Revision as of 00:28, 24 May 2011

This article is about a set that is scheduled to be released in the near-future.
Some information may change as more facts become known.

Description

2011 Finest Baseball is a 100-card set tentatively scheduled for release in late-September, 2011. In a change for the brand, Topps has pushed back the release of Finest from just before Opening Day, to just before the end of the season. Another change is the elimination of the much-maligned manufactured letter patches and rookie redemptions.

The base set consists of 100 veteran cards with 19 autographed rookies. Each autographed rookie will be serial-numbered and seeded at the rate of one-per 12-pack box. Each box will also include an autographed rookie dual relic, two Finest Moments inserts, and six Refractor parallels.

Distribution

Two six-pack mini boxes per box (MSRP: $50). Hobby only.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Odds
Base	100	-	5:1
Refractors	100	-	?
X-Fractors	100	299	?
Green Refractor	100	199	?
Orange Refractor	100	99	?
Gold Refractor	100	59	?
Red Refractor	100	25	?
Diecut Mosaic Refractor	100	10	?
Canary Diamond	100	one-of-one	?
SuperFractor	100	one-of-one	?
Printing Plates	100	four-for-each	?
Autographed Purple Refractor	?	5	?
Orange Refractor Jumbo Patches	?	10	?
Purple Refractor Jumbo Patches	?	5	?
SuperFractor Jumbo Patches	?	one-of-one	?
Finest Foundations	?	?	?
Finest Freshmen	?	?	?
Finest Moments	?	?	1:6
Autographed Rookies	19	?	1:12
Autographed Relic Finest Moments	?	?	?
Autographed Relic Finest Moments Refractor	?	?	?
Autographed Relic Finest Moments Orange Refractor	?	?	?
Autographed Relic Finest Moments Purple Refractor	?	?	?
Autographed Relic Finest Moments SuperFractor	?	?	?
60th Anniversary Autographs	3	60	?

Checklist

Base Set

1 Hanley Ramirez
2 Jason Heyward
3 Buster Posey
4 Mark Teixeira
5 Evan Longoria
6 Chase Utley
7 Ryan Braun
8 Felix Hernandez
9 Hunter Pence
10 Adrian Gonzalez
11 Nick Markakis
12 Miguel Cabrera
13 Paul Konerko
14 Ryan Zimmerman
15 Troy Tulowitzki
16 Chipper Jones
17 Torii Hunter
18 B.J. Upton
19 Michael Young
20 Ryan Howard
21 Andre Ethier
22 Justin Verlander
23 Clay Buchholz
24 Cole Hamels
25 Albert Pujols
26 Adrian Beltre
27 Zack Greinke
28 Derek Jeter
29 Jacoby Ellsbury
30 Dan Uggla
31 Adam Dunn
32 Matt Kemp
33 Starlin Castro
34 Brian McCann
35 David Wright
36 Tim Lincecum
37 David Price
38 Jayson Werth
39 Roy Oswalt
40 Ichiro
41 Jose Bautista
42 Robinson Cano
43 David Ortiz
44 Mike Stanton
45 Roy Halladay
46 Justin Upton
47 Joey Votto
48 Andrew McCutchen
49 Matt Holliday
50 Alex Rodriguez
51 Jon Lester
52 Jered Weaver
53 Kevin Youkilis
54 Ike Davis
55 Joe Mauer
56 Carl Crawford
57 Cliff Lee
58 Josh Hamilton
59 Stephen Strasburg
60 Prince Fielder
61 Sergio Santos RC
62 Randall Delgado RC
63 Eric Hosmer RC
64 Julio Teheran RC
65 Danny Duffy RC
66 J. P. Arencibia RC
67 Domonic Brown RC
68 Mike Minor RC
69 Brett Wallace RC
70 Jerry Sands RC
71 Mark Trumbo RC
72 Freddie Freeman RC
73 Tsuyoshi Nishioka RC
74 Jeremy Hellickson RC
75 Kyle Drabek RC
76 Dustin Ackley RC
77 Brandon Beachy RC
78 Brent Morel RC
79 Dillon Gee RC
80 Chris Sale RC
81 Alex Cobb RC
82 Dee Gordon RC
83 Brandon Belt RC
84 Zach Britton RC
85 Craig Kimbrel RC
86 Michael Pineda RC
87 Andrew Cashner RC
88 Jordan Walden RC
89 Alexi Ogando RC
90 Jake McGee RC
91 Hector Noesi RC
92 Darwin Barney RC
93 Ben Revere RC
94 Mike Trout RC
95 Danny Espinosa RC
96 Aaron Crow RC
97 Anthony Rizzo RC
98 Mike Moustakas RC
99 Eduardo Sanchez RC
100 Daniel Descalso RC

Parallels

All 100 base cards are available in the following Refractor parallels. On average, each six-pack mini box should yield three Refractors of various colors.

Refractor

X-Fractor (serial-numbered to 299 copies)

Green Refractor (serial-numbered to 199 copies)

Orange Refractor (serial-numbered to 99 copies)

Gold Refractor (serial-numbered to 50 copies)

Red Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)

Die-Cut Mosaic Refractor (serial-numbered to ten copies)

Purple Refractor (serial-numbered to five copies)

Canary Diamond Refractor (one-of-one)

SuperFractor (one-of-one)

Framed Printing Plates (four-for-each)

Inserts

NOTE: Each six-pack mini box should yield one card from the three insert sets below. All inserts are also available in the following Refractor parallels.

Orange Refractor (serial-numbered to ten copies)

Purple Refractor (serial-numbered to five copies)

Finest Freshmen

FFR1 Freddie Freeman
FFR2 Domonic Brown
FFR3 Jordan Walden
FFR4 Aroldis Chapman
FFR5 Zach Britton
FFR6 Mark Trumbo
FFR7 Brett Wallace
FFR8 Alexi Ogando
FFR9 Tsuyoshi Nishioka
FFR10 Jeremy Hellickson
FFR11 Brent Morel
FFR12 J.P. Arencibia
FFR13 Andrew Cashner
FFR14 Eric Hosmer
FFR15 Craig Kimbrel
FFR16 Kyle Drabek
FFR17 Michael Pineda

Finest Foundations

FF1 Albert Pujols
FF2 Roy Halladay
FF3 Adrian Gonzalez
FF4 Ryan Howard
FF5 Alex Rodriguez
FF6 Evan Longoria
FF7 Buster Posey
FF8 Robinson Cano
FF9 Tim Lincecum
FF10 Jason Heyward
FF11 Troy Tulowitzki
FF12 Ichiro
FF13 Stephen Strasburg
FF14 Hanley Ramirez
FF15 Derek Jeter

Finest Moments

FM1 Joe Mauer
FM2 Carl Crawford
FM3 Robinson Cano
FM4 Andrew McCutchen
FM5 Cliff Lee
FM6 Nick Markakis
FM7 Roy Halladay
FM8 Ryan Howard
FM9 David Wright
FM10 Buster Posey
FM11 Jason Heyward
FM12 Josh Hamilton
FM13 Alex Rodriguez
FM14 Chase Utley
FM15 David Ortiz
FM16 CC Sabathia
FM17 Stephen Strasburg
FM18 Ike Davis

Autographs & Game-Used

Finest Autographed Rookies

Unlike previous years, the rookies will be available both autographed and un-autographed. Every other six-pack mini box will contain an Autographed Rookie.

Each card will be serial-numbered, but the exact production has yet to be revealed.

It appears that all cards in this set will be autographed on-card.

All of the Autographed Rookies are available in the following Refractor parallels.

Refractor

X-Fractor (serial-numbered to 299 copies)

Green Refractor (serial-numbered to 199 copies)

Orange Refractor (serial-numbered to 99 copies)

Gold Refractor (serial-numbered to 59 copies)

Red Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)

Die-Cut Mosaic Refractor (serial-numbered to ten copies)

Purple Refractor (serial-numbered to five copies)

SuperFractor (one-of-one)

Framed Printing Plates (four-for-each)

Finest Autographed Rookie Dual Relics

Mini-boxes NOT containing an Autographed Rookie, will instead yield an Autographed Rookie Dual Relic. Each card will have a sticker autograph on a card with two different pieces of game-used memorabilia.

All cards are available in the following Refractor parallels.

Refractor

Green Refractor (serial-numbered to 149 copies)

Orange Refractor (serial-numbered to 99 copies)

Gold Refractor (serial-numbered to 50 copies)

Red Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)

Die-Cut Mosaic Refractor (serial-numbered to ten copies)

Purple Refractor (serial-numbered to five copies)

SuperFractor (one-of-one)

Framed Printing Plates (four-for-each)

Finest Rookie Jumbo Patches

Each Rookie Jumbo Patch is available in the following Refractors.

Orange Refractor (serial-numbered to ten copies)

Purple Refractor (serial-numbered to five copies)

SuperFractor (one-of-one)

Finest Moments Autographed Relics

The Finest Moments Autographed Relics will be seeded as "case hits." All 18 cards will be serial-numbered to an as yet determined production figure. Each card is available in the following Refractor parallels.

Refractor

Orange Refractor (serial-numbered to 20 copies)

Purple Refractor (serial-numbered to five copies)

SuperFractor (one-of-one)

60th Anniversary Autographs

See 2011 Topps 60th Anniversary Autographs.

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