The 2023 Topps Baseball Rookie Card lineup kicked off in a big way with the release of Series 1. More than 50 players have the RC shield in the base set including more than a dozen first round picks. Series 2 has even more, with 70 players getting the designation.
Even looking beyond the first rounders, it’s a deep crop of solid names. Reigning National League Rookie of the Year, Michael Harris II is one of the top 2023 Topps Baseball Rookie Cards. Others with the RC logo badge include Gunnar Henderson, Riley Greene, Adley Rutschman (who also has a base card in 2021 Bowman’s Best), Christopher Morel, Gabriel Moreno, Bret Baty and JJ Bleday. As for Series 2, Anthony Volpe, Corbin Carroll, Jordan Walker and Francisco Álvarez are among the key names.
These won’t be the players’ most valuable Rookie Cards by the time the 2023 baseball card season comes to a close. They definitely won’t be the rarest, either. But there’s a strong sense of tradition that makes these popular. Value aside, many consider Topps Baseball Rookie Cards to be the RC for any given player. That’s a testament the strength of the line’s history and continuity.
Even more flagship rookies will arrive later in the year with Update Series. In the meantime, here’s a look at every 2023 Topps Baseball Rookie Card in Series 1 and Series 2.
2023 Topps Baseball Rookie Card Guide
The following is a quick breakdown of all players with the Rookie Card logo on their 2023 Topps Series 1 and Series 2 Baseball base cards.
Francisco Álvarez
New York Mets, C
Card Number: 644
Date of Birth: November 19, 2001
Drafted: n/a
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Mark Appel
Philadelphia Phillies, P
Card Number: 259
Date of Birth: July 15, 1991
Drafted: 2013, 1st round (1st overall)
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Jonathan Aranda
Tampa Bay Rays, 2B/1B
Card Number: 154
Date of Birth: May 23, 1998
Drafted: n/a
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Graham Ashcraft
Cincinnati Reds, P
Card Number: 214
Date of Birth: February 11, 1998
Drafted: 2019, 6th round
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Javier Assad
Chicago Cubs, P
Card Number: 444
Date of Birth: July 30, 1997
Drafted: n/a
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Brett Baty
New York Mets, 3B
Card Number: 89
Date of Birth: November 13, 1999
Drafted: 2019, 1st round (12th overall)
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Brayan Bello
Boston Red Sox, P
Card Number: 185
Date of Birth: May 17, 1999
Drafted: n/a
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Will Benson
Cincinnati Reds, OF
Card Number: 339
Date of Birth: June 16, 1998
Drafted: 2016, 1st round (14th overall)
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JJ Bleday
Miami Marlins, OF
Card Number: 205
Date of Birth: November 10, 1997
Drafted: 2019, 1st round (4th overall)
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Will Brennan
Cleveland Guardians, OF
Card Number: 453
Date of Birth: February 2, 1998
Drafted: 2019, 8th round
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Jonah Bride
Oakland Athletics, 3B
Card Number: 95
Date of Birth: December 27, 1995
Drafted: 2018, 23rd round
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Hunter Brown
Houston Astros, P
Card Number: 111
Date of Birth: August 29, 1998
Drafted: 2019, 5th round
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Alec Burleson
St. Louis Cardinals, OF
Card Number: 622
Date of Birth: November 25, 1998
Drafted: 2020, 2C round
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Jose Butto
New York Mets, P
Card Number: 615
Date of Birth: March 19, 1998
Drafted: n/a
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Oswaldo Cabrera
New York Yankees, 2B/SS
Card Number: 487
Date of Birth: March 1, 1999
Drafted: n/a
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Conner Capel
Oakland Athletics, OF
Card Number: 418
Date of Birth: May 19, 1997
Drafted: 2016, 5th round
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Kerry Carpenter
Detroit Tigers, OF/DH
Card Number: 394
Date of Birth: September 2, 1997
Drafted: 2019, 19th round
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Corbin Carroll
Arizona Diamondbacks, OF
Card Number: 401
Date of Birth: August 21, 2000
Drafted: 2019, 1st round (16th overall)
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Triston Casas
Boston Red Sox, 1B
Card Number: 92
Date of Birth: January 15, 2000
Drafted: 2018, 1st round (26th overall)
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Max Castillo
Kansas City Royals, P
Card Number: 251
Date of Birth: May 4, 1999
Drafted: n/a
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Cade Cavalli
Washington Nationals, P
Card Number: 320
Date of Birth: August 14, 1998
Drafted: 2020, 1st round (22nd overall)
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Kody Clemens
Detroit Tigers, 2B
Card Number: 176
Date of Birth: May 15, 1996
Drafted: 2018, 3rd round
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Oscar Colás
Chicago White Sox, OF
Card Number: 545
Date of Birth: September 17, 1998
Drafted: n/a
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Xzavion Curry
Cleveland Guardians, P
Card Number: 513
Date of Birth: July 27, 1998
Drafted: 2019, 7th round
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Brendon Davis
Detroit Tigers, 3B
Card Number: 494
Date of Birth: July 28, 1997
Drafted: 2015, 5th round
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Yusniel Diaz
Los Angeles Dodgers, OF
Card Number: 536
Date of Birth: October 7, 1996
Drafted: n/a
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Jordan Díaz
Oakland Athletics, 3B
Card Number: 423
Date of Birth: August 13, 2000
Drafted: n/a
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Yainer Díaz
Houston Astros, 1B/C
Card Number: 635
Date of Birth: September 21, 1998
Drafted: n/a
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Jeter Downs
Boston Red Sox, SS
Card Number: 165
Date of Birth: July 27, 1998
Drafted: n/a
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Ezequiel Duran
Texas Rangers, 2B
Card Number: 286
Date of Birth: May 22, 1999
Drafted: n/a
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Nate Eaton
Kansas City Royals, OF/3B
Card Number: 557
Date of Birth: December 22, 1996
Drafted: 2018, 21st round
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Jerar Encarnacion
Miami Marlins, OF
Card Number: 318
Date of Birth: October 22, 1997
Drafted: n/a
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Bailey Falter
Philadelphia Phillies, P
Card Number: 643
Date of Birth: April 24, 1997
Drafted: 2015, 5th round
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Tyler Freeman
Cleveland Guardians, 3B
Card Number: 462
Date of Birth: May 21, 1999
Drafted: 2017, CB-B round
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Shintaro Fujinami
Oakland Athletics, P
Card Number: 561
Date of Birth: April 12, 1994
Drafted: n/a
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Stone Garrett
Washington Nationals, OF
Card Number: 498
Date of Birth: November 22, 1995
Drafted: 2014, 8th round
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Oscar Gonzalez
Cleveland Guardians, OF
Card Number: 119
Date of Birth: January 10, 1998
Drafted: n/a
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Nolan Gorman
St. Louis Cardinals, 2B
Card Number: 16
Date of Birth: May 10, 2000
Drafted: 2018, 1st round (19th overall)
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Riley Greene
Detroit Tigers, OF
Card Number: 31
Date of Birth: September 28, 2000
Drafted: 2019, 1st round (5th overall)
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Vaughn Grissom
Atlanta Braves, 2B/SS
Card Number: 275
Date of Birth: January 5, 2001
Drafted: 2019, 11th round
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Jordan Groshans
Miami Marlins, SS/3B
Card Number: 386
Date of Birth: November 10, 1999
Drafted: 2018, 1st round (12th overall)
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Michael Grove
Los Angeles Dodgers, P
Card Number: 15
Date of Birth: December 18, 1996
Drafted: 2018, 2nd round
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Dalton Guthrie
Philadelphia Phillies, 3B
Card Number: 398
Date of Birth: December 23, 1995
Drafted: 2017, 6th round
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Darick Hall
Philadelphia Phillies, 1B/DH
Card Number: 209
Date of Birth: July 25, 1995
Drafted: 2016, 14th round
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DL Hall
Baltimore Orioles, P
Card Number: 547
Date of Birth: September 19, 1998
Drafted: 2017, 1st round (21st overall)
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Michael Harris II
Atlanta Braves, OF
Card Number: 226
Date of Birth: March 7, 2001
Drafted: 2019, 3rd round
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Gunnar Henderson
Baltimore Orioles, SS/3B
Card Number: 206
Date of Birth: June 29, 2001
Drafted: 2019, 2nd round
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Iván Herrera
St. Louis Cardinals, C
Card Number: 58
Date of Birth: June 1, 2000
Drafted: n/a
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Ronny Henriquez
Minnesota Twins, P
Card Number: 372
Date of Birth: June 20, 2000
Drafted: n/a
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Tommy Henry
Arizona Diamondbacks, P
Card Number: 336
Date of Birth: July 29, 1997
Drafted: 2019, CB-B round
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David Hensley
Houston Astros
Card Number: 649
Date of Birth: March 28, 1996
Drafted: 2018, 26th round
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Brandon Hughes
Chicago Cubs, P
Card Number: 97
Date of Birth: December 1, 1995
Drafted: 2017, 16th round
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Ji Hwan Bae
Pittsburgh Pirates, 2B/OF
Card Number: 491
Date of Birth: July 26, 1999
Drafted: n/a
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Drey Jameson
Arizona Diamondbacks, P
Card Number: 502
Date of Birth: August 17, 1997
Drafted: 2019, Round 1C
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Bryce Johnson
San Francisco Giants, OF
Card Number: 571
Date of Birth: October 27, 1995
Drafted: 2017, 6th round
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Nolan Jones
Cleveland Guardians, OF
Card Number: 129
Date of Birth: May 7, 1998
Drafted: 2016, 2nd round
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Josh Jung
Texas Rangers, 3B
Card Number: 529
Date of Birth: February 12, 1998
Drafted: 2019, 1st round (8th overall)
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Buddy Kennedy
Arizona Diamondbacks, 2B
Card Number: 135
Date of Birth: October 5, 1998
Drafted: 2017, 5th round
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Caleb Kilian
Chicago Cubs, P
Card Number: 69
Date of Birth: June 2, 1997
Drafted: 2019, 8th round
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Ryan Kreidler
Detroit Tigers, 3B
Card Number: 356
Date of Birth: November 12, 1997
Drafted: 2019, 4th round
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Shea Langeliers
Oakland Athletics, C
Card Number: 127
Date of Birth: November 18, 1997
Drafted: 2019, 1st round (9th overall)
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Charles Leblanc
Miami Marlins, 3B
Card Number: 446
Date of Birth: June 3, 1996
Drafted: 2016, 4th round
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Evan Lee
Washington Nationals, P
Card Number: 243
Date of Birth: June 18, 1997
Drafted: 2018, 15th round
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Korey Lee
Houston Astros, C
Card Number: 90
Date of Birth: July 25, 1998
Drafted: 2019, 1st round (32nd overall)
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Luis Liberato
San Diego Padres, OF
Card Number: 659
Date of Birth: December 18, 1995
Drafted: n/a
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Matthew Liberatore
St. Louis Cardinals, P
Card Number: 52
Date of Birth: November 6, 1999
Drafted: 2018, 1st round (16th overall)
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David MacKinnon
Oakland Athletics, 1B
Card Number: 276
Date of Birth: December 15, 1994
Drafted: 2017, 32nd round
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Davis Martin
Chicago White Sox, P
Card Number: 188
Date of Birth: January 4, 1997
Drafted: 2018, 14th round
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Michael Massey
Kansas City Royals, 2B
Card Number: 167
Date of Birth: March 22, 1998
Drafted: 2019, 4th round
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Miles Mastrobuoni
Chicago Cubs, 2B
Card Number: 592
Date of Birth: October 31, 1995
Drafted: 2016, 14th round
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Joey Meneses
Washington Nationals, 1B
Card Number: 470
Date of Birth: May 6, 1992
Drafted: n/a
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Max Meyer
Miami Marlins, P
Card Number: 388
Date of Birth: March 12, 1999
Drafted: 2020, 1st round (3rd overall)
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Cal Mitchell
Pittsburgh Pirates, OF
Card Number: 313
Date of Birth: March 8, 1999
Drafted: 2017, 2nd round
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Garrett Mitchell
Milwaukee Brewers, OF
Card Number: 359
Date of Birth: September 4, 1998
Drafted: 2020, 1st round (20th overall)
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Christopher Morel
Chicago Cubs, 2B/OF
Card Number: 308
Date of Birth: June 24, 1999
Drafted: n/a
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Gabriel Moreno
Toronto Blue Jays, C
Card Number: 169
Date of Birth: February 14, 2000
Drafted: n/a
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Cody Morris
Cleveland Guardians, P
Card Number: 507
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Bo Naylor
Cleveland Guardians, C
Card Number: 421
Date of Birth: February 21, 2000
Drafted: 2018, 1st round (29th overall)
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Ryne Nelson
Arizona Diamondbacks, P
Card Number: 459
Date of Birth: February 1, 1998
Drafted: 2019, 2nd round
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Logan O’Hoppe
Los Angeles Angels, C
Card Number: 363
Date of Birth: February 9, 2000
Drafted: 2018, 23rd round
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Luis Ortiz
Pittsburgh Pirates, P
Card Number: 582
Date of Birth: January 27, 1999
Drafted: n/a
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James Outman
Los Angeles Dodgers, OF
Card Number: 395
Date of Birth: May 14, 1997
Drafted: 2018, 7th round
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Jermaine Palacios
Minnesota Twins, 2B
Card Number: 56
Date of Birth: July 19, 1996
Drafted: n/a
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Vinnie Pasquantino
Kansas City Royals, 1B
Card Number: 302
Date of Birth: October 10, 1997
Drafted: 2019, 11th round
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Liover Peguero
Pittsburgh Pirates, SS
Card Number: 238
Date of Birth: December 31, 2000
Drafted: n/a
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Oswald Peraza
New York Yankees, SS
Card Number: 94
Date of Birth: June 15, 2000
Drafted: n/a
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Carlos Pérez
Chicago White Sox
Card Number: 452
Date of Birth: September 10, 1996
Drafted: n/a
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Israel Pineda
Washington Nationals
Card Number: 447
Date of Birth: April 3, 2000
Drafted: n/a
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Nick Pratto
Kansas City Royals, 1B
Card Number: 182
Date of Birth: October 6, 1998
Drafted: 2017, 1st round (14th overall)
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Ford Proctor
San Francisco Giants, 2B/C
Card Number: 472
Date of Birth: December 4, 1996
Drafted: 2018, 3rd round
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Eguy Rosario
San Diego Padres, SS/3B
Card Number: 576
Date of Birth: August 25, 1999
Drafted: n/a
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Esteury Ruiz
Oakland Athletics, OF
Card Number: 650
Date of Birth: February 15, 1999
Drafted: n/a
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Adley Rutschman
Baltimore Orioles, C
Card Number: 250
Date of Birth: February 6, 1998
Drafted: 2019, 1st round (1st overall)
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Donny Sands
Detroit Tigers, C
Card Number: 416
Date of Birth: May 16, 1996
Drafted: 2015, 8th round
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Kodai Senga
New York Mets
Card Number: 362
Date of Birth: January 30, 1993
Drafted: n/a
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Brian Serven
Colorado Rockies, C
Card Number: 41
Date of Birth: May 5, 1995
Drafted: 2016, 5th round
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Michael Siani
Cincinnati Reds, OF
Card Number: 654
Date of Birth: July 16, 1999
Drafted: 2018, 4th round
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Ethan Small
Milwaukee Brewers, P
Card Number: 87
Date of Birth: February 14, 1997
Drafted: 2019, 1st round (28th overall)
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Josh Smith
Texas Rangers, 3B
Card Number: 37
Date of Birth: August 7, 1997
Drafted: 2019, 2nd round
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Lenyn Sosa
Chicago White Sox, 2B
Card Number: 140
Date of Birth: January 25, 2000
Drafted: n/a
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Liván Soto
Los Angeles Angels, SS
Card Number: 371
Date of Birth: June 22, 2000
Drafted: n/a
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Spencer Steer
Cincinnati Reds, 2B/3B
Card Number: 489
Date of Birth: December 7, 1997
Drafted: 2019, 3rd round
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Kyle Stowers
Baltimore Orioles, OF
Card Number: 156
Date of Birth: January 2, 1998
Drafted: 2019, CB-B
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Travis Swaggerty
Pittsburgh Pirates, OF
Card Number: 67
Date of Birth: August 19, 1997
Drafted: 2018, 1st round (10th overall)
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Freddy Tarnok
Oakland Athletics, P
Card Number: 608
Date of Birth: November 24, 1998
Drafted: 2017, 3rd round
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Bubba Thompson
Texas Rangers, OF
Card Number: 597
Date of Birth: June 9, 1998
Drafted: 2017, 1st round (26th overall)
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Zack Thompson
St. Louis Cardinals, P
Card Number: 34
Date of Birth: October 28, 1997
Drafted: 2019, 1st round (19th overall)
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Michael Toglia
Colorado Rockies, 1B
Card Number: 616
Date of Birth: August 16, 1998
Drafted: 2019, 1st round (23rd overall)
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Ezequiel Tovar
Colorado Rockies, SS
Card Number: 651
Date of Birth: August 1, 2001
Drafted: n/a
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Brice Turang
Milwaukee Brewers, SS
Card Number: 530
Date of Birth: November 21, 1999
Drafted: 2018, 1st round (21st overall)
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Miguel Vargas
Los Angeles Dodgers, 1B
Card Number: 163
Date of Birth: November 17, 1999
Drafted: n/a
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Louie Varland
Minnesota Twins, P
Card Number: 441
Date of Birth: December 9, 1997
Drafted: 2019, 15th round
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Terrin Vavra
Baltimore Orioles, 2B/3B
Card Number: 524
Date of Birth: May 12, 1997
Drafted: 2018, 3rd round
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Mark Vientos
New York Mets, 3B
Card Number: 550
Date of Birth: December 11, 1999
Drafted: 2017, 2nd round
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David Villar
San Francisco Giants, SS
Card Number: 277
Date of Birth: January 27, 1997
Drafted: 2018, 11th round
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Anthony Volpe
New York Yankees, SS
Card Number: 460
Date of Birth: April 28, 2001
Drafted: 2019, 1st round (30th overall)
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Ken Waldichuk
Oakland Athletics, P
Card Number: 340
Date of Birth: January 8, 1998
Drafted: 2019, 5th round
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Jordan Walker
St. Louis Cardinals
Card Number: 344
Date of Birth: May 22, 2002
Drafted: 2020, 1st round (21st overall)
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Steele Walker
San Francisco Giants, OF
Card Number: 264
Date of Birth: July 30, 1996
Drafted: 2018, 2nd round
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Matt Wallner
Minnesota Twins
Card Number: 448
Date of Birth: December 12, 1997
Drafted: 2019, CB-A round
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Drew Waters
Kansas City Royals, OF
Card Number: 543
Date of Birth: December 30, 1998
Drafted: 2017, 2nd round
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Hayden Wesneski
Chicago Cubs, P
Card Number: 638
Date of Birth: December 5, 1997
Drafted: 2019, 6th round
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Marcus Wilson
Seattle Mariners, OF
Card Number: 138
Date of Birth: August 15, 1996
Drafted: 2014, CB-B
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Josh Winckowski
Boston Red Sox, P
Card Number: 76
Date of Birth: June 28, 1998
Drafted: 2016, 15th round
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Simeon Woods Richardson
Minnesota Twins, P
Card Number: 479
Date of Birth: September 27, 2000
Drafted: 2018, 2nd round
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Masataka Yoshida
Boston Red Sox, OF
Card Number: 471
Date of Birth: July 15, 1993
Drafted: n/a
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It’s a loaded class for sure though I wonder who’s left for update. If Elly is able to make the cut it could be decent but without him it might be a dud this year.
De La Cruz looks like he won’t have any RC badge cards in 2023. If the “Call-Up” notation on his Topps Now cards are an indication, his RC cards will be in 2024 products.
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