2016 Donruss Optic Baseball Variations Gallery
2016 Donruss Optic Baseball takes a lot of its cues from the year’s main Donruss set. And it’s not just the general design either. The handful of 2016 Donruss Optic Baseball Variations bring over the same subtle but easily noticeable differences.
There are just five players with 2016 Donruss Optic Baseball Variations. That’s down from the dozen in the base 2016 Donruss Baseball set. And of those, some had multiple variations.
The differences in most of the Optic variants might slip by. They’re found in the nameplates where the player’s position and team name are. Variations replace these with either nicknames or awards. So Jose Bautista has “Joey Bats,” Carlos Correa has “ROY” and so forth. The framing of the photos is also be slightly different for the majority of the cards, but this is probably only noticeable if you have both versions of the card next to each other and you stare really close. In other words, just stick with the more obvious difference. The Bautista and Josh Donaldson variations are the most noticeable as they do have alternate photos.
In addition to base versions, 2016 Donruss Optic Baseball Variations all have five parallels: Blue (/149), Red (/99), Gold (/10), Green (/5) and Gold Vinyl (1/1).
2016 Donruss Optic Baseball Variations Gallery
Panini has confirmed all of the cards that do have variations. We’ll continue to add images as they become available.
74 Kris Bryant, Chicago Cubs
Variation – “ROY”
Base – Chicago
114 Jose Bautista, Toronto Blue Jays
Variation – bat flip, “Joey Bats”
Base – Toronto, holding bat
117 Bryce Harper, Washington Nationals
Variation – “MVP”
Base – Washington
139 Carlos Correa, Houston Astros
Variation – “ROY”
Base – Houston
161 Josh Donaldson, Toronto Blue Jays
Variation – sunglasses, “MVP”
Base -Toronto, no sunglasses
