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Old 11-05-2012, 08:45 PM   #488 (permalink)
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John,

Looking at this from a case breaking perspective, Autos are very hit and miss. 20 cases / 12 autos per case / 240 autos. That's 6 per player on average, and some players will be high, others low.

In terms of RC's, I know I'll nab an average of 30-40 per player (and up to 100 on the prospects). More of a guarantee for me ...

I broke 20 cases of Bowman Chrome, nabbed 320 autos (33% more) and my best prospect auto in 20 cases was probably a Garcia Blue. (Purple Boss and Chafin ... YUCK)

Nab some good parallels, some good RC's and prospects, many chances at a bigger parallel or Super ... and guaranteed value (as close as I can get).

I played safe this time, rather than sorry.
Mike, totally hear ya. I learned my lesson when I took Rizzo rookie autos in a 5-caser of '11 Finest. I left Trout base on the board and only ended up with one base autograph

In the next break of the same product (a 10-caser this time), I took Trout base and left a ton of auto spots on the board. I ended up selling 40+ base rookie cards for $10-$15 each -- and that didn't even include parallels
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