Bowman Blaster Break

With Bownan released yesterday I venture out hoping to find a blaster box. Luckily today Walmart got a box and snagged one. On the six packs I got the following:

Pack 1:
Base - Christin Stewart, Luis Guillorme, Jake Cave, Shohei Ohtani, Jose Ramirez
Prospects - Taylor Widener,Luis Robert, Shane Baz
Prospects Chrome - Jose de la Cruz, Anthony Seigler
Top 100 Prospects - Travis Swaggerty

Pack 2:
Base - Ramon Laureano, Ozzie Albies, Mookie Betts, Francisco Lindor, Mitch Haniger, Matt Chapman
Prospects - Cole Ragans, Jose de la Cruz, Triston McKenzie
Prospects Chrome - Casey Mize, Nolan Gorman
Talent Pipeline - Alex Kirilloff/Brent Rooker/Nick Gordon

 

Pack 3:
Base - Enyel de los Santos, Jonathan Loaisiga, Cedric Mullins, Justus Sheffield, Chance Adams, Ryan Borucki
Prospects - Victor Mesa Jr, Chad Spanberger, Tirso Ornelas
Prospects Chome - Jordan Adams, Ke'Bryan Hayes
Ready For the Show - Fernando Tatis Jr

Pack 4:
Base - Josh Hader, Salvador Perez, Scooter Gennett, Mike Trout, Rowdy Tellez, DJ Stewart
Prospects - Will Smith, Jesus Luzardo, Luis Garcia
Prospects Chrome - Keibert Ruiz, Jesus Luzardo
Rookie of the Year Favorites - Christin Stewart

Pack 5:
Base - Khris Davis, Brian Anderson, Eugenio Suarez, Zack Greinke, Edwin Diaz, Aaron Nola
Prospects - Ronny Mauricio, Jarred Kelenic, Sixto Sanchez
Prospects Chrome - Andres Gimenez, Victor Victor Mesa
Top 100 Prospects -  Matthew Liberatore

Pack 6:
Base - Rougnod Odor, Bryse Wilson, Aramis Garcia, Trey Mancini, Kris Bryant, Ronald Guzman, Brandon Crawford
Prospects - Carter Kieboom, Dane Dunning, Nico Hoerner
Prospects Chrome - Franklin Perez, Griffin Canning

Not earth-shattering blaster box, but I notice only 5 of the prospect cards I got are their first Bowman cards. I took a look at checklist and pretty much 3/4 of prospects already have cards in previous Bowman sets. How many Blake Rutherford, Peter Alonso, and Eloy Jimenez can you get if you're player collector of them? Glad I got a blaster box (since they're always sold out quick), but looks like I rather purchase singles and get them autographed at minor league games.

Randon Autograph Card: Chris Davis

Week and half into the season Orioles' Chris Davis on rampaging tear. In 7 games he bashed 4 homeruns and driven in 17 runs while batting above .400 earning him AL player of the week.  This is nothing new as he been crushing homers since started in the minors. It was different story in the majors when he go for broke swinging at the fences, Rob Deer and Gorman Thomas style, but found himself leaving the batter box with a K. He was on the fringe with the label of "AAAA" hanging above his head being stuck between Rangers and their AAA club. Then came the trade at 2011 trade deadline. Rangers wanted reliever Koji Uehrara from the Orioles offering pitchers Tommy Hunter. Orioles willing complete trade if they send Davis as part of the package. Reluctantly, Rangers agreed and in a three-way deal involving Pirates Davis goes to Baltimore. It's what he needed. A fresh new start after four years crushing balls in Rangers organization, but fallen out of favor when Mitch Moreland took over his starting 1B spot. Now with Orioles he can shed away "AAAA" tag and be regular starter for down and out Orioles team. Orioles got more than they bargained. In his first full season with Orioles he broke with 33 homeruns and 85 runs batted in becoming a contributor to the team's surprise run of AL East crown and in the playoffs. Now in his second season with the team he's already off to fast start. Orioles won out big in the trade as they got a player with a heavy bat. Koji Uehrara never became a factor in the Rangers organization and left for free agency after end of last season.

I got this card signed in 2007 when he was playing for Rangers Double-A club. The fans who saw him crush balls at minor league parks expected big things from him. After so many jump starts and stalls he finally living it up.