2018 Topps Tier One Review - Topps takes a mighty swing at the fences with 2018 Tier One Baseball

Baseball card collectors searching for a guaranteed hit have to look no further than 2018 Topps Tier One Baseball. Promising two autographs and one relic card in each box, the only question is whether 2018 Topps Tier One packs home run or warning track power.

2018 Topps Tier One Baseball / Topps 

The true treat to this year’s product are the flagship Tier One autographs set. Coming in at one per case (Bronze /25, Silver /10, Gold 1/1), fans have a chance to pick up signed cards by the likes of legendary figures Hank Aaron, Derek Jeter, and Sandy Koufax, as well as modern marvels Aaron Judge, Bryce Harper, and Mike Trout.

Digging further into the signatures, Tier One Talent offers a solid blend of current stars, legends, and Hall of Famers, and the Break Out autographs feature many of the top prospects and new faces in the majors. The sought after multi-player autographed cards feature pairings such as Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera, as well as Nolan Ryan and Greg Maddux.

2018 Topps Tier One Talent Autograph / Topps

While the baseball card community is not often excited about relic cards, Topps provides an enhanced experience with their 2018 Tier One Baseball Dual Autographed Relic Book Set, and rare single copy Autographed Bat Knobs and Limited Lumber (Bat) cards. The raised look and feel of the Bat Knob and Limited Lumber cards are sure to pique interest in the release.

2018 Topps Tier One Prime Performer Autograph / Topps

The box provided for this review was a “hot box” of sorts, yielding two autographed cards and two relics. While I was not fortunate enough to land one of the aforementioned fancy limited signed relic cards, the Tier One Talent Dellin Betances and Prime Performer Jose Berrios autographs were aesthetically pleasing on multiple levels.

Collectors who pull one of the limited dual signed cards or autographed 1/1 relics will be touting 2018 Topps Tier One Baseball as a circuit blast; however, if the two autographs are in quantities nearing 300 (as was the result of this box), they may be left feeling that the $120 price tag barely beat out a base hit. When delving into guarantee hit products this is the risk you take; you swing for the fences, but you just might end up hitting a Texas Leaguer.