"2020 Onyx Vintage Baseball doesn’t get its checklist. Rather, it’s the look and vibe the cards give off. That said there is a small number of names that bring a retro vibe to the possibilities. The rest? Several of the top young players and prospects in the game today.
Hobby boxes are small, carrying just four cards. Two of them are autographs, though.
This isn’t an overly complicated set. For starters, the checklist is kept small to just over 30 players. It’s primarily prospect driven but there are a couple of young MLB players and a trio of retired greats as well."
Mine arrived in a well-designed cardboard box with a plush insert to hold those four cards together. Hey, I knew that there were only 32 cards in the total set, so wasn't expecting 32 cards, but I really did skim the fine print on this one, much like the terms & conditions we routinely breeze through on our app agreements and on everything else.
Listen, if Kristian Robinson turns into Trout 2.0, all is forgiven. Likewise with these other young men. Here are the other two I got, a couple of Valeras:
The fourth and final card is actually just a redemption slip for another autographed card from a prospect, this one for Luis Patino of the San Diego Padres - whom I've actually heard of; a "live arm" who was supposed to be potentially be up in the bigs right about now. Except there's no baseball. At least there are the cards, and the people who frantically buy them with one click without looking at the fine print.
Patino has put up some really nice pitching numbers in the low minors as a 19 year old.
ReplyDeleteRobinson, at 18, had 14 homers and 17 steals in 69 games at A-ball. That's very impressive.
The Valera boys are okay prospects at this point, but I think you did really well with the two autos.
Interesting! The cards definitely look nice.
ReplyDeleteI hadn't heard of these, thanks for posting!
ReplyDeleteNice looking cards. I like seeing the minor league stadium with all of the outfield wall advertisements.
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