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

2012 Topps Update is a 330-card set tentavly scheduled for release the week of October 3, 2012. As in recent year's, Update will include 55 rookies, various All-Star Game and season highlight cards, and cards of players who had changed teams during the 2011 season.

Each 36-pack Hobby box is scheduled to include either an autograph or relic card, and each 10-pack Home Team Advantage-exclusive Jumbo box will yield one autograph, a Relic, and a manufactured "Relic" insert.

Distribution

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	330	-	?	?
Golden Memories	330	-	?	?
Gold	990	2012	?	?
Black	330	61	?	?
Platinum	330	one-of-one	?	?
Wood	330	one-of-one	?	?
Printing Plates	330	four for each	?	?
Silk	100	50	?	?
Blockbusters	30	-	?	?
Golden Greats	25	-	?	?
Golden Moments	50	-	?	?
1987 Topps Minis	50	-	?	?
Award Winners Gold Rings	15	-	?	?
Gold HOF Plaques	15	-	?	?
Solid Gold Futures	4	-	?	?
Gold Futures Coins	5	-	?	?
Gold Engraving Reprints	3	-	?	?

Checklist

Base Set

US1 Francisco Liriano
US2 Kris Medlen
US3 Adam Kennedy
US4 Matt Treanor
US5 Wade Miley RD
US6 Carlos Gonzalez HRD
US7 Joe Mauer AS
US8 Luis Perez
US9 Andrew McCutchen HRD
US10 Mark Trumbo AS
US11 Rick Ankiel
US12 Jake Westbrook
US13 Matt Lindstrom
US14 Jeremy Hefner RC
US15 Justin Verlander AS
US16 Patrick Corbin RC
US17 Joe Smith
US18 Tom Wilhelmsen
US19 Jonathan Broxton
US20 Christian Friedrich RC
US21 Buster Posey AS
US22 Chris Nelson
US23 Matt Harvey RC
US24 J.P. Howell
US25 Joe Mather
US26 Santiago Casilla
US27 Cesar Izturis
US28 Matt Albers
US29 Jonathan Sanchez
US30 Jonny Gomes
US31 Esmil Rogers
US32 Adam Jones AS
US33 Nathan Eovaldi RC
US34 A. J. Griffin RC
US35 Craig Breslow
US36 Juan Cruz
US37 Billy Butler AS
US38 Elian Herrera RC
US39 Cory Wade
US40 Jose Bautista HRD
US41 Juan Francisco
US42 Yoenis Cespedes RD
US43 Michael Bowden
US44 Jeremy Hermida
US45 Eric Chavez
US46 Jamie Moyer
US47 Yuniesky Betancourt
US48 Asdrubal Cabrera AS
US49 A.J. Burnett
US50 C.J. Wilson AS
US51 Manny Parra
US52 Clayton Kershaw AS
US53 Omar Infante
US54 Phil Coke
US55 Austin Kearns
US56 Matt Diaz
US57 Hanley Ramirez RC
US58 Manny Acosta
US59 Jerome Williams
US60 Edwin Jackson
US61 Alfredo Simon
US62 CC Sabathia AS
US63 Gerald Laird
US64 Matt Moore RD
US65 Derek Norris RC
US66 James Russell
US67 Jamey Carroll
US68 Fernando Rodney AS
US69 Brett Jackson RC
US70 Will Middlebrooks RC
US71 Brett Myers
US72 Carlos Beltran HRD
US73 Joel Peralta
US74 Starlin Castro AS
US75 Rafael Furcal AS
US76 Adam Dunn AS
US77 Miguel Batista
US78 Chad Durbin
US79 Mike Baxter
US80 Jered Weaver AS
US81 Lou Marson
US82 Ty Wigginton
US83 Carlos Lee
US84 Eric Thames RC
US85 Jacob Diekman RC
US86 Anibal Sanchez
US87 Andrew McCutchen AS
US88 Will Ohman
US89 Andrew Cashner
US90 Michael Saunders
US91 Jonathan Papelbon AS
US92 Chone Figgins
US93 Chris Iannetta
US94 Kevin Slowey
US95 Edward Mujica
US96 Jose Mijares
US97 Shelley Duncan
US98 Hector Santiago RC
US99 Chris Johnson
US100 Ryan Dempster
US101 Casey McGehee
US102 Brandon League
US103 Jack Wilson
US104 Yasmani Grandal RC
US105 Mat Latos
US106 Pedro Strop
US107 Randy Choate
US108 Kameron Loe
US109 Starling Marte RC
US110 Robinson Cano HRD
US111 Clay Rapada
US112 Eduardo Escobar RC
US113 Scott Elbert
US114 Jeremy Guthrie
US115 Jason Grilli
US116 Chris Denorfia
US117 Chris Resop
US118 David Freese AS
US119 Derek Jeter AS
US120 Robinson Cano AS
US121 Johnny Damon
US122 Logan Ondrusek
US123 Jamie Moyer RB
US124 Brad Peacock
US125 Mark Lowe
US126 John McDonald
US127 Josh Harrison
US128 Dan Straily RC
US129 Giancarlo Stanton AS
US130 Laynce Nix
US131 Mitchell Boggs
US132 Tom Milone
US133 Matt Kemp AS
US134 Ramon Martinez
US135 Clay Hensley
US136 Reed Johnson
US137 Josh Hamilton AS
US138 Ernesto Frieri
US139 Zack Greinke
US140 Brian Duensing
US141 R.A. Dickey RB
US142 Erik Bedard
US143 Jose Veras
US144 Mike Trout AS
US145 Joey Devine
US146 Casey Kotchman
US147 Steve Delabar
US148 Paul Konerko AS
US149 Octavio Dotel
US150 Jake Arrieta
US151 Jordany Valdespin RC
US152 Jim Thome RB
US153 Paul Maholm RC
US154 Giancarlo Stanton
US155 Franklin Morales
US156 Troy Patton
US157 Kole Calhoun RC
US158 Jared Burton
US159 Ben Sheets
US160 Marco Scutaro
US161 Brian Dozier RC
US162 Yu Darvish AS
US163 Scott Diamond
US164 Melky Cabrera AS
US165 Jacob Turner
US166 Chipper Jones AS
US167 Trevor Cahill
US168 Yu Darvish RD
US169 Steve Cishek
US170 Jerry Hairston, Jr.
US171 Rhiner Cruz RC
US172 Wilson Valdez
US173 Jose Bautista AS
US174 Javier Lopez
US175 Tim Byrdak
US176 Brad Ziegler
US177 Mike Napoli AS
US178 Lance Lynn
US179 Matt Adams RC
US180 Roy Oswalt
US181 Takashi Saito
US182 Pablo Sandoval AS
US183 Bryce Harper RD RC
US184 Stephen Strasburg AS
US185 Donovan Solano RC
US186 Jason Hammel
US187 John Jaso
US188 Dallas Keuchel RC
US189 Melky Cabrera
US190 Francisco Cordero
US191 Bobby Abreu
US192 Josh Hamilton RB
US193 Henry Blanco
US194 Brad Lincoln
US195 Chad Qualls
US196 Seth Smith
US197 Cody Ransom
US198 Michael Pineda
US199 Nate Schierholtz
US200 Chris Perez AS
US201 Jason Frasor
US202 Mark Trumbo HRD
US203 Fernando Rodney
US204 Jesus Montero
US205 Travis Ishikawa
US206 Cole Hamels AS
US207 Greg Dobbs
US208 Tyler Moore RC
US209 Yasmani Grandal RD
US210 Tyler Chatwood
US211 Matt Cain RB
US212 Trevor Bauer RD
US213 Trevor Bauer RC
US214 Jeremy Affeldt
US215 Brian Bogusevic
US216 Matt Cain AS
US217 Matt Guerrier
US218 Alfredo Aceves
US219 Brian Fuentes
US220 Adrian Beltre AS
US221 Drew Smyly RC
US222 Jairo Asencio
US223 Boone Logan
US224 Matt Belisle
US225 Josh Lindblom
US226 Rafael Soriano
US227 Mark DeRosa
US228 Aaron Cunningham
US229 Quintin Berry RC
US230 Xavier Nady
US231 Tim Dillard
US232 Andrelton Simmons RC
US233 Jose Arrendondo
US234 Jeff Keppinger
US235 Marc Rzepczynski
US236 Lucas Luetge RC
US237 Prince Fielder HRD
US238 Shawn Camp
US239 Luke Scott
US240 Ronny Paulino
US241 Curtis Granderson AS
US242 Joe Kelly RC
US243 Brandon Inge
US244 Matt Downs
US245 Erasmo Ramirez RC
US246 Miguel Cabrera AS
US247 Ryan Ludwick
US248 Felix Doubront
US249 Angel Pagan
US250 Cristhian Martinez
US251 Kyle McClellan
US252 Chad Gaudin
US253 Ryan Webb
US254 Jason Marquis
US255 Joey Votto AS
US256 Joe Nathan AS
US257 Jose Quintana RC
US258 Josh Vitters RC
US259 Carlos Gonzalez AS
US260 Ryan Cook RC
US261 Darren Oliver
US262 Matt Kemp HRD
US263 Travis Snider
US264 Josh Edgin RC
US265 Will Middlebrooks RD
US266 Brandon Lyon
US267 Darren O'Day
US268 Craig Kimbrel AS
US269 Drew Hutchinson RC
US270 Luis Ayala
US271 Ryan Braun AS
US272 Ichiro
US273 Yadier Molina AS
US274 Jeff Gray
US275 Todd Frazier
US276 Matt Harvey RD
US277 Ben Francisco
US278 Andy Pettite
US279 Ryan Cook AS
US280 David Wright AS
US281 Matt Reynolds
US282 Darnell McDonald
US283 Elvis Andrus AS
US284 R.A. Dickey AS
US285 Ian Kinsler AS
US286 J.A. Happ
US287 Dan Wheeler
US288 Maicer Izturis
US289 Prince Fielder AS
US290 Joaquin Benoit
US291 Jesus Montero RD
US292 David Ortiz AS
US293 Shane Victorino
US294 Sergio Santos
US295 Carlos Ruiz AS
US296 Henry Rodriguez
US297 Hunter Pence
US298 Gaby Sanchez
US299 Bryce Harper AS
US300 Mark Kotsay
US301 Carlos Beltran AS
US302 Lucas Harrell
US303 Kevin Millwood
US304 A.J. Ellis
US305 David Price AS
US306 Joe Wieland RC
US307 Ryan Roberts
US308 Jay Bruce AS
US309 Chris Heisey
US310 Kelly Shoppach
US311 Dan Uggla AS
US312 Craig Stammen
US313 Wandy Rodriguez RC
US314 Eric O'Flaherty
US315 Ross Detwiler
US316 Ryan Theriot
US317 Marco Estrada
US318 Anthony Bass
US319 A.J. Pollock RC
US320 Xavier Avery RC
US321 David Carpenter RC
US322 Jordan Banks RC
US323 Fernando Abad
US324 Jamey Wright
US325 Joel Hanrahan AS
US326 Gio Gonzalez AS
US327 Chris Sale AS
US328 Geovany Soto RC
US329 Jason Isringhausen
US330 Alex Burnett

Parallels

All 330 cards are available in the following parallels.

Golden Memories
Black (serial-numbered to 61 copies, Hobby and HTA only)
Platinum (one-of-one)
Wood (one-of-one)
Printing Plates (four for each, Hobby and HTA only)

Gold

All 330 Update cards plus cards 1-660 from Topps Series One and Two will be randomly seeded into Update packs. Each card is serial-numbered to 2012 copies.

Silk

Maicer Izturis
Yuniesky Betancourt
Brian Duensing
Xavier Nady
Bryce Harper
Trevor Bauer
Gerald Laird
Randy Choate
Todd Frazier
Yu Darvish
Matt Moore
Trevor Cahill
Mitchell Boggs
Andy Pettitte
J.P. Howell
Alfredo Aceves
Casey McGehee
Greg Dobbs
Dan Wheeler
Lucas Harrell
Casey Kotchman
Ryan Ludwick
Rafael Soriano
Joel Peralta
Brian Fuentes
Michael Pineda
Manny Acosta
Alfredo Simon
Eric Chavez
A.J. Ellis
Rick Ankiel
Edwin Jackson
Kevin Slowey
Travis Ishikawa
Joe Smith
Javier Lopez
Josh Harrison
John McDonald
Melky Cabrera
Cesar Izturis
Chone Figgins
Jesus Montero
Fernando Rodney
Bobby Abreu
Miguel Batista
A.J. Pollock
Angel Pagan
Jason Hammel
Johnny Damon
Jose Arrendondo
Mat Latos
Matt Diaz
Matt Lindstrom
Tom Milone
Ty Wigginton
Jason Grilli
Jason Marquis
Adam Kennedy
Brad Peacock
Drew Hutchinson
Drew Smyly
Sergio Santos
Steve Cishek
Takashi Saito
Luke Scott
Matt Albers
Lance Lynn
Giancarlo Stanton
Joaquin Benoit
Will Ohman
Jake Westbrook
Michael Saunders
Andrew Cashner
Kyle McClellan
Hector Santiago
Octavio Dotel
Matt Treanor
Will Middlebrooks
Carl Crawford
Jerry Hairston, Jr.
Santiago Casilla
Phil Coke
Brandon Inge
Austin Kearns
Ryan Theriot
Ross Detwiler
Jonny Gomes
Darren Oliver
Jonathan Broxton
Jamey Carroll
Henry Rodriguez
Brad Ziegler
Mark DeRosa
Erik Bedard
Yoenis Cespedes
Felix Doubront
Kevin Millwood
Ernesto Frieri
Chris Nelson

Inserts

Blockbusters

BB-1 Albert Pujols
BB-2 CC Sabathia
BB-3 Frank Robinson
BB-4 Gary Carter
BB-5 Hanley Ramirez
BB-6 Jay Buhner
BB-7 Ken Griffey, Jr.
BB-8 Miguel Cabrera
BB-9 Nolan Ryan
BB-10 Prince Fielder
BB-11 Rickey Henderson
BB-12 Tom Seaver
BB-13 Yoenis Cespedes
BB-14 Yu Darvish
BB-15 Babe Ruth
BB-16 Ivan Rodriguez
BB-17 Catfish Hunter
BB-18 Carlton Fisk
BB-19 Ryne Sandberg
BB-20 David Ortiz
BB-21 Roy Halladay
BB-22 Josh Beckett
BB-23 Ichiro
BB-24 Steve Carlton
BB-25 Alex Rodriguez
BB-26 Bruce Sutter
BB-27 Carlos Gonzalez
BB-28 Johan Santana
BB-29 Manny Ramirez
BB-30 Jose Bautista

Golden Greats

Golden Moments

1987 Topps Minis

TM-138 Ryan Dempster
TM-134 Bryan LaHair
TM-1 Ryan Braun
TM-2 Mike Stanton
TM-3 Eric Hosmer
TM-4 Michael Young
TM-5 Howie Kendrick
TM-6 Dustin Ackley
TM-7 Joey Votto
TM-8 Ian Kinsler
TM-9 Jason Heyward
TM-10 Roy Halladay
TM-11 Ubaldo Jimenez
TM-12 Shin-Soo Choo
TM-13 Jayson Werth
TM-14 Ichiro
TM-15 Robinson Cano
TM-16 Derek Jeter
TM-17 Craig Kimbrel
TM-18 Michael Bourn
TM-19 Lance Berkman
TM-20 Evan Longoria
TM-21 Matt Holliday
TM-22 Brett Gardner
TM-23 Dustin Pedroia
TM-24 Dan Uggla
TM-25 Hanley Ramirez
TM-26 David Wright
TM-27 Ryan Howard
TM-28 Buster Posey
TM-29 Adam Jones
TM-30 Andre Ethier
TM-31 Brandon Phillips
TM-32 Tommy Hanson
TM-33 Adrian Gonzalez
TM-34 Josh Johnson
TM-35 Zack Greinke
TM-36 Mariano Rivera
TM-37 CC Sabathia
TM-38 Chase Utley
TM-39 Jay Bruce
TM-40 Andrew McCutchen
TM-41 James Shields
TM-42 Josh Hamilton
TM-43 Mat Latos
TM-44 Troy Tulowitzki
TM-45 Shane Victorino
TM-46 David Price
TM-47 Starlin Castro
TM-48 Paul Konerko
TM-49 Jered Weaver
TM-50 Curtis Granderson
TM-51 Albert Pujols
TM-52 Miguel Cabrera
TM-53 Matt Kemp
TM-54 Justin Upton
TM-56 Jose Bautista
TM-57 Jacoby Ellsbury
TM-58 Prince Fielder
TM-59 Cliff Lee
TM-60 Clayton Kershaw
TM-61 Carlos Gonzalez
TM-62 Tim Lincecum
TM-63 Felix Hernandez
TM-64 Jose Reyes
TM-65 Mark Teixeira
TM-66 Cole Hamels
TM-67 Adrian Beltre
TM-68 Dan Haren
TM-69 Ryan Zimmerman
TM-70 Jon Lester
TM-71 Carlos Santana
TM-72 Hunter Pence
TM-73 Alex Gordon
TM-74 Nelson Cruz
TM-75 Alex Rodriguez
TM-76 Rickie Weeks
TM-77 Mike Napoli
TM-78 Brian McCann
TM-79 Brian Wilson
TM-80 Pablo Sandoval
TM-81 David Price
TM-82 Josh Beckett
TM-83 Joe Mauer
TM-84 Stephen Strasburg
TM-85 Michael Pineda
TM-86 Bob Gibson
TM-87 Stan Musial
TM-88 Brooks Robinson
TM-89 Frank Robinson
TM-90 Babe Ruth
TM-91 Tom Seaver
TM-92 Sandy Koufax
TM-93 Warren Spahn
TM-94 Jim Palmer
TM-95 Roger Maris
TM-96 Mickey Mantle
TM-97 Ken Griffey, Jr.
TM-98 Joe DiMaggio
TM-99 Roberto Clemente
TM-100 Johnny Bench
TM-55 Justin Verlander
TM-101 Paul Goldschmidt
TM-102 Reggie Jackson
TM-103 Lance Lynn
TM-104 Chipper Jones
TM-105 Ichiro
TM-106 Al Kaline
TM-107 Madison Bumgarner
TM-108 Jesus Montero
TM-109 Carl Yastrzemski
TM-110 Asdrubal Cabrera
TM-111 Andy Pettitte
TM-112 Yu Darvish
TM-113 Billy Butler
TM-114 Jonathan Papelbon
TM-115 Carlos Beltran
TM-116 Ian Kennedy
TM-117 Gary Carter
TM-118 Austin Jackson
TM-119 Gio Gonzalez
TM-120 Matt Cain
TM-121 Mat Latos
TM-122 Yonder Alonso
TM-123 C.J. Wilson
TM-124 Yoenis Cespedes
TM-125 Lou Gehrig
TM-126 Jackie Robinson
TM-127 Mike Trout
TM-128 Freddie Freeman
TM-129 Elvis Andrus
TM-130 Ty Cobb
TM-131 Jimmy Rollins
TM-132 Jim Rice
TM-133 Will Middlebrooks
TM-135 Mike Moustakas
TM-136 Brandon Beachy
TM-137 Cal Ripken, Jr.
TM-139 Matt Moore
TM-140 Don Mattingly
TM-141 Nolan Ryan
TM-142 Albert Belle
TM-143 R.A. Dickey
TM-144 Mark Trumbo
TM-145 Chris Sale
TM-146 Brett Lawrie
TM-147 Johan Santana
TM-148 Justin Morneau
TM-149 Giancarlo Stanton
TM-150 Bryce Harper

Presidential Predictors

Randomly inserted into packs are 102 redemption cards -- one card for President Obama and the other for Governor Romney -- for each of the 50 states plus the District of Columbia. If the candidate depicted wins the state in the 2012 Presidential Election, the card is then eligible for entry into a contest. 50 winning cards will be chosen and will be given a special commemorative card of the winner of the 2012 Election.

Manufactured Relics

Gold Hall of Fame Plaques

HOF-BR Babe Ruth
HOF-CR Cal Ripken, Jr.
HOF-CY Carl Yastrzemski
HOF-JB Johnny Bench
HOF-JD Joe DiMaggio
HOF-JR Jackie Robinson
HOF-LG Lou Gehrig
HOF-MM Mickey Mantle
HOF-NR Nolan Ryan
HOF-RC Roberto Clemente
HOF-RJ Reggie Jackson
HOF-SK Sandy Koufax
HOF-TC Ty Cobb
HOF-TS Tom Seaver
HOF-WM Willie Mays
HOF-GC Gary Carter
HOF-GB George Brett
HOF-JR Jackie Robinson
HOF-MS Mike Schmidt
HOF-OS Ozzie Smith
HOF-RH Rickey Henderson
HOF-RS Ryne Sandberg
HOF-SM Stan Musial
HOF-WB Wade Boggs
HOF-WS Warren Spahn
HOF-YB Yogi Berra

Award Winners Gold Ring

GAR-AP Albert Pujols
GAR-BR Babe Ruth
GAR-DJ Derek Jeter
GAR-I Ichiro
GAR-JB Johnny Bench
GAR-JD Joe DiMaggio
GAR-JR Jackie Robinson
GAR-JV Justin Verlander
GAR-KG Ken Griffey, Jr.
GAR-LG Lou Gehrig
GAR-MM Mickey Mantle
GAR-RC Roberto Clemente
GAR-RH Roy Halladay
GAR-SK Sandy Koufax
GAR-WM Willie Mays
GAR-AD Andre Dawson
GAR-CR Cal Ripken Jr
GAR-CF Carlton Fisk
GAR-CY Carl Yastrzemski
GAR-FR Frank Robinson
GAR-MS Mike Schmidt
GAR-RJ Reggie Jackson
GAR-RB Ryan Braun
GAR-SM Stan Musial
GAR-TL Tim Lincecum
GAR-TS Tom Seaver

Gold Coin Futures

Solid Gold Futures

Yu Darvish
Bryce Harper
Yoenis Cespedes
Brett Lawrie

Gold Engravings Reprints

Autographs & Game-Used

All-Star Stitches

All cards are available in the Gold (serial-numbered to 50 copies) AND Platinum (one-of-one) parallels.

All-Star Stitches Autographs

Each is serial-numbered to 25 copies.

All-Star Stitches Jumbo Patch

Each is exclusive to Hobby and HTA packs and serial-numbered to six copies.

All-Star Stitches Jumbo Patch Autograph

Each is exclusive to Hobby and HTA packs and serial-numbered to six copies.

Dual All-Star Stitches

Each is serial-numbered to 25 copies.

Triple All-Star Stitches

Each is exclusive to Hobby and HTA packs and serial-numbered to 25 copies.

Blockbusters Autographs

Each is exclusive to Hobby and HTA packs and serial-numbered to 25 copies.

Blockbusters Autograph Relic

Each is exclusive to Hobby and HTA packs and serial-numbered to five copies.

Golden Greats Autograph Relic

Each is exclusive to Hobby and HTA packs and serial-numbered to 25 copies.