Recapping baseball's 2009 rookie redemptions (so far)
The baseball season is more than half over, but that doesn’t mean that we haven’t seen the last of the Rookie Cards for 2009. In fact, prospectors are just getting warmed up as late-season call-ups and, of course, late-season sets are forthcoming.
This year’s three major rookie redemption programs from Topps Finest, Topps Series 2 and SPx are still under way as well. Here’s a recap of what’s been announced thus far.
2009 Finest Rookies (10 cards)
Each master box of Finest includes one redemption card, which can be found as Refractors (numbered to 199) and Gold Refractors (numbered to 50).
No. 1 — Indians OF Matt LaPorta
No. 2 — Braves P Tommy Hanson
No. 3 — A’s P Andrew Bailey
No. 4 — Rangers OF Julio Borbon
No. 5 — Cardinals OF Colby Rasmus
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2009 Topps Red Hot Rookies (10 cards)
Topps’ Red Hot Rookie Redemption cards can be found one per Series 2 hobby box.
No. 1 — Mets OF Fernando Martinez
No. 2 — White Sox 3B Gordon Beckham (10 percent of cards autographed)
No. 3 — Pirates OF Andrew McCutchen
No. 4 — Braves P Tommy Hanson
No. 5 — Orioles OF Nolan Reimold
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2009 SPx Mystery Rookie (seven cards)
These autograph redemptions can be found two per 14-box case.
No. RR1 — Orioles P Koji Uehara (25 signed in Japanese)
No. RR2 — Cardinals OF Colby Rasmus (25 signed “Go Redbirds”)
No. RR3 — Pirates OF Andrew McCutchen
No. RR4 — Orioles C Matt Wieters
No. RR5 — Orioles P Chris Tillman
Chris Olds has collected sports cards and memorabilia since 1987. Before coming to Beckett Media, he wrote about the hobby for the Orlando Sentinel on his blog, SportsStuff, and for the San Antonio Express-News and The Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News. Do you have a comment, question or idea? Send e-mail to him at colds@beckett.com.
