2019 Bowman Cubs Checklist Preview
Bowman will be released next week (Wednesday April 17) and it's always one of the most anticipated checklists of the year, if not the most.
Prospectors love the Bowman product, and the Chrome prospect autographs are highly sought after. Bowman is on my short list of favorite products (maybe third or fourth behind Heritage, Heritage Minors, and Allen & Ginter).
The checklist for 2019 Bowman came out this week, and the Cubs are not as well represented as I would have expected.
BASE CARDS
18 Anthony Rizzo
31 Francisco Arcia
51 Kris Bryant
Only three Cubs base cards are in the 100-card checklist. Kris Bryant and Anthony Rizzo are no-brainers here. Francisco Arcia? Despite being Cubs obsessed, I needed a reminder of who Arcia was. He was acquired in the offseason after appearing in 40 games for the Angels last year. The catcher is currently playing for the Iowa Cubs. Equally surprising is the absence of Javier Baez.
PROSPECTS
BP-35 Miguel Amaya
BP-59 Nico Hoerner
BP-84 Aramis Ademan
BP-90 Keegan Thompson
CHROME PROSPECTS
BCP-35 Miguel Amaya
BCP-59 Nico Hoerner
BCP-84 Aramis Ademan
BCP-90 Keegan Thompson
Four Cubs in the prospects checklist, and I'm excited to see Nico Hoerner and Miguel Amaya here.
BOWMAN SCOUTS TOP 100
BTP-81 Miguel Amaya
BOWMAN SCOUTS TOP 100 AUTOGRAPH PARALLEL
BTP-81 Miguel Amaya
Amaya is the lone Cub in the Top 100 prospects. This is a great insert set.
30TH ANNIVERSARY CARDS
B30-AR Anthony Rizzo
B30-KB Kris Bryant
B30-MA Miguel Amaya
30TH ANNIVERSARY CARDS AUTOGRAPH PARALLEL
B30-AR Anthony Rizzo
B30-KB Kris Bryant
B30-MA Miguel Amaya
These will be awesome. An homage to the 1989 Bowman set!
CHROME PROSPECTS AUTOGRAPH VARIATION
CPA-KT Keegan Thompson
CPA-MAM Miguel Amaya
Two Cubs are in the super hot chrome autograph set. Miguel Amaya autographs will be on fire, and I will likely be priced out buying singles.
2019 BOWMAN STERLING CONTINUITY AUTOGRAPH VARIATION
BSA-KB Kris Bryant
Another autograph subset, and these will likely be short printed and hard to find.
With box prices as high as they are (hobby boxes with one autograph per box run $135-140 and jumbo boxes with three autographs are about $320 per box). I'll be stalking the card shelves in Wal-Mart and Target and buying retail.