Brandon Velaski

1 week ago | justbaseball.com | Brandon Velaski |Aram Leighton

With the 2025 Bowman Baseball checklist out we want to get you prepared for who to hunt when opening boxes or buying into breaks as another season of prospecting begins. Whenever you’re buying a Bowman product, the main cards you’re looking for are those 1st Bowman autos. Those, along with their eventual Topps Chrome rookie autos are the cards that see the most market movement for any respective player.

3 weeks ago | justbaseball.com | Brandon Velaski

Just when we thought we could turn the page to 2025 Topps sets, they grab us back with another 2024 rookie class release in Topps Heritage High Number. A product that is aimed at set collectors and folks chasing the elusive red ink autos. Just when we didn’t think we’d have another crack to pull a Paul Skenes rookie card, Topps delivers. It won’t be the most sought after rookie card for the vaunted 2024 class, but landing a red ink auto of any rookie will be a prized possession for sure.

1 month ago | justbaseball.com | Brandon Velaski

One of the most anticipated card auctions in recent memory ended Friday morning on Fanatics Collects platform, netting a seven-figure sale for a young collector who pulled the card on Christmas. When Topps introduced the rookie debut patch auto in 2023 Chrome Update, it was an incredible innovation that helped make a lesser desired product more sought after. Placing a patch on a player during their first ever Major League game that would then live in a card was something collectors dreamed of.

1 month ago | justbaseball.com | Brandon Velaski

With Spring Training in full swing and the baseball card market making moves, we’ll look at some players whose prices have seen movement given their play so far in the past few weeks. Will these guys finally become hobby darlings or is it a flash in the pan? Mead is largely overshadowed by fellow 2024 rookie shield holder Junior Caminero, but he has been nothing short of amazing these first two weeks. Mead’s currently hitting .778 with an OPS of 1.810.

1 month ago | justbaseball.com | Brandon Velaski

As we embark on another baseball season, how good or deep the rookie class is ultimately determines the value of sealed product or break spots. With Series One already out we got an early look at some of the names garnering the ‘RC’ logo this year, but there will be more, so who will be the cream of this year’s crop? I lumped these two together for a few reasons. One is that they are far and away the main chase out of Series One, making Washington Nationals spots in case breaks very pricey.