Product Preview: 2025 Topps Series 2
The next Topps flagship baseball release is upon us! 2025 Topps Series 2 Baseball will be releasing on Wednesday, June 11th! I enjoy flagship releases, so let's take a look at what to expect from this set.
Format
It looks like all typical flagship formats are back on the table for this set, including retail, fat packs, hanger, blasters (Regular, Fanatics, and Fanatics Fest exclusive version), Mega, Hobby, & and Hobby Jumbo.
What is not on the odds sheet is a tin (like the easter egg tin in Series 1). Also missing is the Celebration mega - really hoping we get these again. The fact that's missing from the Series 2 odds sheet is not surprising, however - for series one Topps published a dedicated checklist and odds sheet for the celebration mega boxes.
Inserts
NEW! All Kings - Similar to All Aces, but for non-pitchers
These are actually a little easier to pull that the All Aces in Series 1. The odds are 1:798 hobby packs (3.3 Cases) or 1:240 Jumbo packs (4 cases). This SP insert is only available in these 2 formats.
There is a Gold variation that is much harder to pull 1 in every 581 hobby CASES or 2,525 Jumbo CASES of Jumbo.
NEW! K Zone
Before the odds were publish I was assuming this was going to be a common insert with an SP variation (backwards K), however I was VERY wrong. These are harder to hit than the All Kings with odds at 1:2,032 hobby packs (8.5 cases) or 1:610 Jumbo packs (10.2 Cases). This SP insert is available in ALL formats.
The shorter printed variation of the K Zone insert is a backwards K, which I think looks really really good. The odds of pulling one of these are 1 in every 42.3 hobby CASES or 12.7 Jumbo CASES.
NEW! OPS Best
These common inserts and will show up about once per hobby box and twice per jumbo box.
NEW! Dynamic Duos
These multi-player cards are also common and have similar odds to the OPS Best insert. You should expect one per hobby and two per Jumbo.
NEW! Summer Superstars
These very common inserts will show up about 3 times in a hobby box and 5 times in a Jumbo box.
Rookie SPs
Rookie SPs are back again the checklist is Cam Smith, Matt Shaw, and Kristian Campbell. Odds are 1:1,693 hobby packs (7.1 cases) or 1:508 jumbo packs (8.5 cases). Available in all formats.
First Pitch
First pitch cards return. You can expect 3 per hobby case and 3 per jumbo case. Autographs for most are also available, but are hard to hit with base autos showing up once every 91 hobby cases or 80 jumbo cases. Here is the checklist:
- Joey Graziadei, Phillies (auto)
- The Miz, Guardians (auto)
- Rickey Henderson, Athletics
- Jenn Tran, Red Sox (auto)
- Mark Long, Diamondbacks (auto)
Autographs
Auto-relics
- Flagship Auto Patch
- Material League Material Auto (#'d /50 or less)
- Major League Material Duo Auto
- Heavy Lumber Auto Relic
- City Connect Swatch Auto
- Rounding the Bases Auto Relic (NEW in Series 2 these are included in Hobby/Jumbo Boxes)
- Rickwood Auto Relic
Autos
- Baseball Stars Auto
- Baseball Stars Dual Auto
- Baseball Stars Triple Auto
- 1990 Topps Baseball Auto (Red only available in Hobby/Jumbo; Platinum 1/1 only available in Jumbo)
- 1990 Topps Baseball All-Star Auto (Red only available in Hobby/Jumbo; Platinum 1/1 only available in Jumbo)
- 1900 Topps Baseball Chrome Auto (silver pack - hobby/jumbo only)
- 1900 Topps Baseball All-Star Chrome Auto (silver pack - hobby/jumbo only)
- World Champion Auto
- World Champion Dual Auto
- Postseason Performance Auto
- Signature Tunes Dual Auto
- First Pitch Auto
- Flagship Real One Auto
Rookie Chases
Overall this continues the 2025 trend of being a pretty weak rookie class, especially considering the 3 biggest names on opening day rosters are SPs in this set. Here are the rookies in the base set (their 'true rookies') that might be looking for.
- Roki Sasaki, Dodgers
- Hyeseong Kim, Dodgers
- Caden Dana, Angels
- Javier Sanoja, Marlins
- Thomas Saggese, Cardinals
- Kumar Rocker, Rangers
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Luisangel Acuna, Mets
- Jackson Jobe, Tigers
- Kevin Alcantara, Cubs
- Tomoyuki Sugano, Orioles
- Griffin Conine, Marlins
- Dustin Harris, Rangers
- Daniel Schneeman, Guardians
Other checklist notes
- If the odds sheet published by on Topp.com is to be believed the odds for fanatics authentics redemptions (from Fanatics exclusive blasters) has been slashed dramatically. In 2025 Series 1, the odds were 1:2,348 (6.5 Cases), but in Series 2 the odds indicate is that it is now 1:75 or 4.8 redemptions in every case. I would not be surprised if this is an error.
- Player number variations and clear/acetate cards continue to be hobby only.
- All Positions Variation - This is a hobby-only insert that is only found once in every 258 cases. This recognizes the only 5 players to have played all 9 positions in a single MLB game: Scott Sheldon (Rangers), Andrew Romine (Tigers), Shane Halter (Tigers), Cesar Tovar (Twins), Bert Campaneris (Athletics)
- As usual we have Blaster exclusive holiday parallels. For this release these are: Hot Dog, Beach Ball, Beach Umbrella, Fireworks, and Waves.
Which Teams Have the Largest Auto Checklist?
This include unique autos per player (i.e., a triple auto where all autos are from the same time will count as 3 on this list)
| Team | Autos |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 104 |
| Atlanta Braves | 66 |
| New York Yankees | 64 |
| New York Mets | 59 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 52 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 45 |
| Chicago Cubs | 45 |
| Boston Red Sox | 42 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 42 |
| San Diego Padres | 41 |
| Detroit Tigers | 38 |
| Seattle Mariners | 33 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 33 |
| Minnesota Twins | 30 |
| Cleveland Guardians | 29 |
| Los Angeles Angels | 29 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 27 |
| Texas Rangers | 27 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 25 |
| San Francisco Giants | 23 |
| Washington Nationals | 22 |
| Houston Astros | 21 |
| Oakland Athletics | 20 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 20 |
| Kansas City Royals | 19 |
| Chicago White Sox | 18 |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 18 |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | 13 |
| Miami Marlins | 11 |
| Colorado Rockies | 7 |
Team Checklists Ranked
Here is my conclusion on which teams have the best checklists in the product. From a breaking perspective these are my most expensive teams to the cheapest.
| Team | Rank |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 1 |
| New York Yankees | 2 |
| New York Mets | 3 |
| Detroit Tigers | 4 |
| Washington Nationals | 5 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 6 |
| Chicago Cubs | 7 |
| Atlanta Braves | 8 |
| Oakland Athletics | 9 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 10 |
| Boston Red Sox | 11 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 12 |
| Texas Rangers | 13 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 14 |
| San Diego Padres | 15 |
| Seattle Mariners | 16 |
| Cleveland Guardians | 17 |
| Los Angeles Angels | 18 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 19 |
| Kansas City Royals | 20 |
| San Francisco Giants | 21 |
| Minnesota Twins | 22 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 23 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 24 |
| Houston Astros | 25 |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | 26 |
| Chicago White Sox | 27 |
| Miami Marlins | 28 |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 29 |
| Colorado Rockies | 30 |