The first major baseball release of the year tells us the new baseball season is around the corner. This year, it comes out just following the Super Bowl, giving a clean break between sports. It’s that time of year where the new season is filled with hope, for all the teams not located in Detroit.

This year, it’s pretty apparent the production numbers continue to rise. Is that indicative of an increase in collectors? Or something else? It may take some time for us to be sure. The format of the release is the same as recent years. The base set features 350 cards, with a number of insert sets, as well as a set using the design from 1985 Topps. There is also a bit of controversy surrounding this release. In a 350 card base set, there is one single Texas Ranger. That might be understandable in a 100 card base set, but in the Flagship release?

A box advertises 10 packs with 46 cards per pack. It also includes 1 autograph and 2 relic cards. It also comes prepacked with two silver packs containing 1985 Topps Chrome variants, and an oversized Turkey Red card.

This box contained:

411 Base (100% of 350 card base set)
1 Base SP Max Kepler
3 Base Gold Parallels
5 Base Gold Foil Parallels
5 Base Rainbow Foil Parallels
10 1985 Topps
2 Decade of Dominance
6 Decades’ Best
1 Decade’s Next
1 Home Run Challenge
2 Topps Choice
1 Topps Now Review
1 Global Game Medallion Yasiel Puig
1 1985 Topps Relics Francisco Lindor
1 1985 Topps Autograph Black DJ LeMahieu
7 1985 Topps Chrome
1 1985 Topps Chrome Blue
1 Oversized Turkey Red Aaron Judge