Cheap Wax Wednesday Box Breaks: 2024 Topps Big League Baseball
2024 Topps Big League Baseball features a 310-card base checklist. Not all base cards are created equal, though. The base checklist features different rarities: 200 common base cards, 50 Uncommon Rainbow Foil, 25 Rare Blue Foil, 25 Super Rare Red Foil, and 10 Legendary Gold Foil. Good luck building this set, as the Gold Foil cards fall just once in every 361 packs. There are also a handful of insert sets, and tough autographs.
Big League debuted in 2018 as an inexpensive release geared towards kids. It has turned into an annual release since then — aside from 2022 where it missed the cut.
2024 Topps Big League Baseball Box Break
Cards per pack: 8
Packs per box: 18
Price paid: $45
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Pack 1 highlights:
Alec Bohm, Triston Casas, Heston Kjerstad RC, Spencer Torkelson Rainbow Foil (one per pack) & Mark McGwire Big Leaguers (1:5 packs)
Pack 2:
Willson Contreras, Gleyber Torres & Christian Encarnacion-Strand To The Moon (1:3 packs)
The To The Moon inserts are by far the best looking in the set. They also happen to be the easiest to pull.
Pack 3:
Corey Seager, Framber Valdez, Yandy Diaz, Zack Gelof Good Vibrations (1:4 packs) & Will Smith Rare Blue Foil (1:18 packs)
Pack 4:
Mookie Betts, Marco Luciano RC, Emmanuel Clase, Luis Castillo Rainbow Foil & Nolan Arenado Big Leaguers (1:5 packs)
Pack 5:
Bobby Witt, Jr., Mike Trout, Bryson Stott Rainbow Foil, Shohei Ohtani To The Moon (1:3 packs) & Will Benson Autograph (1:136 packs)
I have actually had some decent luck with Big League through the years, pulling more than my fair share of autographs.
Pack 6:
Emerson Hancock RC, Ryan Mountcastle, J.D. Martinez Rainbow Foil & Dansby Swanson Good
Vibrations (1:4 packs)
Pack 7:
Joey Votto, Riley Greene Rainbow Foil & Raymond Mascots (1:6 packs)
Pack 8:
Julio Rodriguez, James Outman, Max Fried Rainbow Foil & Evan Carter To The Moon (1:3 packs)
Pack 9:
Brett Baty, Henry Davis RC, Chris Sale, Marcus Stroman Rainbow Foil & Evan Carter Good Vibrations (1:4 packs)
Pack 10:
Kyle Harrison RC, Zack Wheeler, Corbin Carroll, Spencer Strider Rainbow Foil & Slider Mascots (1:6 packs)
Pack 11:
Masyn Winn RC, Alex Verdugo Rainbow Foil & Heston Kjerstad To The Moon (1:3 packs)
Pack 12:
Evan Carter RC, Jarren Duran, Jazz Chisholm, Jr. Rainbow Foil, Corbin Carroll Good Vibrations (1:4 packs) & Become a Big Leaguer contest card
These Become a Big Leaguer contest cards fall once in every box. The winner will get their own card in 2025 Big League.
Pack 13:
Aaron Judge, Vladimir Guerrero, Jr., Sal Frelick Rainbow Foil RC & Corbin Carroll Big Leaguers (1:5 packs)
Pack 14:
Yu Darvish, Zack Gelof RC, Salvador Perez, Jeff McNeil Rainbow Foil & Curtis Mead To The Moon (1:3 packs)
Pack 15:
Bryan Reynolds, Junior Caminero RC, Yainer Diaz, George Kirby Rainbow Foil & Lawrence Butler Good Vibrations (1:4 packs)
Pack 16:
Max Scherzer, Davis Schneider RC, Sean Murphy, Ha-Seong Kim Rainbow Foil & TC Bear Mascots (1:6 packs)
Pack 17:
Tyler Glasnow, Christian Encarnacion-Strand RC, Christopher Morel, Rafael Devers Rainbow Foil & Bo Jackson To The Moon (1:3 packs)
Pack 18:
Sal Frelick RC, Shohei Ohtani, Ronny Mauricio RC, Eloy Jimenez Rainbow Foil & Ceddanne Rafaela Good Vibrations (1:4 packs)
Lastly, the Ohtani card back. Interesting that they only focus on his career pitching stats here. You’d think they could squeeze his offensive numbers in as well.
Always a fun set, I will rip a box of this every single year that Topps releases it. Big League is also inexpensive, which is rare these days.
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