Kick off the start of the 2023 MLB season by treating yourself to a 2022 Bowman’s Best Baseball Hobby Box. It is the perfect way to get your hands on some of the hottest cards in baseball. True to every season, the 2022 Bowman’s Best cards offer a unique design, exclusive inserts, and some heart-stopping autographs from the league’s best players, along with some fun inserts such as this year’s UFO collection. All cards have full-color images and an embossed foil finish on both sides.
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Release Date: March 8, 2023.
Box Configuration: 6 packs per inner mini box, 2 mini boxes per master box, and 8 master boxes per case.
Nerd Rating: 8.2/10
Bottom Line: If you’re looking to get your hands on some of the hottest cards in baseball, the 2022 Bowman’s Best Hobby Box is the way to go!
Key Cards
Here we rank ten cards from each niche worth looking out for when ripping open a 2022 Bowman’s Best hobby box. We feel these ten players from each niche will have the best chance to provide a significant return by purchasing their cards.
Rookies
- #23 Julio Rodriguez RC
- #39 Wander Franco RC
- #13 Bobby Witt Jr. RC
- #7 Spencer Torkelson RC
- #54 Hunter Greene RC
- #36 Oneil Cruz RC
- #56 Nick Lodolo RC
- #49 CJ Abrams RC
- #46 Elehuris Montero RC
- #15 Juan Yepez RC
Prospects
- TP-2 Jackson Holiday
- TP-4 Jordan Lawlar
- TP-17 Elly De La Cruz
- TP-8 Marcelo Mayer
- TP-19 Jackson Chourio
- TP-29 Elijah Green
- TP-14 Bryan Acuña (yes, this is Ronald Acuna’s younger brother)
- TP-25 Yasser Mercedes
- TP-1 Ezequiel Tovar
- TP-7 James Wood
Veterans
- #14 Mike Trout
- #10 Bryce Harper
- #29 Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
- #25 Shohei Ohtani
- #18 Fernando Tatis Jr.
- #33 Aaron Judge
- #27 Juan Soto
- #19 Nolan Arenado
- #43 Yordan Alvarez
- #21 Albert Pujols
Base Checklist (100 cards)
Refractor Parallels Plus Odds
- Refractor (1 per pack)
- Atomic (1:12)
- Mini-Diamond /299 (1:19)
- Purple /250 (1:23)
- Aqua Lava /199 (1:29)
- Blue #/150 (1:38)
- Green /99 (1:57)
- Green Mini-Diamond /99
- Gold Lava /75 (1:76)
- Gold /50 (1:113)
- Orange /25 (1:226)
- Red /10 (1:563)
- Red Lava /5 (1:1,128)
- SuperFractor 1/1 (1:5,667)
1 Cristian Pache – Oakland Athletics
2 Bryson Stott – Philadelphia Phillies RC
3 Gavin Sheets – Chicago White Sox RC
4 Salvador Perez – Kansas City Royals
5 Reid Detmers – Los Angeles Angels RC
6 Cal Raleigh – Seattle Mariners RC
7 Spencer Torkelson – Detroit Tigers RC
8 Bryan De La Cruz – Miami Marlins RC
9 Francisco Lindor – New York Mets
10 Bryce Harper – Philadelphia Phillies
11 Jarren Duran – Boston Red Sox RC
12 Willson Contreras – Chicago Cubs
13 Bobby Witt Jr. – Kansas City Royals RC
14 Mike Trout – Los Angeles Angels
15 Juan Yepez – St. Louis Cardinals RC
16 Bo Bichette – Toronto Blue Jays
17 MJ Melendez – Kansas City Royals RC
18 Fernando Tatis Jr. – San Diego Padres
19 Nolan Arenado – St. Louis Cardinals
20 Anthony Rizzo – New York Yankees
21 Albert Pujols – St. Louis Cardinals
22 Alek Thomas – Arizona Diamondbacks RC
23 Julio Rodriguez – Seattle Mariners RC
24 Christian Yelich – Milwaukee Brewers
25 Shohei Ohtani – Los Angeles Angels
26 Jeremy Pena – Houston Astros RC
27 Juan Soto – San Diego Padres
28 Mookie Betts – Los Angeles Dodgers
29 Vladimir Guerrero Jr. – Toronto Blue Jays
30 Rafael Devers – Boston Red Sox
31 Shane Baz – Tampa Bay Rays RC
32 Jack Suwinski – Pittsburgh Pirates RC
33 Aaron Judge – New York Yankees
34 Ronald Acuña Jr. – Atlanta Braves
35 Steven Kwan – Cleveland Guardians RC
36 Oneil Cruz – Pittsburgh Pirates RC
37 Freddie Freeman – Los Angeles Dodgers
38 Joey Votto – Cincinnati Reds
39 Wander Franco – Tampa Bay Rays RC
40 Manny Machado – San Diego Padres
41 Seiya Suzuki – Chicago Cubs RC
42 Miguel Cabrera – Detroit Tigers
43 Yordan Alvarez – Houston Astros
44 Luis Robert – Chicago White Sox
45 Ke’Bryan Hayes – Pittsburgh Pirates
46 Elehuris Montero – Colorado Rockies RC
47 Gabriel Arias – Cleveland Guardians RC
48 Tylor Megill – New York Mets RC
49 CJ Abrams – Washington Nationals RC
50 Joe Ryan – Minnesota Twins RC
51 Brandon Marsh – Philadelphia Phillies RC
52 Jose Ramirez – Cleveland Guardians
53 Corey Seager – Texas Rangers
54 Hunter Greene – Cincinnati Reds RC
55 Vidal Brujan – Tampa Bay Rays RC
56 Nick Lodolo – Cincinnati Reds RC
57 Pete Alonso – New York Mets
58 Ryan Mountcastle – Baltimore Orioles
59 Jose Miranda – Minnesota Twins RC
60 Javier Baez – Detroit Tigers
61 MacKenzie Gore – Washington Nationals RC
62 Heliot Ramos – San Francisco Giants RC
63 Matt Olson – Atlanta Braves
64 Kris Bryant – Colorado Rockies
65 Royce Lewis – Minnesota Twins RC
66 Jake Burger – Chicago White Sox RC
67 Josh Lowe – Tampa Bay Rays RC
68 J.D. Martinez – Boston Red Sox
69 George Kirby – Seattle Mariners RC
70 Jazz Chisholm Jr. – Miami Marlins
Top Prospects
TP-1 Ezequiel Tovar – Colorado Rockies
TP-2 Jackson Holliday – Baltimore Orioles
TP-3 Cristian Santana – Detroit Tigers
TP-4 Jordan Lawlar – Arizona Diamondbacks
TP-5 Gavin Cross – Kansas City Royals
TP-6 Brooks Lee – Minnesota Twins
TP-7 James Wood – Washington Nationals
TP-8 Marcelo Mayer – Boston Red Sox
TP-9 Joshua Baez – St. Louis Cardinals
TP-10 Kumar Rocker – Texas Rangers
TP-11 George Valera – Cleveland Guardians
TP-12 Cristian Hernandez – Chicago Cubs
TP-13 Roderick Arias – New York Yankees
TP-14 Bryan Acuña – Minnesota Twins
TP-15 Ryan Reckley – San Francisco Giants
TP-16 Simon Juan – New York Mets
TP-17 Elly De La Cruz – Cincinnati Reds
TP-18 Ricardo Cabrera – Cincinnati Reds
TP-19 Jackson Chourio – Milwaukee Brewers
TP-20 Dustin Harris – Texas Rangers
TP-21 Henry Davis – Pittsburgh Pirates
TP-22 Anthony Gutierrez – Texas Rangers
TP-23 Jace Jung – Detroit Tigers
TP-24 Samuel Munoz – Los Angeles Dodgers
TP-25 Yasser Mercedes – Minnesota Twins
TP-26 Cristhian Vaquero – Washington Nationals
TP-27 Colson Montgomery – Chicago White Sox
TP-28 Oscar Colas – Chicago White Sox
TP-29 Elijah Green – Washington Nationals
TP-30 Termarr Johnson – Pittsburgh Pirates
Best of 2022 Autographs Set Checklist (97 cards – 1 in 7 packs)
Refractor Parallels
- Refractor (1:18)
- Blue /150 (1:46)
- Green /99 (1:57)
- Gold Lava /75 (1:75)
- Gold /50 (1:112)
- Atomic /25 (1:223)
- Red /10 (1:557)
- Red Lava /5 (1:1,115)
- SuperFractor 1/1 (1:5,550)
- Printing Plates 1/1 (1:1,395)
B22-AA Aeverson Arteaga – San Francisco Giants
B22-AAM Adael Amador – Colorado Rockies
B22-AC Allan Cerda – Cincinnati Reds
B22-AG Anthony Gutierrez – Texas Rangers
B22-AP Adrian Placencia – Los Angeles Angels
B22-AT Alek Thomas – Arizona Diamondbacks
B22-BA Bryan Acuña – Minnesota Twins
B22-BH Brady House – Washington Nationals
B22-BL Brooks Lee – Minnesota Twins
B22-BS Bryson Stott – Philadelphia Phillies
B22-BW Bobby Witt Jr. – Kansas City Royals
B22-CA CJ Abrams – Washington Nationals
B22-CC Colton Cowser – Baltimore Orioles
B22-CD Chase DeLauter – Cleveland Guardians
B22-CM Colson Montgomery – Chicago White Sox
B22-CME Curtis Mead – Tampa Bay Rays
B22-CV Cristhian Vaquero – Washington Nationals
B22-CY Cole Young – Seattle Mariners
B22-DBR Darren Baker – Washington Nationals
B22-DCA Danyer Cueva – Texas Rangers
B22-DD Danny De Andrade – Minnesota Twins
B22-DG Denzer Guzman – Los Angeles Angels
B22-DGI Drew Gilbert – Houston Astros
B22-DH Dustin Harris – Texas Rangers
B22-DHE Darell Hernaiz – Baltimore Orioles
B22-DV Daniel Vasquez – Kansas City Royals
B22-EA Euribiel Angeles – Oakland Athletics
B22-EB Eric Brown Jr. – Milwaukee Brewers
B22-EC Estanli Castillo – Tampa Bay Rays
B22-EDL Elly De LA Cruz – Cincinnati Reds
B22-EG Elijah Green – Washington Nationals
B22-EL Eddys Leonard – Los Angeles Dodgers
B22-EP Eddinson Paulino – Boston Red Sox
B22-FV Felix Valerio – Milwaukee Brewers
B22-GA Gabriel Arias – Cleveland Guardians
B22-HD Henry Davis – Pittsburgh Pirates
B22-HF Harry Ford – Seattle Mariners
B22-HM Hendry Mendez – Milwaukee Brewers
B22-HP Hedbert Perez – Milwaukee Brewers
B22-HR Heliot Ramos – San Francisco Giants
B22-IL Ian Lewis – Miami Marlins
B22-JB Joshua Baez – St. Louis Cardinals
B22-JC Jonatan Clase – Seattle Mariners
B22-JCH Jackson Chourio – Milwaukee Brewers
B22-JG Juan Guerrero – Colorado Rockies
B22-JH Jackson Holliday – Baltimore Orioles
B22-JJ Jace Jung – Detroit Tigers
B22-JLA Jordan Lawlar – Arizona Diamondbacks
B22-JN Jhonkensy Noel – Cleveland Guardians
B22-JP Jairo Pomares – San Francisco Giants
B22-JPE Jeremy Pena – Houston Astros
B22-JPER Junior Perez – Oakland Athletics
B22-JR Julio Rodriguez – Seattle Mariners
B22-JRA Jose Ramos – Los Angeles Dodgers
B22-JSI Jack Suwinski – Pittsburgh Pirates
B22-JW James Wood – San Diego Padres
B22-JWI Jett Williams – New York Mets
B22-JWS Jordan Wicks – Chicago Cubs
B22-KP Kevin Parada – New York Mets
B22-KR Kumar Rocker – Texas Rangers
B22-LG Luis Gonzalez – Baltimore Orioles
B22-LM Luis Meza – Toronto Blue Jays
B22-LW Lonnie White Jr. – Pittsburgh Pirates
B22-MA Mason Auer – Tampa Bay Rays
B22-MM Marcelo Mayer – Boston Red Sox
B22-MME MJ Melendez – Kansas City Royals
B22-MR Mikey Romero – Boston Red Sox
B22-NK Niko Kavadas – Boston Red Sox
B22-NL Nick Lodolo – Cincinnati Reds
B22-NV Norge Vera – Chicago White Sox
B22-OC Oscar Colas – Chicago White Sox
B22-OCR Oneil Cruz – Pittsburgh Pirates
B22-RA Roderick Arias – New York Yankees
B22-RC Reggie Crawford – San Francisco Giants
B22-RCA Ricardo Cabrera – Cincinnati Reds
B22-RD Rayne Doncon – Los Angeles Dodgers
B22-RL Royce Lewis – Minnesota Twins
B22-SJ Simon Juan – New York Mets
B22-SK Steven Kwan – Cleveland Guardians
B22-ST Spencer Torkelson – Detroit Tigers
B22-SZ Samuel Zavala – San Diego Padres
B22-TB Taj Bradley – Tampa Bay Rays
B22-TJ Termarr Johnson – Pittsburgh Pirates
B22-TS Trey Sweeney – New York Yankees
B22-TW Tyler Whitaker – Houston Astros
B22-WB Warming Bernabel – Colorado Rockies
B22-WBE William Bergolla – Philadelphia Phillies
B22-WC Won-Bin Cho – St. Louis Cardinals
B22-WF Wander Franco – Tampa Bay Rays
B22-WK Wes Kath – Chicago White Sox
B22-YC Yerlin Confidan – Cincinnati Reds
B22-YD Yordany De Los Santos – Pittsburgh Pirates
B22-YF Yanquiel Fernandez – Colorado Rockies
B22-YG Yhoswar Garcia – Philadelphia Phillies
B22-YM Yeison Morrobel – Texas Rangers
B22-YME Yasser Mercedes – Minnesota Twins
B22-ZN Zach Neto – Los Angeles Angels
Bowman UFO Set Checklist (23 cards – 1 in 6 packs)
Refractor Parallels
- Atomic (1:96)
- Lava /50 (1:490)
- SuperFractor 1/1 (1:24,471)
UFO-1 Mike Trout – Los Angeles Angels
UFO-2 Jordan Lawlar – Arizona Diamondbacks
UFO-3 Ricardo Cabrera – Cincinnati Reds
UFO-4 Julio Rodriguez – Seattle Mariners
UFO-5 Elly De La Cruz – Cincinnati Reds
UFO-6 George Valera – Cleveland Guardians
UFO-7 Cristian Hernandez – Chicago Cubs
UFO-8 Cristian Santana – Detroit Tigers
UFO-9 Blaze Jordan – Boston Red Sox
UFO-10 Bryce Harper – Philadelphia Phillies
UFO-11 Ronald Acuña Jr. – Atlanta Braves
UFO-12 Bobby Witt Jr. – Kansas City Royals
UFO-13 Joshua Baez – St. Louis Cardinals
UFO-14 Vladimir Guerrero Jr. – Toronto Blue Jays
UFO-15 Cristhian Vaquero – Washington Nationals
UFO-16 Colson Montgomery – Chicago White Sox
UFO-17 Brady House – Washington Nationals
UFO-18 Pedro Pineda – Oakland Athletics
UFO-19 Simon Juan – New York Mets
UFO-20 Jeremy Pena – Houston Astros
UFO-21 James Triantos – Chicago Cubs
UFO-22 Aaron Judge – New York Yankees
UFO-23 Jose Ramos – Los Angeles Dodgers