搶先看:2019 Panini Elite Extra Edition Baseball

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2019 Panini Elite Extra Edition Baseball cards offer another dive into the sport’s prospects. While the latest draft class is front and center, the checklist also goes into the international baseball scene. As usual for the brand, hobby boxes feature lots of autographs — eight total across just five packs. Boxes also have a pair of memorabilia cards.






2019 Panini Elite Extra Edition Baseball Base Set Basics

The main set is a mix of 2019 draft picks and other prospects. This includes players from the Dominican Prospect League, which Panini holds an exclusive with. All base cards are numbered to 999 copies.









Cards have a dozen parallels, split evenly between Aspirations and Status Die-Cuts. Aspirations have 250 copies each with additional colors available in Red (/150), Orange (/100), Blue (/75), Tie-Dye (/25) and Gold (1/1). Status parallels are numbered to 125 and also have Red (/99), Blue (/75), Emerald (/49), Tie-Dye (/25) and Gold (1/1).








Autographs and Memorabilia Cards


Autographs carry the same general design as the base set. They also bring 14 additional levels of parallels. These start with Emerald (/49 or less), Tie-Dye (/10 or less) and Printing Plates (1/1). Aspirations autograph colors include Purple (/100 or less), Blue (/50 or less), Tie-Dye (/10 or less) and Gold (1/1). Status Die-Cuts carry over to the signatures in the form of Red (/75 or less), Emerald (/25 or less), Tie-Dye (/10 or less) and Gold (1/1).








Similar to what Panini has done over the past couple of years with Contenders and giving it a chromium makeover with Contenders Optic, 2019 Elite Extra Edition Baseball has Opti-Chrome Autographs (/99 or less). These also have additional Holo (/25 or less), Gold (/10 or less) and Gold Vinyl (1/1) parallels.









Future Threads Signatures (/299 or less) don’t have the Silhouettes theme this year but they still combine jumbo swatches and ink. Parallels include Orange (/149), Gold (/99 or less), Red (/49 or less), Purple (/25 or less), Emerald (/10 or less), Blue (/5 or less) and Platinum (1/1).










Dominican Prospect League players have a couple of places on the checklist with signatures outside of the main Base Autographs. DPL Signatures have on-card ink while DPL Jumbo Material Autographs feature memorabilia.


2019 Panini Elite Extra Edition Baseball has USA Baseball autographs as well with Collegiate Tickets, Collegiate Silhouette Autographs and National Team Signatures, which have players from the 15U and 18U squads.


As far as relic inserts go, there’s Triple Silhouettes, DPL Jumbo Materials, First Round Materials and Hidden Gems.









2019 Panini Elite Extra Edition Baseball cards at a glance:


Cards per pack: 5
Packs per box: 5
Boxes per case: 20
Set size: TBA
Release date: December 4, 2019

What to expect in a hobby box:

• Autographs – 8
• Memorabilia Cards – 2
• Parallels – 7

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When it comes to delivering the most sought after first cards of baseball’s brightest prospects, it gets no more power-packed than Panini America’s Elite Extra Edition Baseball franchise. Year in and year out, the fabled “EEE” brand establishes itself as the prospector’s choice. Beginning today, that’s sure to be the case for another year.


2019 Elite Extra Edition Baseball released in hobby shops and on group-break sites across North America earlier today featuring, among other niceties, the first autograph memorabilia cards of Jasson Dominguez (the game’s top international prospect), the only on-card autographs from the top July 2 international signings and the first autograph game-worn memorabilia cards from this year’s USA Baseball Collegiate Team.


On average, each hobby box of 2019 Elite Extra Edition Baseball (five cards per pack, five packs per box, 20 boxes per case) delivers eight autographs and two memorabilia cards. In the revealing Quality Control Gallery below, we offer a deep dive into a product that features on-card signatures from the likes of top prospects Bobby Witt Jr., Andrew Vaughn, Josh Jung and more.


Enjoy the imagery and stay tuned for additional coverage.