Buzz Break: 2022 Panini Prizm baseball cards (blaster)

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The box: 2022 Panini Prizm baseball cards (blaster)
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Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby/Quick Pitch)

Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of what was in this one.

Cards per pack: 5
Packs per box: 6
Cards per box: 30
Set completion: 
17 of 270 (6 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Base cards (all tiers) – Randy Arozarena, Austin Riley, Chris Sale, Shane Bieber, Julio Urias, Nathan Eovaldi, Josh Donaldson, Aaron Nola

Rookie Cards (all tiers) (9) – Jeremy Pena, Jarren Duran, Mackenzie Gore, Kutter Crawford, Otto Lopez, Jake Meyers, Ryan Vilade, Kevin Smith, Alejo Lopez

Insert/short-print cards: 13 (all cards from box in gallery below)
Emergent Silver Prizms (1) – Jacob deGrom
Fearless (1) – Juan Soto
Fireworks (1) – Giancarlo Stanton
Rookie Class (1) – Tony Santillan
Lumber Inc. (1) – Christian Yelich
White Wave Prizms (all tiers) (3) – Kutter Crawford, Julio Urias, Alex De Goti
Purple Prizms (all tiers) (3) – Jose Altuve, Edward Cabrera, Jake Brentz
Green Prizms (all tiers) (1) – Yu Darvish
Lime Green Prizms (all tiers) (1) – Greg Deichmann (/125)

Autographs/Memorabilia: None

What's Buzz-worthy: I didn't ever rip this one back when it arrived -- just wasn't a fit for my taste with its price and it being a hitless format -- but with it hitting the bargain bin I bit for one ... and it was quite unremarkable on all fronts. There's a ton to find here -- rip hobby or other bigger boxes -- and the set has tiers to add some value and twists in the 270-card set (110 basic cards, 110 Tier II, 50 Tier III) with all of them clearly marked on the backs with both base and parallels. That approach, statistically, could add more chase and maybe som value -- especially on parallels -- but to me this was a blaster with very few highlights across the board. Three of the colors of parallels are only found in blasters, so that's a plus that could create some challenges finding singles over time, too, while other chases here include Lava Flow and Color Blast cards. Rather than dwell on this particular box's inclusions or lack thereof, I'd just say hit that link up top for hobby or Quick Pitch, which will have exclusives and other guaranteed inclusions.

Product Grade: B-
Box Grade: C+ (helped by Soto and couple rookies plus numbered card ... but rather uneventful overall)
Fun Grade: C

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