a topps set builder since 1972 and put up 5 sets from each year of the flagship , new collectors want instant value, how about basing the value of the total career and less focus on day to day stats just my thoughts
This is pretty exciting. When was the last time a Topps series 1 set had 5+ solid RCs? Seems like lately its been series 2 or Update with most of the good RCs...
Great vodeo as usual Scott! I'll be chasing Casas and Gunnar but man there are a bunch of solid rookies.
Thank you. I appreciate it! Best of luck with your rips!
Great rundown! It's going to be a good set but people will be disappointed ripping it given the set size and print runs. I think the Orioles are no brainer to buy into breaks, even if it's a little high. At worst you'll end up with a bunch of base rookies and inserts.
Awesome video, thanks! Michael Harris II is the real deal IMO.
Interesting that Corbin Carroll has 2 auto cards, but no base...will those be considered "rookie" cards? Also curious where you would have him ranked if he did have base rookies in the series.
Those will have the rookie logo, yes. It always interests me when Topps does that. They did the same thing for some players last year as well!
If Corbin Carroll was on this checklist I most likely would have had him in the top 2! He has great minor and major stats, a top prospect, and super young.
Great video! Is Josh Jung going to be in series 1 as well?
Could these number be true for 2023 Topps Series 1
2023 Topps Series 1
- Clear Cards are 1:3,590 packs
- 14 cards per pack
- 100 Total cards in the clear set (assumed)
- 330 cards in the total set
1. Figure out how many clear cards exists: (100x10)=1000
2. Figure out how many base cards it takes to get a clear card:(14x3590)=50,260
3. (1/50,260=1000/x)=50260000 total cards in hobby products
4. (50,260,000/330)= 152,303 of each base card in hobby boxes
I'm stoked to hit a gold mirrored Beau Brieske SP and a Christopher Morel manufactured relic! Let's goooooooo!
😂 There is so much truth in that statement. I never seem to have good luck with Flagship products. Good luck with your rips!
@@scottiebcards2354 All singles for me for that exact reason! Do we really need 330 gold mirrored parallels? Of course not, but the odds get longer and checklists more bloated every year. Looking forward to your print run breakdown on this one.
As an Orioles & cardinals Fan I couldn’t be more excited
He's old for a rookie but it's been fun to watch Vinnie P I think he's going to have a big season
He is a little old, but he can rake! I hope that he keeps it up as well.
This rookie class is 🔥, I couldn’t think anything could top 2022 update but this might come close. I don’t recall a series 1 rookie class being this loaded, Topps usually likes to hold players back to series 2/update.
This is a very strong class, and the crazy thing is Topps still did hold out a few players. Corbin Carrol, Oswaldo Cabrara, and a few others were held out intentionally in my eyes. There were also a bunch of September call ups that could make Series 2 and Update great sets as well.
@@scottiebcards2354 ohh that’s right I forgot about those.
Great job Scott!
Thanks MikeO I appreciate it!
Just opened up a pack last night and I got a Shea langeliers 001/199 card.
Any word if Francisco Alvarez will make Series 1? He is most likely going to start in AAA but we should see him up again at some point.
He unfortunately is not in Series 1. My guess is he will appear in Topps Update, but there is also a good chance he is in Series 2. Thanks for watching!
Great video
Thank you!
How do you determine how the points are figured. IOW...Why 10 points and not 20? Why 5 and not 7, etc.
Great video! Would be interesting to see how today’s established stars ranked early in their careers. Know Harper was a highly ranked prospect-what about Trout, Betts, Arenado, etc? Didn’t Trout get demoted back to minors his first year? Appreciate the work you put into these-thanks!
Trout did go back down them up. I bought a lot of his autos during that period and sold when he came back up (for a profit) but cry a little each day knowing how many I had in high grades and what the went for in the boom and currently.
I actually made a video on that exact topic. I went back and pretended as if I was ranking vet players as their rookie cards were released. Check it out!
th-cam.com/video/CG3hgL66JjE/w-d-xo.html
Great informative video! I personally would have Pasquantino in the Moreno-Greene area, definitely ahead of Gorman.
Thanks for watching. I appreciate it!
I like Oscar Gonzalez I watched him take batting practice a couple times last year reminded me of watching Thome take batting practice
Another one is Andrew Painter pitcher for the phillies...may see some sets but I don't think we will be on the open day roster. MLB has him top 10 prospect
Where do you rank Jeter Downs?
I’m a little bummed that carbon Carroll didn’t make the topps checklist, at least there’s a chance for his 88/ baseball stats auto
He's one of two guys who were clearly left out so Series 2 had some appeal. Carroll and Oswaldo Cabrera will be two of the best names for base cards in that series.
Huge Brett Baty fan I'm kind of glad we didn't get Correa. Is Francisco Alvarez not in series 1 I haven't seen the checklist yet?
Definitely people sleeping on my boy Vinnie P. He's going to be an industry darling, and should be a prototypical .300/.400/.500 hitter with close to 30 homers in a full campaign. If the Royals get any better around him, he could be an easy 100/100 too. I wouldn't be shocked if he's won an MVP award by 2027
I'd love if you made a video talking about the best value of Topps packs. Like, where is the best place to buy them from for fun pulls
hanger boxes... every year seems to be the best value.
@@cardsncrypto5819 not always true
@@Lennoxroadpoe it usually is the best value... of course its not always going to be true... but videos have proven them to be the best value (usually) year in and year out
Check out Stryker's channel, he always breaks down all of the retail releases and does a spreadsheet calculating odds and best value per dollar. Very insightful!
Hi @mrgreenhat, Thanks for watching! I agree with @kj9093, Stryker breaks does a very good job of which formats are best to buy. I would recommend watching his Series 1 video when it comes out!
I'm kinda sad about the 330 image variations. I've really enjoyed building flagship sets and chasing a complete image variation checklist with it. A little extravagant, but at 70ish short prints I could justify chasing deals on ebay. But 330 image variations is a little much unless they are common enough for the vast majority to be worth about 90 cents like the gold parallels. Doubt it though. Still looks like a great set.
That's a great point. It makes me wonder if this was their way to have more hits in packs while not increasing SP print runs. Either way, I can see how this can be challenging for SP collectors. It will be interesting to see how it turns out!
series 1 is LOADED
This set is loaded! It's akin to Bowman...on a budget.. Once again....well done Scottie o.b. 😂
Lefty splits against Harris scare me. Nice to finally get an Appel rookie card!!
Good checklist for the FIRST of HUNDREDS of different ROOKIE LOGO cards of these guys from (+/-) 2 dozen DIFFERENT brands. As far as TRUE (aka 1st) rc's Gorman & Cassas ('18 Bowman draft) Adley & G. Henderson ('19 Bowman draft).
As a Brewer fan I was disappointed with the checklist. Woody is a top 15/20 pitcher and he’s not in series 1? Devin Williams omission? Ethan Small is the only rookie when Garrett Mitchell had 61 ABs last year? I wish I knew how they decide this. Best looking card since 2008 IMO though
I think Riley Greene is a big time buy low guy right now...he didn't end up doing that great in his time in the bigs this past season, but I think he's going to round into an outstanding hitter. His First Bowman stuff is way cheaper right now than it's been in the past
Surprised Vargas didn’t crack the top 10. Dude had monster minor league stats and his bowman chrome autos aren’t cheap
I think Alvarez from Mets will be good. If Kyle Harrison cracks the rotation for Giants out of ST I'm giving him ROY potentially
I need Adley to RAAAKE because I just tossed money at his Bowman Chrome Refractor and hopefully can flip it soon.
Michael Harris is gonna be great what happened to Ezekial Tovar? Vargus shoulda been brought up years ago but he played for the dodgers Vargus and Pereza should be top 10, I guess Jordan Walker isnt coming up this year eighther
best hooby box for this decade 2022 topps update baseballl hobby series 1 first release
Heres a sleeper miguel cabrera slam dunk HOF and it will be his last card as an active player im looking for those miggy cards
Looks like a good rookie class. It'll be interesting to see who shakes out.
It is always interesting to look back in hindsight after the product has been released a few years!
Great info, thank you. This is a deep set but series 2 of flagship is now looking like it might be awful, lol.
This set is LOADED! Michael Harris, Vaughn Grissom, Adley Rutschman, Vinnie Pasquantino, Nolan Gorman, Riley Greene, Hunter Brown, Gunnar Henderson, Brett Baty, Triston Casas, JJ Bleday, Oswald Peraza, Kody Clemens, Gabriel Moreno, Christopher Morel, Cal Mitchell. Plus! You get J-Rod, Bobby Witt Jr., and Oneil Cruz's second year card.
Miguel Vargas will be better than several of the guys you mentioned in a year or so
@@chrisc4264 I haven't done much research on Vargas
Nice breakdown Scottie. Adley for #1 long term. Don't care about the age, he's the most transcendent talent on the list.
Thanks Cole!
Adley is awesome. I am excited to see if Gunnar is as good as everyone else says that he is.
Great video. I can't believe Oswaldo Cabrera was left off the Series 1 checklist. Peraza has a RC and played significantly less games than Cabrera. Both are studs, but just very weird decision making on Topps' part.
That's purely a function of trying to have at least one draw for Series 2. If Topps was including all of the other top guys like Henderson, Rutschman, Harris, etc. in Series 1, they had to keep someone for Series 2. Cabrera makes the most sense because, as a Yankees player, he can be a centerpiece of Series 2 along with a guy like Corbin Carroll. Makes for two top guys in Series 2 while still having an absolutely loaded Series 1.
It is always frustrating, but Topps is just looking to buff up Topps Series 2. I get why they do it, but I would have loved to see a super checklist with Cabrera and Corbin Carroll included. Thanks for watching!
@@scottiebcards2354 I think we all want that. Until we get to Series 2 and then we'd all be mad they didn't spread it out. I think this is a great balance. Series 2 has a couple big names, but Series 1 gets the largest group and the top couple of names.
how about JJ Bleday ?
Definitely gonna buy a lot of dodgers spots in breaks
O's fan. Going after Adley and Gunnar
shocking
@@fastfootedone don't care about the other cats...
Who remembers the day when sp’s were actually sp’s? Should be top 3 rookies and top 3 vets a year and that’s it… even then that could be considered watered down to some.
Miguel Vargas will make an impact and imo you have him too low but lots of solid rookie potential in this set. Too bad they gave everyone in the whole set an SP card.
II agree with you. I really like Miguel Vargas as well. He is one that I may buy a few cards of. He is only so low due to his very poor performance in 2022. Thanks for watching!
Wait for chrome. Paper is dead unless you pull a big color parallel which will be astronomical
Random comment just to help support the channel.
Why would they leave out Oswaldo Cabrera? He had more playing time than Peraza.
weird that riley greene is so high while Christopher morel doesn't even make top 16 given they had the same WAR in same about of ABs. Very similar stats across the board, really
Moreno is the chase IMO. Wait and see.
Casas for the win!!!
So it looks like Corbin Carroll’s making Series II as his name appears to be absent here.
How is Francisco Alvarez not on the list.
Francisco Alvareaz is not on this checklist. He will be in series 2 or update.
@@scottiebcards2354 hey who makes these checklists and decides who comes out when? Is there a formula or something?
Give me Miguel Vargas all day long!!!!
He has a ton of potential. If he would have been better at the big leagues in 2022 he would have been a top 5 rookie in my eyes.
A lot of good rookies but none of these guys have the hype or name recognition that Wander or Julio had. Good set for real baseball collectors that actually follow the game.
Really hate the mugshot on the card..
Is Corbin Carroll not in here
He is not. He will be held out until 2023 Topps Series 2 😞
The only thing I disagree with is the short print issue. I think Topps is doing it to combat an insanely high print run. Who wants image variations of the majority of the 330 players? Makes it impossible to pull the one you want.
No josh jung?
Thanks for the info and analysis. I’m very surprised that Topps included Liover Peguero in this set. I’ve been high on him as a prospect, but he only got into, what, one MLB game last year? And he struggled a bit in the minors last year and is by no means a lock to get called up this year.
All that being said, I’m hoping to get some of his parallels (and his SP) on the cheap while he works things out in the minors.
Meanwhile not one mention of Francisco Alvarez who is outperforming every rookie right now and is going to be the hottest cards to get your hands on!
Thanks for watching. This is a list from topps series 1 players. Francisco Alvarez is in topps series 2 and is highlighted as a top rookie to collect in that set.
I purchased several Francisco Alvarez Topps rookie cards, I thought they were from series 1 but I guess I was wrong
Switch out Gunnar Henderson with Adley Rutschman. Gunnar was called up August 31st. Adley is already arguably, a top 3 catcher in baseball. Not saying, Gunnar won't win the ROY, but for now it's all hype.
I agree that the top 3 on this list can be arranged in any order. Most people would lean towards Adley for sure, but Gunnar is super young which makes an interesting case for his cards. Thanks for watching!
@@scottiebcards2354 I'm an O's fan. Hoping for the best. You're welcome!
Super nice can’t wait for series 1 …
Too low of a ranking for Peraza imo. Dudes a beast and so versatile on the field
No Oswaldo Cabrera! Topps you fu&ked up. But in all seriousness how does it work with a player that didn't have a RC the previous season due to being a late call up, but used up their rookie eligibility. Would Topps print a RC for his "sophomore season" or is this a rare case of his 1st bowman being his RC now?
Just preordered a jumbo hobby , first box ive bought in 2 years
Baseball cards destroyed my life! And they took my wife away! Stay away from baseball cards everyone!!!
90% of gambling addicts quit before they’re about to hit big
@@kelvinselegean7629That is hands down the funniest thing I've read in the comments section in a very long time. Bravo!!
At this point it's all so watered down not worth mentioning it anymore we either buy them or not
2nd
bravo!
All these good rookies and everyone gets a short print … this is gonna water down card values even more and have flagship feel like gypsy queen and heritage … I don’t like it and I was excited
Then don’t buy the product.
@@jaredschrader986 I won’t just so YOU could have a better chance at pulling all of the worthless cards …
@@Lennoxroadpoe Lol okay. Thanks man
@@jaredschrader986 no problem, hey if you keep buying worthless products these companies produce maybe they’ll just be honest with the consumers and tell us it’s worthless
Gotta say that I agree. Even the major TH-camrs are talking about how cards now are like worthless because yeah I can get a Julio gold /50 but Julio now has MULTIPLE /50 so the market is so watered down. It’s kinda sad.
No mention of bello... thats okay i want him to stay cheap
Adley at 3...I don't know about that man
I think the top 3 are interchangeable. Adley was hurt due to his age. If he was able to debut a few years younger I think more people would be all over him. Either way, he is a stud!
If you want value, don’t buy pitchers obviously
Riley Greene for the breakout season
He has all the tools. Let's see if he can put them to use this year!
There only 2 guys the rest is 50/50 at best.
That is very similar to most rookie checklists, but a lot of the time there are players we don't expect that can break out. Thanks for watching!
You bring a Rockies guy will be interesting to see where u place tovar
Looks like he will be a series 2 guy
You gotta stop with all the purple... and be proud of your bald head!