Product Preview: 2025 Topps Chrome Baseball

Product Preview: 2025 Topps Chrome Baseball

Topps Chrome is one of the biggest and most widely anticipated releases of the year. 2025 Topps Chrome Baseball is set to release July 23rd (Mega boxes on August 8th). This set features the rookies from both Series 1 & Series 2 and predominantly features rookie autos. 

One of the more popular aspects of Topps Chrome is the MVP buyback program, where you can trade base cards and base parallels for credit at your local card shop. (I've heard this program is confirmed for 2025, but I can't find any direct confirmation from Topps)

There are, again, clear favorites for MVP in both leagues, so make sure to hold onto your base cards of Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge. According to the betting odds, the next most likely winners, Cal Raleigh in the AL and Pete Crow-Armstrong for the NL. They are both not in the base set checklist for this product. 

Formats

There were rumors swirling that Topps was not going to release value (aka blaster) boxes, like they did for 2024 Topps Chrome Update; however, this turned out to be false. Here are the formats that are being released: 

  • Breaker's Delight 
    • 12 card per pack; 1 pack per box; 6 boxes per case
    • 2 Autos
    • 3 refractors 
    • 1 youthquake
  • Hobby Jumbo Box
    • 11 cards per pack; 12 packs per box; 12 boxes per case
    • 3 Autos
    • Preorder Price: $399.99
  • Hobby Box
    • 4 cards per pack; 20 packs per box; 12 boxes per case
    • 1 Auto
    •  Preorder Price: $199.99
  • Mega Box
    • 6 cards per pack; 7 packs per box; 20 boxes per case
    • 10 X-fractor Parallels
    • Preorder Price: $64.99
  • Fanatics Mega Box
    • 6 cards per pack; 7 packs per box
    • 10 Topps Fractor Parallels
    • Preorder Price: $79.99
  • Value/Blaster Box
    • 4 cards per pack; 7 packs per box; 40 boxes per case
    • 4 Sepia parallels
    •  Preorder Price: 39.99

Variations/SPs - 

Base Card Parallels: On the odds sheet there are 52 variations for every base card. Some notables include:

  • Lightboard Logo Variation: These return to retail formats and are case hits in Megas (normal and Fanatics) and Blasters.
  • Topps Refractor Parallel: These may be like the Topps Refractors from 2023 Topps Chrome Platinum. These are exclusive to Fanatics Mega boxes and I expect that will take the place of X-Fractors in regular Mega boxes and will be 10/box.

  • Geometric Variations: These debuted in 2025 Bowman and return to Topps chrome and are exclusive to Breaker's Delight boxes.
  • Murakami Variation: Limted to /3

Image Variations - This set features an IV set of 50, which includes the biggest names and rookies from the base set including: Ohtani, Judge, Betts, J. Wilson, Wood, Witt Jr., Sasaki, etc. (1:169 Hobby Packs; 1:55 Jumbo Packs; 1:986 Blaster Packs; 1:380 Mega Packs; 1:13 Breaker's Delight; 1:1,022 Fanatics Mega Packs)

Award Winners Base Variation -  Features both leagues 2024 award winners for MVP, Rookie of the Year, and Cy Young. (1:24,738 Hobby Packs; 1:3 Breaker's Delight; 1:210,560 Fanatics Mega Packs)

Radiating Rookies -  Radiating Rookies are highly collectible and they're back! It includes 20 of the biggest rookies. (1:481 Hobby Packs; 1:192 Jumbo Packs; 1:12 Breaker's Delight)

Super Short Prints -  These are on the checklist only as "Super Short Prints," and it include some big names: Ohtani, J. Wilson, Judge, Trout, Mayo, Wood, Crews, Alcantara, B. Lee, R. Acuna Jr. (1:8,451 Hobby Packs; 1:2,719 Jumbo Packs; 1:49,289 Blaster Packs; 1:18,921 Mega Packs; 1:612 Breaker's Delight; 1:52,640 Fanatics Mega Packs)

Ultra Violet Stars -  Highly popular in previous sets, the UVs are BACK! Set is 15 players, including 2 rookies: James Wood and Dylan Crews. (1:686 Hobby Packs; 1:260 Jumbo Packs; 1:561 Blaster Packs; 1:560 Mega Packs; 1:12 Breaker's Delight)

Chrome Expose - 1:18,766 Hobby Packs; 1:6,027 Jumbo Packs; 1:109,380 Blaster Packs; 1:42,802 Mega Packs; 1:1,365 Breaker's Delight.

Chrome Home Field Advantage - 1:1,057 Hobby Packs; 1:340 Jumbo Packs; 1:6,161 Blaster Packs; 1:24,166 Mega Packs; 1:20 Breaker's Delight; 1:6,381 Fanatics Mega Packs.

Let's Go - 1:34,014 Hobby Packs; 1:10,800 Jumbo Packs; 1:199,619 Blaster Packs; 1:76,273 Mega Packs; 1:2,535 Breaker's Delight)

Helix - 1:3,530 Hobby Packs; 1:1,600 Jumbo Packs; 1:120 Breaker's Delight.

MVP Buybacks - What do they do with all those 2024 Topps Chrome cards they buy back of Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani? put them in 2025 Chrome as a SP! (1:21,258 Hobby Packs; 1:6,821 Mega Packs; 1: 124,761 Blaster Packs; 1:47,858 Mega Packs; 1:1,542 Breaker's Delight)

Fanatical - These are now retail only and a lot easier to hit than in 2024. (1:281 Blaster Packs; 1:140 Mega Packs; 1:71 Fanatics Mega Packs)

NEW! Shadow Etch: Not sure what this is, but it sounds like it may be an SP of the Chrome All-etch common insert. There are only 15 on the checklist: 10 vets and 5 rookies. (1:481 Hobby Packs; 1:192 Jumbo Packs; 1:1,120 Blaster Packs; 1:560 Mega Packs; 1:12 Breaker's Delight; 1:560 Fanatics Mega)

NEW! Hobby Masters: New insert in 2025 Topps Chrome! Not sure what this is, but it appears to be extremely short-printed. (1:2,543 Hobby Packs; 1:816 Jumbo Packs; 1:14,814 Blaster Packs; 1:5,699 Mega Packs; 1:184 Breaker's Delight; 1:15,040 Fanatics Mega)

NEW! World Series At Night: This new set featured 10 players from the 2024 World Series - 5 Dodgers and 5 Yankees. (1:1,921 Hobby Packs)

NEW! Lightening Leaders: a set of only 10 players: Ohtani, Judge, Acuna Jr., G. Henderson, Betts, Trout, Lindor, Soto, Seager, Witt Jr. (1:960 Hobby Packs; 1:384 Jumbo Packs; 1:2,241 Blaster Packs; 1:1,121 Mega Packs;  1:12 Breaker's Delight; 1:1,120 Fanatics Mega Packs)

NEW! Numbers Live Forever - A very small checklist and very rare new SSP. checklist is Barry Bonds, Jose Cruz, and Jim Thome. (1:28,354 Hobby Packs; 1:9,148 Jumbo Packs; 1:2,661,586 Blaster Packs; 1:1,220,380 Mega Packs; 1:2,087 Breaker's Delight)

NEW! Cooperstown Calls - This new SP includes the 5 players that will be inducted into the MLB Hall of Fame in 2025: Ichiro, CC Sabathia, Billy Wagner, Dave Parker, and Dick Allen. The odds sheet suggests that there may only be a blue refractor for these. (1: 11,290 Hobby Packs; 1:3,395 Jumbo Packs; 1:65,989 Blaster Packs; 1:25,424 Mega Packs; 1:825 Breaker's Delight)

NEW! Champion Refractor - Features 16 Dodgers players, celebrating their World Series victory in 2024. They are very rare. (1:10,588 Hobby Packs; 1:3,395 Jumbo Packs; 1:61,421 Blaster Packs; 1:23,696 Mega Packs; 1:771 Breaker's Delight)

NEW in Chrome! Authentic Redemption Cards - Similar to flagship releases, they are releasing a Fanatics exclusive Mega box. Interestingly, they are on the checklist, but not on the odds sheet. 

Inserts - 

1990 Topps Baseball Insert: 1:9 Hobby Packs; 1:3.75 Hobby Packs; 1:17.5 Blaster Packs; 1:11.67 Mega Packs.

Future Stars 1:9 Hobby Packs; 1:4 Jumbo Packs; 1:18 Blaster Packs; 1:12 Mega Packs.

Chrome All Etch: 1:9 Hobby Packs; 1:3.75 Jumbo Packs; 1:17.5 Blaster Packs; 1:12 Mega Packs.

NEW! Fortune 15: As you might have guessed the checklist is 15 players: 9 vets and 6 rookies. (1:12 Hobby Packs; 1:5 Jumbo Packs; 1: 24 Blaster Packs; 1:16 Mega Packs)

NEW! Power Players: Power Players debuted in 2025 Series 1 Celebration box, but this is their chrome debut. (1:7 Hobby Packs; 1:3 Jumbo Packs; 1:14 Blaster Packs; 1:10 Mega Packs)

YouthQuake: 1:1 Breaker's Delight

All Etch Rookie Rush - 1:121 Hobby Packs; 1:48 Jumbo Packs; 1:281 Blaster Packs; 1:280 Mega Packs.

Autographs - 

Rookie Autos - There is a common criticism that Topps Chrome gets year after year and that it include too big of a rookie auto checklist. This 2025 set is no different. it features a checklist of 166 rookie autos! These rookie autos have 17 parallels. 

Legend Autos - In 2024, Topps made legend autos exclusive to Breaker's Delight - They've seen the error of their way and Legend autos are now also included in Hobby and Jumbo Boxes. The checklist includes 52 legends. (1:15,034 Hobby Packs; 1:3,226 Jumbo Packs; 1:43 Breaker's Delight)

World Series Champion Autos - Luckily this is not just a Dodgers checklist, but a checklist of World Series champions over the years. This includes big names, such as Derek Jeter, Frank Thomas, Johnny Bench, George Brett, Ken Griffey Sr., Nolan Ryan, Randy Johnson, etc. (1:5,802 Hobby Packs; 1:1,242 Jumbo Packs; 1:18 Breaker's Delight)

1990 Topps Baseball Autos - 1:28,948 Hobby Packs; 1:5,634 Jumbo Packs; 1:241,962 Blaster Packs; 1:106,120 Mega Packs; 1:826 Breaker's Delight; 1:42,112 Fanatics Mega Packs.

Radiating Rookie Autos - 1:27,766 Hobby Packs; 1:5,554 Jumbo Packs; 1:695 Breaker's Delight. 

Ultra Violet All Stars Autos - 1:24,964 Hobby Packs; 1:4,890 Jumbo Packs; 1:1,330,794 Blaster Packs; 1:610,190 Mega Packs; 1:709 Breaker's Delight; 1:42,112 Fanatics Mega Packs.

Future Stars Autos - 1:9,383 Hobby Packs; 1:1,833 Jumbo Packs; 1:77,521 Blaster Packs; 1:34,376 Mega Packs, 1:266 Breaker's Delight; 1:15,040 Fanatics Mega Packs.

All Etch Autos - 1:31,277 Hobby Packs; 1:6,122 Jumbo Packs; 1:257,572 Blaster Packs; 1:116,226 Mega Packs; 1:887 Breaker's Delight, 1:52,640 Fanatics Mega Packs.

All Etch Rookie Rush Autos - 1:25,670 Hobby Packs; 1:5,015 Jumbo Packs; 1:210,125 Blaster Packs; 1:93,875 Mega Packs; 1:724 Breaker's Delight.

Dual Autos - There are 12 duals autos on the checklist - to name a few there is Ichiro/Griffey Jr., Judge/Jeter, Witt Jr./Brett, Ronald Acuna Jr./Luisangel Acuna, etc. (1:35,339 Hobby Packs; 1:6,881 Jumbo Packs; 1:295,731 Blaster Packs; 1:128,461 Mega Packs; 1:985 Breaker's Delight; 1:52,640 Fanatics Mega Packs)

MVP Buyback Autos - 1:247,374 Hobby Packs; 1:45,741 Jumbo Packs; 1:1,996,190 Blaster Packs; 1:813,586 Mega Packs; 1:7,096 Breaker's Delight; 1:210,560 Fanatics Mega Packs.

NEW! Chromograph Autos - This new auto sounds interesting, can't wait to see what this one looks like. It has a checklist of 32 and is a mix of rookies, vets, and retired legends. (1:6,464 Hobby Packs; 1:1,262 Jumbo Packs; 1:53,231 Blaster Packs; 1:23,696 Mega Packs, 1:183 Breaker's Delight)

NEW! Cooperstown Calls Autos - 3 of the 5 2025 HoF inductees sign: Billy Wagner, CC Sabathia, and Ichiro. (1:136,056 Hobby Packs; 1:26,813 Jumbo Packs; 1:1,140,680 Blaster Packs; 1:488,152 Mega Packs; 1:3,942 Breaker's Delight)

NEW! Numbers Live Forever Autos - Only Barry Bonds, Jose Cruz, and Jim Thome. (1:71,608 Hobby Packs; 1:13,885 Jumbo Packs; 1:570,340 Blaster Packs; 1:271,195 Mega Packs; 1:1,971 Breaker's Delight)

Relic/Relic Auto - 

For the 2025 Season, the 2024 award winners were given gold MLB logoman patches to wear on their jersey. These relics are in 2025 Topps Chrome. Both the relic AND the auto relic appear to be redemptions. 

Gold Logoman Relic - 1:544,224 Hobby Packs; 1:7,984,760 Jumbo Packs; 1:3,992,380 Blaster Packs; 1:2,440,760 Mega Packs;  1:17,742 Breaker's Delight; 

Gold Logoman Relic Autos - 1:2,721,120 Hobby Packs; 1:388,800 Jumbo Packs; 1:35,484 Breaker's Delight

The Rookies - 

2025 Topps Chrome features the rookies that were include in the Series 1 & 2 flagship releases this year.

Here are your top 10 rookie chases:

  • James Wood, Nationals
  • Jacob Wilson, Athletics
  • Brooks Lee, Twins
  • Ben Rice, Yankees
  • Rhett Lowder, Reds
  • Luisangel Acuna, Mets
  • Roki Sasaki, Dodgers
  • Hyesong Kim, Dodgers
  • Jackson Jobe, Tigers
  • Daniel Schneemann, Guardians
  • Kristian Campbell, Red Sox
  • Matt Shaw, Cubs

There are additional rookies, who don't have base cards, but have rookie Autos only, this includes one of the three SP rookies from Series 2 as well as some other big names:

  • Cam Smith, Astros
  • Drake Baldwin, Braves
  • Mick Abel, Phillies
  • Chandler Simpson, Rays
  • Nick Kurtz, Athletics

 

Teams Autos, Ranks, and Estimated Hobby Case Break Pricing:


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