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For years, Bowman Baseball has served as the first product of the new season for collectors to get their hands on the first card of players that changed teams in the offseason in their new team’s uniform. This is in addition to rookie cards for top prospects that made late season debuts, and the first card for several of the game’s top prospects.
The 2023 Bowman Baseball prospect delivers on all of these, especially for the Mets.
Scheduled for release on April 26th, the 2023 Bowman Baseball product is a 100-card base set that is a mixture of veterans and rookies, plus a 150-card set of prospects that is also available in the Bowman Chrome variation. Each of these sets come with multiple parallel designs.
As always, the new Bowman product features many of the same insert sets year after year, including Bowman Scouts’ Top 100, Prospect Autographs, Chrome Prospect Autographs, Chrome Rookie Autographs, Rookie of the Year Favorites, and Invicta. New insert sets debuting in the new Bowman product includes Modern Prospects and Bowman Spotlights.
After viewing the full checklist for both the 100-card base set of veterans and rookies and the 150-card prospect set, it became crystal clear that someone at Topps involved in deciding which players are included in this product is clearly a Mets fan.
The 100-card veterans and rookies base set includes 8 Mets players, more than any other team. You can find the first Mets card of Justin Verlander, rookie cards of top prospects Francisco Álvarez, Mark Vientos, and Brett Baty, and the rookie card and first Mets card for Kodai Senga. The 150-card prospect set includes rising top prospects Kevin Parada, Jett Williams, and Alex Ramírez alongside the first cards for several other Mets prospects, totaling 8 Mets cards in all in the prospects set. Only the Boston Red Sox have more representation with 11.
You can also find autographs for rookies Francisco Álvarez and Brett Baty, along with prospects Kevin Parada, Alex Ramírez, William Lugo, Grant Hartwig, and Nick Morabito.
The 2023 Bowman Baseball product has exactly what Mets fans are looking for. Bowman Baseball will be released on April 26th.
Below is a full checklist of the Mets cards in the product.
Base
49 Francisco Álvarez (rookie card)
53 Max Scherzer
55 Mark Vientos (rookie card)
64 Justin Verlander
75 Kodai Senga (rookie card)
78 Pete Alonso
80 Brett Baty (rookie card)
Bowman Prospects
BP-12 Jesus Baez
BP-38 Simon Juan
BP-49 Jett Williams
BP-50 Alex Ramírez
BP-91 Kevin Parada
BP-102 Vincent Perozo
BP-141 William Lugo
BP-149 José Peroza
Bowman Chrome Prospects
BCP-12 Jesus Baez
BCP-38 Simon Juan
BCP-49 Jett Williams
BCP-50 Alex Ramírez
BCP-91 Kevin Parada
BCP-102 Vincent Perozo
BCP-141 William Lugo
BCP-149 José Peroza
Bowman Invicta
Bi-22 Simon Juan
Bowman Invicta Autographs
BI-22 Simon Juan
Bowman Prospects Autographs
PPA-GH Grant Hartwig
Bowman Scouts’ Top 100
BTP-27 Kevin Parada
BTP-59 Alex Ramírez
BTP-74 Jett Williams
BTP-94 Ronny Mauricio
Bowman Scouts’ Top 100 Autographs
BTP-27 Kevin Parada
BTP-59 Alex Ramírez
Bowman Spotlights
BS-12 Francisco Álvarez
BS-13 Brett Baty
Chrome Prospects Autographs
CPA-AR Alex Ramírez
CPA-JBZ Jesus Baez
CPA-JT Junior Tilien
CPA-NM Nick Morabito
CPA-WL William Lugo
Chrome Prospects Special Die-Cuts
BCPD-50 Alex Ramírez
Chrome Rookie Autographs
CRA-BB Brett Baty
CRA-FA Francisco Álvarez
Modern Prospects
MP-13 Simon Juan
Rookie of the Year Favorites
ROYF-2 Francisco Alvarez
ROYF-3 Brett Baty
Rookie if the Year Favorites Autographs
ROY-BBY Brett Baty
