Cheap Wax Wednesday Box Breaks: 2025 Topps Series 1 Baseball

2025 Topps Series 1 Baseball is here. That means thatbaseball is right around the corner!

Series 1 features a 350-card base checklist. Base cards feature white borders with team color matched accents (which I love). This being Topps flagship, there are also a ton of parallels and inserts to track down. One notable omission from this product is the Black parallel many have come to love. Topps has since admitted that this was a mistake to remove and they will be back for Series 2. 

There are 61 rookie cards included in the Series 1 checklist. Some notable inclusions are Coby Mayo, Jhonkensy “Big Christmas” Noel, Dylan Crews, James Wood and Jacob Wilson. 

Each box should contain one autograph or relic card. 

2025 Topps Series 1 Baseball Box Break

Cards per pack: 12
Packs per box: 20
Price paid: $90

Shop for 2025 Topps Series 1 Baseball boxes on eBay.

Pack 1 highlights:

Ceddanne Rafaela, Gunnar Henderson, Joe Ryan, Ben Rice RC, Corbin Carroll, Tarik Skubal, Philadelphia Phillies & Mike Schmidt Call to the Hall (1:17 packs)

Schmidt was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1995. 

Pack 2:

AL HR Leaders, Lawrence Butler, Justin Verlander, Dylan Crews RC, Logan Gilbert & Dillon Dingler RC Rainbow Foilboard (1:11 packs)

Pack 3:

LA Dodgers, Jake Cronenworth, Charlie Blackmon & Jacob Wilson 1990 Topps (1:5 packs)

Pack 4:

Will Smith, Bryce Harper, Colton Cowser & Francisco Lindor

Cowser was selected as a Topps All-Star Rookie following a second place finish in AL Rookie of the Year voting. 

Pack 5:

Isaac Paredes, CJ Abrams, AL ERA Leaders, Anthony Volpe, Triston Casas & Paul Skenes 2024 Greatest Hits (1:15 packs)

Pack 6:

Masataka Yoshida, Minnesota Twins Team Selfie, Evan Carter, Riley Greene and another Lindor

Pack 7:

Davis Schneider, J.P. Crawford, Coby Mayo RC, Pete Crow-Armstrong, Red Sox Walk Off & Jose Ramirez 1990 Topps (1:5 packs)

The 1990 Topps design really brings back some memories.

Pack 8:

AL Wins Leaders, NL Wins Leaders, Spencer Steer, Sandy Alcantara, Josh Jung, Ronald Acuna, Jr. & Jung Hoo Lee

Pack 9:

Chicago Cubs, San Diego Padres, Baltimore Orioles, Teoscar Hernandez, Corey Seager & Corbin Carroll Training Grounds (1:17 packs)

Pack 10:

Cole Ragans, Freddie Freeman & Boston Red Sox

Ragans really came into his own last season, posting a 3.14 ERA and striking out 223 batters in 186 1/3 innings. He finished fourth in the Cy Young voting. 

Pack 11:

Aaron Judge, Austin Riley, Nathan Eovaldi, Vladimir Guerrero, Jr. & New York Yankees

Pack 12:

Xander Bogaerts, Ketel Marte, Shohei Ohtani, JJ Bleday Golden Mirror Image Variation (1:599 packs) & Matt Chapman Training Grounds (1:17 packs)

Pack 13:

Yordan Alvarez, Nolan Arenado, Clayton Kershaw & Orlando Arcia

Kershaw just signed back with the Dodgers for another season. This will be his 18th season in LA.

Pack 14:

Christian Yelich, Sonny Gray & Hayden Birdsong 1990 Topps (1:5 packs)

Pack 15:

Jazz Chisholm, Jr., Jackson Holliday, Edwin Diaz, Hunter Greene, Josh Naylor, Adolis Garcia & Nico Hoerner

Pack 16:

Luis Castillo, Zach Neto, Lars Nootbaar, Seth Lugo & Seiya Suzuki 1990 Topps (1:5 packs)

What is it with the Royals? Lugo also posted the best season of his career last year and finished second in AL Cy Young voting. 

Pack 17:

Detroit Tigers, Gerrit Cole, Tyler Soderstrom, Rafael Devers & Jose Altuve Rainbow Foilboard (1:11 packs)

Pack 18:

Miami Marlins, Merrill/Machado, AL RBI Leaders, Ryan Mountcastle, Carlos Correas, Mark Vientos, Jordan Westburg & Bryce Harper 2024 Greatest Hits (1:15 packs)

Pack 19:

NL RBI Leaders, NL Batting Average Leaders, Cedric Mullins & Kyle Schwarber 1990 Topps Relic (1:76 packs)

This relic looks as though it is from the Phillies light blue throwback jerseys. That makes it a little more fun, in my opinion. 

Pack 20:

Elly De La Cruz, Atlanta Braves, Marcell Ozuna, Zack Wheeler, Royce Lewis & Hank Aaron 1990 Topps (1:5 packs)

Lastly, the De La Cruz card back. 

Oh, that’s right, the silver pack. I always save these to open last.

Elly De La Cruz, Jake Bloss RC, Spencer Schwellenbach RC & Dale Murphy

Not bad! Those Golden Mirror Image Variation cards are tough pulls, especially with every player on the checklist having one.

It is always fun to fire up the baseball season early and rip some packs when Series 1 releases. It is also not very often that I am able to feature a product released just one week ago.

Shop for 2025 Topps Series 1 Baseball on:

• Beckett Marketplace
• eBay

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