Description

2004 Hot Prospects Draft is a 120-card set released by Fleer in November, 2004.

In late 2004, the MLBPA, granted Donruss-Playoff, Fleer, and Upper Deck a one-time exemption to their licensing agreement that allowing each to produce a set featuring prospects, draft picks, and other non-union players. These exempt products were designed to compete with Topps' long-established Bowman Draft Picks & Prospects brand. Hot Prospect Draft was Fleer's exempted product, while Elite Extra Edition and SP Prospects were Donruss-Playoff and Upper Deck's.

The last 60 cards in the base set are short-printed and serial-numbered. Cards 61-70 and 112 and 113 make up the "Hot Prospects" subset and are serial-numbered to 1000 copies. Cards 71-111 and 114-120 are the "Signature Selections" and are all serial-numbered to 299 copies.

Collectors should be advised that a number of cards including Yadier Molina's RC (#112) packed out as redemptions, which, for all intents and purposes, expired during Fleer's 2005 bankruptcy.

Distribution

Hobby: 15 packs per box, five cards per pack (MSRP: $8.50). 12 boxes per case.

Retail: 24 packs per box, six cards per pack (MSRP: $3). 20 boxes per case.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	120	-	?	?
short set	60	-	?	?
Hot Prospects	12	1000	1:15	1:120
Signature Selections	48	299	1:9	1:990
Red Hot	70	150	P	P
Red Hot Signature Selections	48	25	P	P
White Hot	118	one-of-one	P	P
Rewind	30	-	1:5	1:5
Tandems	15	-	1:15	1:15
MLB Hot Materials	40	325	AU-GU	AU-GU
MLB Hot Materials Red Hot	40	50	AU-GU	AU-GU
MLB Hot Materials White Hot	40	one-of-one	AU-GU	AU-GU
Rewind Jersey	30	varies	AU-GU	AU-GU
Rewind Jersey Red Hot	30	10	AU-GU	AU-GU
Rewind Jersey White Hot	30	one-of-one	AU-GU	AU-GU
Rewind Patch	30	varies	AU-GU	AU-GU
Rewind Patch Red Hot	30	5	AU-GU	AU-GU
Rewind Patch White Hot	30	one-of-one	AU-GU	AU-GU
Double Team Jersey	19	100	AU-GU	AU-GU
Double Team Jersey Red Hot	19	25	AU-GU	AU-GU
Double Team Jersey White Hot	19	one-of-one	AU-GU	AU-GU
Double Team Patch	19	50	AU-GU	AU-GU
Double Team Patch Red Hot	19	10	AU-GU	AU-GU
Double Team Patch White Hot	19	one-of-one	AU-GU	AU-GU
Double Team Autograph Patch Red Hot	7	22	AU-GU	AU-GU
Double Team Autograph Patch White Hot	7	one-of-one	AU-GU	AU-GU
Past Present Future Autograph	18	33	AU-GU	AU-GU
Past Present Future Autograph Red Hot	18	3	AU-GU	AU-GU
Past Present Future Autograph White Hot	18	one-of-one	AU-GU	AU-GU
Alumni Ink	3	15	AU-GU	AU-GU
Alumni Ink Red Hot	3	5	AU-GU	AU-GU
Alumni Ink White Hot	3	one-of-one	AU-GU	AU-GU

P: Odds of finding a parallel: 1:15/Hobby packs
AU-GU: Odds of finding an autograph or game-used card: 1:12/Hobby packs, 1:24/retail packs

Checklist

Base Set

1 Miguel Tejada
2 Jose Vidro
3 Hideki Matsui
4 Roger Clemens
5 Craig Wilson
6 Bobby Crosby
7 Pat Burrell
8 Mike Sweeney
9 Craig Biggio
10 Scott Rolen
11 Roy Halladay
12 Lyle Overbay
13 Rocco Baldelli
14 Mike Piazza
15 Rafael Palmeiro
16 Hank Blalock
17 Sammy Sosa
18 Dontrelle Willis
19 Alfonso Soriano
20 Gary Sheffield
21 Jim Thome
22 Ivan Rodriguez
23 Adam Dunn
24 Kerry Wood
25 Khalil Greene
26 Richie Sexson
27 Nomar Garciaparra
28 Andruw Jones
29 Tom Glavine
30 Carlos Beltran
31 Chipper Jones
32 Jeff Bagwell
33 Tim Hudson
34 Alex Rodriguez
35 Omar Vizquel
36 Albert Pujols
37 Frank Thomas
38 Ben Sheets
39 Jason Schmidt
40 Miguel Cabrera
41 Carlos Delgado
42 Ichiro
43 Curt Schilling
44 Todd Helton
45 Ken Griffey, Jr.
46 Mark Prior
47 Vladimir Guerrero
48 Pedro Martinez
49 Manny Ramirez
50 Joe Mauer
51 Jorge Posada
52 Troy Glaus
53 Randy Johnson
54 Adrian Beltre
55 Eric Gagne
56 Josh Beckett
57 Jason Giambi
58 Barry Zito
59 Lance Berkman
60 Derek Jeter

Hot Prospects

Each Hot Prospect is serial-numbered to 1000 copies.

NOTE: Although they are NOT autographed, cards #112 and #113 packed out as redemptions. It is believed that both cards were late additions to the product.

61 Kaz Matsui RC
62 Jason Bartlett RC
63 John Gall RC
64 Chris Saenz RC
65 Merkin Valdez RC
66 Akinori Otsuka RC
67 Joey Gathright RC
68 Brad Halsey RC
69 David Aardsma RC
70 Scott Kazmir RC

112 Yadier Molina RC EXCH
113 Shingo Takatsu RC EXCH

Signature Selections

Each Signature Selection is autographed and serial-numbered to 299 copies.

71 Matt Bush AU RC
72 John Bowker AU RC
73 Mike Ferris AU RC*
74 Brian Bixler AU RC EXCH
75 Scott Elbert AU RC
76 Josh Fields AU RC
77 Bill Bray AU RC
78 Greg Golson AU RC
79 Neil Walker AU RC
80 Philip Hughes AU RC
81 Chris Nelson AU RC
82 Mark Rogers AU RC
83 Trevor Plouffe AU RC
84 Chris Garcia AU RC EXCH
85 Thomas Diamond AU RC
86 B.J. Szymanski AU RC
87 Richie Robnett AU RC*
88 Seth Smith AU RC
89 Kyle Waldrop AU RC
90 Curtis Thigpen AU RC
91 J.P. Howell AU RC EXCH
92 Blake DeWitt AU RC
93 Taylor Tankersley AU RC
94 Zach Jackson AU RC
95 Justin Orenduff AU RC*
96 Tyler Lumsden AU RC
97 Danny Putnam AU RC
98 Jon Poterson AU RC
99 Matt Fox AU RC
100 Gio Gonzalez AU RC
101 Huston Street AU RC
102 Jay Rainville AU RC*
103 Matt Durkin AU RC
104 Brett Smith AU RC
105 Justin Hoyman AU RC
106 Erick San Pedro AU RC*
107 Jeff Marquez AU RC
108 Hunter Pence AU RC
109 Dustin Pedroia AU RC
110 Kurt Suzuki AU RC
111 Billy Buckner AU RC

114 J.C. Holt AU RC EXCH
115 Homer Bailey AU RC
116 David Purcey AU RC
117 Jeremy Sowers AU RC
118 Chris Lambert AU RC EXCH
119 Eric Hurley AU RC
120 Grant Johnson AU RC

Parallels

The entire base set EXCEPT cards #112 and #113 are available in one of two parallels.

Red Hot

Each base cards, except #112 and #113 are available in a Red Hot parallel.

Cards #1-#70: serial-numbered to 150 copies
Cards #71-#111 and #114-#120: autographed and serial-numbered to 25 copies.

White Hot

All 118 base cards (except #112 and #113) are available in a one-of-one White Hot parallel. Cards #71-#111 and #114-#120 are autographed.

Die-Cuts

Die-Cuts are an autographed 43-card partial parallel of the 48-card Signature Sensations subset. Die-Cuts were issued in January, 2005, in unmarked one-card red foil packs to Hobby dealers as part of a promotion designed to boost sales of the flagging Hot Prospects Draft product. Although the Die-Cuts are not serial-numbered, Fleer announced the production figures for each card in March, 2005 and those figures are listed below.

Inserts

Autographs & Game-Used