The longtime Topps staple, Topps Chrome Baseball, is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, July 26. Dating back to the late 1990s, Topps Chrome Baseball has been a midsummer release for Topps that gives a metallic version of their flagship set. However, the 2023 iteration will be a significantly smaller product than previous years.
The 2023 Topps Chrome Baseball set checks in at a paltry 220 cards with refractors in an astounding 27 different colors or variations, with several of the refractors containing serial numbers from “1/1” up to 399, including the debut of the newest refractor, the Tacofractor, serial numbered to 5.
Just like every other product, Topps Chrome Baseball also includes several different certified autographs and memorabilia cards. The certified autographs also have over a dozen different refractor variations.
The 35th-anniversary celebration of the 1988 Topps Baseball product continues in the Chrome product with five different refractor variations, including certified autographs in three serial numbered refractor variations.
Numerous different insert sets are included in the Topps Chrome Baseball product, including the return of the popular Future Stars insert set that has been a part of the Topps Chrome Baseball product for several years. There are also several new insert sets, like Let’s Go, Radiating Rookies, and Topps In Technicolor, to name a few.
With some of the game’s most notable rookies, the Mets are heavily represented in the Topps Chrome Product. Francisco Alvarez and Brett Baty appear in nearly every insert set, including the Rookie Autographs insert, along with Mark Vientos and Kodai Senga. Alvarez and Baty also have short print Image Variations of their base cards and Alvarez has a super short print image variation.
Below is a full checklist of the Mets cards included in 2023 Topps Chrome Baseball. The product is available on July 26th.
Base
8 Mark Vientos (rookie card)
19 Starling Marte
75 Pete Alonso
126 Justin Verlander
142 Francisco Lindor
149 Max Scherzer
203 Francisco Alvarez (rookie card)
204 Brett Baty (rookie card)
215 Edwin Diaz
217 Kodai Senga (rookie card)
1988 Topps Baseball
88BC-6 Pete Alonso
1988 Topps Baseball Autographs
88BA-PA Pete Alonso
Future Stars
FS-17 Francisco Alvarez
Image Variations
203 Francisco Alvarez
204 Brett Baty
Let’s Go
LGC-39 Brett Baty
Radiating Rookies
RR-7 Francisco Alvarez
RR-9 Brett Baty
RR-16 Kodai Senga
Radiating Rookies Autographs (serial numbered to 5)
RRA-BB Brett Baty 
Rookie Autographs
RA-BBA Brett Baty
RA-FA Francisco Alvarez
RA-KSA Kodai Senga
RA-MV Mark Vientos
Super Short Print Variations
203 Francisco Alvarez
Tacofractors (serial numbered to 5)
TF-103 Francisco Alvarez
TF-104 Pete Alonso
TF-105 Mark Vientos
TF-106 Mark Canha
TF-107 Brandon Nimmo
TF-108 Eduardo Escobar
TF-187 Tommy Pham
Topps Chrome Authentics
TCA-JM Jeff McNeil
TCA-PA Pete Alonso
Topps Chrome Authentics Autographs
TCAA-PA Pete Alonso
Topps Chrome Expose (serial numbered to 10)
TCE-10 Francisco Alvarez
TCE-16 Brett Baty
Topps Chrome Legends Autographs
CLA-MP Mike Piazza
Topps Chrome Titans
CT-4 Max Scherzer
Topps in Technicolor
TT-25 Francisco Alvarez
Ultraviolet All-Stars Autographs
UVA-PA Pete Alonso
Youthquake
YQ-17 Francisco Alvarez
YQ-23 Brett Baty
