Buzz 8 in 8: Busting 2018 Topps Holiday Box MLB (Hour 7)

Do you like Buzz Breaks? Today's your day then as we launch 8 in 8 -- a series of a eight breaks of wax boxes and wax packs in as many hours today. We'll post one every hour ... this is Hour 7.

The box: 2018 Topps Holiday Box baseball cards
Where to buy: Click here

What's inside this one? Keep reading ...

Packs per box: 10
Cards per pack: 10
Cards in this box: 98
Base set completion: 
90 of 200 (45 percent)
Duplicates: 2

Notables on base cards – Albert Pujols (2), Andrew Benintendi, Christian Yelich, Nolan Arenado, Bryce Harper, Max Scherzer, Carlos Correa, Buster Posey, Giancarlo Stanton, Anthony Rizzo, Trea Turner, Gary Sanchez

Rookie Cards (19) – Ronald Acuña Jr., Ozzie Albies, Mike Soroka, Tyler O'Neill, Willie Calhoun, J.D. Davis, Jordan Hicks, Chance Sisco (2), Jack Flaherty, Amed Rosario, Dominic Smith, Francisco Mejia, Fernando Romero, Joey Lucchesi, Tyler Mayle, Chris Stratton, Nick Williams, Garrett Cooper

Insert cards: 5 (all in gallery below with some base)
Metallic Snowflake (5) – Jay Bruce, Corey Dickerson, Sean Newcomb, Ian Kinsler, Luis Severino

Autographs/Memorabilia: 1
Holiday Relic (1) – Jackie Bradley Jr.

What's Buzz-worthy: My final one of these boxes delivers the simple reason I rip these -- the Ronald Acuña Jr. Rookie Card -- though I would have hoped for a parallel version but that's eluded me in every single box of these I've opened. (In fact, my parallels never really delivered well -- and the odds note that it would take 40 perfect boxes to build a set.) You get a guaranteed hit here every time and a heavy dose of Rookie Cards from a stacked crop. ... The parallels could end up being a longer-term sleeper here -- see the checklist here -- though some much-rarer gold parallels are also in there and hits also have parallels and autograph versions at long odds. Your easiest autograph is one in 297 packs (30 boxes). You can find rare ink from Bryce Harper, Jose Altuve, Juan Soto, Kris Bryant, Mike Trout, Ronald Acuña Jr., Rhys Hoskins, Shohei Ohtani and Walker Buehler among others here, while auto Relics include Santa Claus, Aaron Judge, Carlos Correa, Jose Altuve, Trout, Albies, Bryant, Acuña and others. This isn't the flashiest break but it's a safe one with potential without breaking the bank -- far cheaper than chasing key rookies in Topps Update right now.

Product Grade: A
Box Grade: A-
Fun Grade: B+

What's next? Be back in an hour ...

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