Each year the Stadium Club line is one to circle in the
Topps Baseball release calendar. A product with strong affordability and not
driven by extraordinary chase cards, the allure here is the stunning visuals.
There’s short prints and photo variations across a plethora of Topps products
but it’s Stadium Club that showcases images on the most beautiful level.
Stadium Club is not a massive product and boxes include 128
total cards. The base checklist is 301 cards and there’s only a handful of
insert checklists in the product. Boxes will retail around $80 and include two
autographs along with three guaranteed insets. Minnesota has a few noteworthy
cards to check out as well.
Base
In that 301-card base checklist the Twins find themselves
with nine different subjects. Stars include players like Jose Berrios and Eddie
Rosario, while veterans Miguel Sano Jonathan Schoop and Nelson Cruz also make
appearances. Willians Astudillo has a rookie offering and Harmon Killebrew is a
legend representative on the checklist.
Hits
Despite not having a base card Jake Cave does have
autographs in the product. He is joined by Astudillo who has certainly become a
popular signer for Topps in recent products. Each of these cards have parallel versions
as well.
Inserts
While not incredibly extensive, there’s more than a few
insert checklists to collect in Stadium Club. Unfortunately for Twins fans, the
only player included in any of them is Byron Buxton. He gets a single entry in
the Warp Speed set. Even with the photography and base cards being the main
draw of this product, it certainly feels like a missed opportunity not to
include more Minnesota flavor in this section.
