It’s enough to make my head spin. So many different rookies, hard to keep track of them all. Thank you for all the information, you’ve really done your homework. 👏 👏 👏

First time watching this channel! Love it. I tend not to watch a lot of card guys on KZfaq. They're usually annoying or cringy. This dude is straight to it and easy to understand

I'm totally a Topps Now addict haha I love getting those blue parallels numbered to just 49. They're short printed anyway, PLUS they celebrate and feature moments I witnessed in person AND you can get even more SP parallels.

I’d like to sneak in the Topps Complete Sets Julio in there somewhere. Partly because it precedes his Topps Update flagship, and partly because it’s a bit more limited than it as well. Also, it’s in that nice vertical format unlike it’s other sister card, the Topps SP.

The Topps Update SSP with Ichiro is also super cool - some historical significance mixed in as well with a great image makes me think it will be highly sought after going forward

Excellent share. As a Mariners fan. I just bought all of them.

It's so funny, because Stryker digs into the "Supply vs Demand" part of FMV on cards & +/- forthwith, (from a speculative pov when investing) as well. That is why I really like watching your videos. Thanks again Scottie!

I have the series 2 sp in a psa 10 slab. Probably will hold onto it for a while

Lot to unpack here, the prices for these SPs are disconnected from reality and print runs, with so many options it’s a crap shoot on what will sustain it’s value…

I think the topps chrome update sapphire is my favorite rookie card of his, that color match with the cool shades on is too gas! Had to get one

I was hoping this video was coming. Thanks for sharing this!

I have been watching your videos for the past two years and I have concluded that YOU are the go to when it comes to baseball and baseball card collecting. You are a wealth of information who creates entertaining vids whether you are Scottie or Fuzzy. Haven't decided which person I like better. JK. Thanks!

Awesome vid. I wish he had sepia's, prisms, base refractors etc like wander in regular chrome. I may just buy a numbered refractor and call it a day! Thanks for clearing this up.

Agree with this one for sure, although I’m sad my favorite Julio, the black gold, won’t be as collectible as these lol

The Montgomery Club factory stamped Julio Rookie, is vastly underrated- similar in numbers to Tiffany print runs

Great stuff Scott as always! My take, just buy more 2019 BC refractors :-p Actually I hate to the bone what Topps has done to this RC class in 2022. One thing you didnt mention (but maybe have in other videos) is that regardless of which card pulls out in front as "the hobby card to get for Julio" they are all going to have limited ceilings IMO because there are just so many options they all kind of cannibalize each other's ceiling. You see it now with 2018 Luka RCs in basketball. That being said, I will be trying to pick up one of the top 3 you listed but only because I already have some nice 2019 BC stuff ;-)

I don’t really understand how the series 2 sp is hurt since it doesn’t share that image with any other cards. Why does that hurt instead of add to the uniqueness of the card?

You did so much work and gave great info, this is the best Julio card video I've seen in months man, great work! and thank you!

Because there have been SO many versions, I went for the image variations this time. Unique, limited and SPs seem to always be in demand. The Update series SP and SSP were my buys.

Scottie, I think the most slept on RC ssp is his Topps Chrome Platinum with an estimated PR of 400

Love the print run calculations! Thanks

2022 Topps 206. Less than 1,000 total. SP's between 1-95 copies.

Don’t forget that Beckett counts his 2021 Bowman’s Best as his only true RC card. That simplifies everything…

Good video Scotty! I'm enjoying my J Rod Series 2 '87 Auto, Archives Signing Silver, and Capstone Blue Steel. Love this J Rod Hunting!

Cool video! Recently picked up a bunch of raw Wander and JRods on COMC. No card more than $5. Many less than a buck. Fun time to be a collector. Cool shiny cards of promising players for cheap. Thanks as always for the info.

Hi Scottie. What is your opinion of the Julio/Ichiro SSP (2022 Topps Update Julio Rodriguez/Ichiro SSP US44) ranking? It is a very rare card, but any idea as to the print run of this SSP? Keep these kind of videos going please. Your objective calculatons of print runs are well worth the watch.

I'm surprised you didn't add the '22 Topps Holiday Mega Set J-Rod. Should be WAY less of the Holiday Base & SP's than any of the Flagship products, no? Lmk Thx Scottie!!1

An awesome breakdown of the different variations that are out there. A stellar video

Thanks for sharing the google doc! That is awesome! I’ve used your calculations multiple times. There are just so many cards now-a-days. Your 1b and 1a cards are very interesting. I can see them having a lot of appeal. The problem still is, and you have covered it before, is how many RCs there are. It is too bad that RC isn’t narrowed down more. Great video though

I love the logofractor & seems the hobby agrees also. What is your take on Topps chrome cosmos? I love these card designs & trying to put a RC set together. Is there any way you can make a Jeremy Pena RC check list video on him? I collect him the most. 😅

Some base may hold some value but pulling something numbered does help. No matter which set. I figure I am like many, at this time, that have a small stack of base rookies, inserts and a couple variants.

great video! this made me regret opening up my lite hobby box lol

I just picked up the topps chrome Julio refractor in a PSA 10 last week. A Beautiful card. The price on most are already over $2k if you can find any. The logoman is a dream card as its just too rare to find, but i agree theyre 1A and 1B

IMO the Sapphire and logofractor (new product) is a stand alone comparison. A majority of the hobby can't afford Sapphire. For any player it will always be Bowman Chrome 1st, Topps Chrome and whatever base paper the market decides for me. The market makes this decision but we all will not agree on it. Good breakdown here Scottie. Mike Trouts paper Bowman rookie is a harder gem with the black border card stock but sells for less then chrome and this one I will never understand. His chrome is 38% gem rate with 1,281 PSA 10'S out of 3,401 graded VS Paper at a 6% gem rate with only 239 PSA 10'S out of 3,965 graded. Now when you mention this year's chrome QC issues, for sure we will not see this the same as my Trout head scratcher, so I can be on board with the premium price for Julio base chromes.

Great video! Knocked the rankings outta the park 💪🏼 I personally like the logofractor sp the most

I bought the S2 SP and that's as high as I'm gonna go!

Just stay with the Toppps update flagship and you are golden! The high and quality stuff Way too expensive

nice breakdown. agree with your choices. only thing that may devalue them all is the sheer volume of total rookies.....

Where do you rank the home field advantage? I really like the look of the card and I think it’ll hold the value If not increase even more over time.

Just too many Topps cards with the RC logo on it for my liking. I'm sticking with his 1st Bowman numbered refractors.

The topps update SP is the best image in my opinion. Wether it becomes iconic or not, who knows. 🤷🏻‍♂️ I’m not in favor of the overprinting & over-saturating topps is currently doing. I do love the product though and I know the market will adjust to this trend over time.

I don’t have one “J-Rod” but I have a US175!

Great content, much appreciated. Assuming you weren’t including auto RCs in your list because the Topps Chrome Auto (navy blue jersey swinging) has to be pretty iconic being available only in #’d parallels including his on-card auto.

We recently pulled a JRod rookie /25 from Bowman Chrome. Went to a customer in a break.

Very informative. Thank you for a home-run-level presentation!

People are going to be punching themselves in the face for selling J Rod cards as soon as they ripped them for quick profit I’ve ripped 100s of boxes and sure the base rookie card might be watered down but out of the 100s of jrod base I have believe it or not I probably have 2-3 that are gem mint not to mention it’s extremely hard to pull any of his parallels or SSP let alone an SP, any 10s of this man is a long term hold

I would love to see a comparison of how many total rookie cards JRod has across all brands vs. how many Ken Griffey Jr. had vs. how many someone like Hank Aaron had. I wouldn't be surprised if JRod has the most.

Sure those are nice but 2021 Bowman's best /150 blue parallel auto is the best looking Julio made! IMO

With the ever-increasing number of sets that each manufacturer puts on the market, I would like to see a reduction in the total number of parallels made for each player...especially the top tier RC's. As well as not tying specific serial numbers to specific colors. For example: Each Player is assigned to a max of (let's say) 3 colors across every set made by a specific manufacturer. The colors are assigned randomly, or through a ranking system so that black & gold go to the best, and pink & purple go to the lower ranks. If it's done this way, then you could assign any serial number to any color and that could potentially boost the value of the lower ranked player's cards as a way to make any color of card potentially highly valued. It could create an intriguing dilemma for Collector's when comparing the value of Player A's gold parallel #/125 versus Player Z's purple #1/1. And, if Player Z is a late bloomer, then his purple #1/1 just became a monster card. If colors were assigned randomly, Collector's could better target their favorites by knowing to look for "their guy" in green/orange/red in certain boxes of certain sets. It would boost the typically lower valued sets if you could pull #1/1 or #5/5 cards, and manufacturers could better target the distribution and sales of their products in each city by which player parallels are available in certain sets. If Player A is on my hometown team, then I'm buying more boxes of the sets that have parallels for him. It would create a unique market in each city and a new level of competition between the cities based upon how their players are ranked. Bragging rights. "Ha! My guy is better because he has 4 cards in Platinum and your guy only has 1."

Well out of the 180 julio rookies I have, I pulled his chrome all star ssp auto so that should help I hope

What do you think about the Bowman Chrome National Convention RC?

Awesome video, how would you rank the Home Field Advantage card out of Update?

Cosmic Julio refractors might hold some value since hobby boxes have doubled in value. Also the nucleus, blue moon and interstellar refractors are first of its kinds in terms of Topps parallels.

The rankings of value is definitely right but the rankings of collecability is going to be update image of the paper, chrome and sapphire. Reason is simple: Topps Update was such a great set to open that the image will bring back nostalgia for years to come. Chrome update was definitely a flop but Sapphire being cheaper than past years with the chase for on-card super rare autos makes the update image the collectable king.

You know what I miss....my 1960 Yaz is a base with no parallel. So hard nowadays

Do you feel this is the same for Bobby Witt Jr?

great breakdown!

I wonder if you're slightly discrediting Topps Cosmic Chrome? It seems to have some of the qualities that Logofractor did, and was probably my favorite box break in 2022.

Personally think the update chrome will be the most popular but obviously not the most expensive do to production. What can actually help it is that do to QC issues PSA 10 versions of the card can potentially be more rare.

Scottie I loved this segment!!! ANY CHANCE YOU CAN DO ONE ON BOBBY WITT THIS IS SIMILAR TO THIS ONE???

I think Scottie should run a survey of which ones people think look the best. Then whatever the results are, those are the most valuable 🙃

Appreciate you breaking everything down.

I got the target exclusive heritage purple chrome getting it graded now hopefully it gets a 10

Incredible idea for video!! Thank you always!!A++++

Super informative. Great video and work, man

The problem is that scalper a-holes will sell packs etc with the 4 series 2 sp like it’s in each pack. Not a chance that it is.

Thanks for the information. It helps anyone who watches.

I don't know about his cards, but this kid is going to be something else. He reminds me of an even more talented Eric Davis. He couldn't stay on the field though, because of injuries. If JRod can, his numbers will be etched on Mount Rushmore when he retires. Absolute Beast!

The Update SP Gatorade bath has to be up there. They really went overboard though way too many rookies we are looking at a huge Julio bubble. He is going to need to light it up something crazy.

Good one Scottie. i agree with most of this for sure.

Thanks bro super helpful. Topps 1st ed bowman chrome auto didnt make the list??

I think the rarest Julio card might be the hidden Gems card from 2023 bowman, sad it’s not a rookie… I wish someone would do a video on those, they are 1:175,000 packs, it says Topps Chrome on the card yet they came in bowman… I pulled a Jackie Robinson hidden gems out of a Walmart retail box, & couldn’t find much info on them… (I was originally writing this to say that Julio card might be the rarest but realized it wasn’t a Rookie Card, decided to send this anyways)..

They're Julio Rodriguez topps series 2 rookie cards but in different photos.

of course it is. the second you hear sweaty amateur youtube 'breakers' or 'rippers' saying JROD or PURDY you know the hype is BS. sell as soon as you can and as early on as you can

Love this about Julio thx but what are the top 15 2022 rookie card of wander Franco need some help I trust your judgement 💯

Nice video, great content. I actually pulled the gold /2022 it’s a sweet card.

Love your break downs. Thanks

Good video. Thanks for the research

Love to see this on all major rookies

How about all the Topps Now versions of his RC card ?

How do you feel about the Bowman prospect cards? I've started collecting the Bowman refractors /499

His bowman’s will hold up better than topps. Bowman isn’t over producing him like topps and topps is going out of business.

What are flagship cards

I was lucky enough to pull his SSP out of Update a couple weeks ago. Think I’m going to sit on it for a while.

Scottie Will you consider doing a yordan RC review?

A major factor to consider is how God awfully bad Topps' QC has gotten ... probably will be harder to get gems... definitely agree about the Chrome Update refractors

I'm a bit new what are b tier cards

Where do you think the blue Bowman Chrome Sapphires fall. I have two different variations and I am wondering about them too.

What's everyone's thought on his Xfractor auto from chrome update? I've pulled 3 not sure what to do with them.

Great video Scottie. In 10 years, the logo fractor, SP refractor and his bowman chrome auto are only going to be valuable and desired cards.

Also, the Topps Gilded Chrome rookies are cool too.

Is Jrod a good buy now? his shit is on fire! will this trend continue like it did for soto for 4-5 years? glad I got some bowmans chrome refractors 3 years ago, the market is flooded with jrod rookies too its daunting all the products n variations, I ask myself should I bother paying hype prices like this it seems crazy?

Topps Series 2 SP is gonna hold the highest value out of all of his RC base cards.

I go with 2022 Topps Mini pinks /25, blues /10 and reds /5. Why? Because mini within itself had a limited print run so the these SSPs are literally unique within themselves. Even the Mini base has a limited print run versus ‘normal’ Update SPs and SSPs.

His cards are going to be so watered down. It’s sad bc he has endless potential.

What's your opinion on the Julio Bowman Chrome black and white mini diamond Refractor? I just picked one up recently, I'm considering adding it to my PC I've got the Bowman Best and Stadium Club too.

What about a sp with topps heritage? A just bought a blue sparkle J-Rod rookie card out of Topps Heritage High Number.

I hate landscape-oriented rookie cards just my opinion tho. I don't mind if it's their RD or A/S card just avoid the base RC.

The Diamond Icons Julio’s are very legit too

Julio Rodriguez will have to be the next Ken Griffey Jr, for these cards to really maintain their value in, the long-term.