2013 Bowman Baseball Cards Box Break Recap And Review

Bowman Baseball is consistent and familiar.  Very little changes from year to year.  For 2013 Bowman Baseball, Dylan Bundy and Byron Buxton take center stage. If Bowman has been a part of your collection in the past, you will want to get in on this year’s set too.  If you are new to Bowman, you will find this a nice set to put together.

Bowman Baseball falls under our classification of trading cards. 2013 Bowman Baseball can be found in a variety of retail and hobby configurations.  This review is based on a hobby box that contains 24 – 10 card packs and features one autographed Bowman Chrome in every box.

Here is a look at some of the cards we pulled.

Base Set

Yu Darvish, front and back

Jake Peavy, Hisashi Iwakuma, Shelby Miller

Ian Kinsler, Manny Machado, Alex Gordon

Brandon Belt, Jose Reyes, Adam Jones

Shin-Soo Choo, Buster Posey, Jose Bautista

Ryan Howard, Jurickson Profar, Stephen Strasburg

Clayton Kershaw, Josh Hamilton, James Shields

Carlos Gonzalez, Joe Mauer, Justin Pedroia

Bowman Prospect Challenge

Carlos Correa, front and back

Byron Buxton, Michael Taylor, Michael Reed

Parallels

Gold

Derek Jeter, Andrew McCutchen, David Ortiz

Madison Bumgarner, Mariano Rivera, Freddie Freeman

David Freese, Anthony Rizzo, Trevor Bauer

Bowman Chrome

Tyler Gonzalez, Christian Bethancourt, Jonathan Griffin

Jayson Aquino, Lucas Giolito, Gregory Polanco

Ronald Guzman, Jose Cisnero, Shane Broyles

First Card Bowman Reprints

Joey Votto, front and back

Bowman Top 100

Archie Bradley, Jonathan Singleton

Silver Ice

Delmon Young, Alfredo Escalera-Maldonado

Orange

Ryan Zimmerman

Blue

Mike Moustakas

Hometown

Ronald Guzman, Vance Worley, Jin-De Jhang

Craig Kimbrel, Clayton Blackburn, Miguel Cabrera

Mini Cream of the Crop

Jonathan Singleton, front and back

Size Comparison, Daniel Corcino

Michael Fulmer, Bryce Brentz, Alex Meyer

The Hit

Jorge Bonifacio Chrome On Card Autograph

Overall Look

Bowman has always had a straightforward design. Not much has change this year. Chrome cards are sharp and inserts are where most of the design elements come into play. The Ice cards, silver and red, are standouts. There are fewer inserts this year and a wider variety of hits which all look great.

Quality and Variety of Players.

The best of the MLB and a variety of primed prospects and young hopefuls make for a good mix.

Do the hits hold up?

In additional to rainbow hunting, the variety of different hits makes this year’s Bowman standout.  Futures Game relics, Aflac autos, Black Ice and Blue Sapphire autos are all very desirable.

Will you want to collect them all?

This is a nice sized set to build with the option of expansion into the different colors.

Rating 

4 1/2 out of 5

2013 Bowman Baseball delivers again, this time with a wider variety of hits to pull.  It is a consistent favorite of card collectors.


Review box provided by Topps