The BEST VALUE 2022 Bowman Box | According to the Numbers

[@alnoirscomicsandcollectibl1530]

Great video! I really appreciate the hard work and time you put into these best value videos their freaking great! Nice pulls from that retail box too!

[@dstrctpack]

Honestly, these charts make for some of my favorite content. Wish you shared them, but 1 million percent understand why you don't. Thanks for all the work. you do and share.

[@zombieprophet648]

Yo Stryker, I''m a semi POS that forgets to like, isnt a patreon member and rarely comments. Luckily I'm not a complete POS cuz I sub and havent missed a video in forever. I just wanna take this time to thank you for getting me back into the hobby and informing me better than other channels. I'm almost 50 years old and didnt know WTF WAR was till you educated us on it. I'm sorry i can't do more, you're such a likeable person I wish I could.

[@scoremulti]

Great video man. Opened 5 blasters got two autos and 7 parallels, one chrome first auto, one green chrome first auto. Reliably every other blaster no parallel, the next had a single pack with multiple hits each. Blasters the way to go in my book.

[@chrisc4264]

Stryker, glad to see your cards didn't have major surface issues. I've opened two and I'd say more than half the Chrome cards I pulled out of blasters have either surface issues like spots or glue it appears plus print lines on other ones. Major bummer and it's not just me apparently because Rydog54 has a video out with a similar experience. Thank you for your awesome video value breakdowns as usual. You're the GOAT of breakers!

[@johnrosans9429]

Always appreciate your work and analysis. Thanks for the public service. Having opened a hobby box and a half dozen blasters, I was surprised just how few and far between the colored parallels were out of hobby. Guess I should have anticipated that blasters were the much better value in that regard. Oh, and you alluded to it in the video, but a line in your spreadsheet for $ per chrome card would be super useful - but I realize it’s tough to access and open all formats to get the true chrome count per pack.

[@UpNorthCollectors]

Awesome job Stryker!! These videos are so helpful. I think the parallel is a “lava” not a “ray wave”? Bowman blasters are the best it seems.

[@kimberlymccarthy8441]

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[@babyrouth2105]

Me and my dad the other day opened a series 1 mega! Me and my dad pulled a Kirby Puckett welcome to the show 1/1

[@JB-dv3to]

I opened one and got 2 purples to 199 an auto and good chrome 1st cards.. Great value. Thank you for the breakdown Striker!!!!

[@bennythejetmartinez11]

Bought a 72 card pack from target and got a 3/75 yellow auto Anthony Rodriguez in it

[@TheCmoney21b]

Came across your channel a couple days ago and I have been watching all your videos. I had to subscribe. I really appreciate the time and effort you put into your videos and the spreadsheets. I truly enjoy your enthusiasm as well lol. Great stuff man!

[@GriseldaBSF410]

Love these vids! Thx for the hard work and sharing. I didn't even know they had raywaves! They aren't even listed on Beckett Checklist and CC only has purple Raywaves listed. 12 chrome in a blaster is the same as 3 value packs. So that makes sense they both go for $30

[@myghoulishheart]

Happy new subscriber! I really liked the blend of informative tips and tricks, breakdown of the series itself, and the live break.

[@jongeandreau3374]

I love this year's Bowman. So many 1st Bowman's that are not pitchers. Too many pitchers in last year. This may be the best 1st Bowman set since 2016

[@chrism.ingalls4883]

I opened 3 24 pack Retail boxes and got 1 auto in all 3 boxes. Sticker auto paper 1st, chrome 1st auto and a redemption for a pitcher prospect auto. 2-3 parallels per retail box as well. 1 wander franco paper per box did not pull a chrome wander just 3 paper wanders.

[@erich2767]

Thanks for the numbers breakdown. Being a numbers guy love studying your spreadsheet. The 2 blasters I opened no parallels but a good number of firsts. I have heard some noise about Bowman collation issues with lots of duplicates in retail. No issues in mine and yours looked fine. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@stonesthrow9490]

I've opened 1 blaster so far and pulled a Dustin Harris chrome auto and a Jose Salas speckle. Definitely buying more soon.

[@steveyonkman]

Got blasters from target for $30 today. Has to the best value. Great work once again brother!

[@chrisc4264]

I didn't see them on the app. Still don't. Was it in store?

[@steveyonkman]

@@chrisc4264 They sold out pretty fast online.

[@robrja]

They posted super early Sunday morning.

[@chrisc4264]

@@steveyonkman Probably because of the bots.

[@TheChoochooboy99]

Bowman hobby has more than doubled in price in the last three years. The value proposition is just not there anymore. Blasters and value packs are a better bang for the buck. I will definitely be sticking with retail this year.

[@DriveForShow]

Agree. Done with hobby boxes. Think they’ve lost their minds with this pricing.

[@mikestahlman8225]

Seems crazy! I've been out of collecting for over 8 years and got back in last year. I was absolutely shocked at the price of boxes and not just bowman. Panini Prizm acts like they're selling an ounce of gold inside! Ridiculous

[@jeffsimpson9382]

Already got half a shoebox filled with 2022 Bowman and craving more!Great looking cards with an awesome rookie selection.If I had a kid that was getting in to collecting,I would definitely be buying him some packs.

[@bryandiana8356]

Nice video as always, I opened a Retail and hit 2 Paper Parallel and 2 Chrome Parallel. No Auto and no 1st Parallel but still solid.

[@alexhardy6804]

love the spreadsheets, right up my alley, thanks so much for keeping an eye on things. Also, what's the SB hat you're wearing? As a Padres fan I love to see others getting down with the brown and gold!

[@kevinosburn7157]

Thank you so much for all of these breakdown videos. They are a huge help in figuring out which box is the best bang for our bucks. You are a legend STRYKER :)

[@rickfell7222]

I pulled a 1/1 super fractor today from a blaster Lenyn Sosa who is an absolute gangster, multiple speckle /299 from blasters and fat packs, Khalil Watson /499 from a blaster, no autos from blasters, 4 autos from fat packs. Lots of paper #erd, tons of wander (total wander collection of all sets is over 70 cards now), and two Chris mead /99. Wander 1/1 came from retail too. Fortunately I live in the country of Texas and this Walmart and target gets STOCKED. Every week I am able to load up with cards. Also, my sister is a employee of target (pharmacist), so I am fortunate enough to enjoy a total of 15% off. Blasters are also $24.99 at this target. Fat packs $9.99. This is pre discount. Bragging a little bit right now, sorry. Been so happy with this product. So many prospects this year.

[@jongreen7119]

I went and bought 5 blasters vice a hobby box a few days ago. You get 30 packs vice the 24 in a hobby, but not sure of the number of cards difference. Also I heard that the fat packs at Walmart that have the security censor in them also have numbered cards. I bought 2 this morning and both had a numbered card in them.

[@craigc3862]

i look forward to these videos for every bowman release. thank you stryker!

[@HobbyHound]

Deep dives are always fun and I am a huge proponent of researching the best buy to pull ratio. Thanks for sharing.

[@polkcountyboxbreaks]

These value videos are my favorite from your channel.

[@RobertSmith-eb9xu]

This is a 2022 Bowman master class…thank you for the great info…you rock bud!

[@Jakirb]

The sticker auto checklist is solid this year. Elijah Tatis only has sticker autos, and Eloy Jimenez's brother, Enoy, only has a sticker auto. No other card in the set

[@shawnlove6456]

Very helpful odds etc. Thanks for taking time to do it.

[@dangquesadilluhs]

The legend of Stryker continues to grow

[@dustycheddar4261]

Very nice video dude, great information to have with so many people priced out of hobby/jumbo boxes this year.

[@jasonshifflet3702]

Great video just opened my first fat packs of bowman. Bought 4 packs 10 each 19 cards each and I pulled a green taj bradley out of 99 auto

[@beaversbreaks3207]

Great video! Glad I bought 2 retail boxes instead of a hobby!

[@mattherzstein5616]

For blaster format...If you map out the auto odds Individually to "percentage per pack", then add them together to get an overall percentage and comfort to per blaster box, it comes out to 1 per 6 blasters. Translate that to cost, and the cost becomes 1 auto per 210 dollars in blasters (assuming 35 per blaster). Stack that up against hobby formats, and the cost per auto is even better in blasters in addition to all of the parallels. The only thing your giving up in blasters is certain color parallels. Apart from that, blasters are best for everything.

[@billcain7821]

Check out my comment I just put-up moments ago, I ripped 2 Value Packs and 1 Blaster. I think you'll like the results I got out of the Value Packs and my 1 Blaster.

[@michaelplauer]

Very much appreciate the breakdown on odds/pricing!

[@eddiec818]

Thank you for the amazingly organized spreadsheet, Stryker. Much appreciated

[@suryyanshhd6822]

You have every bowman retail boxes and I can barely find Topps match attax these days…..

[@geodio]

I bought hobby jumbo boxes in 19, 20, and 21. Couldn't justify it this year. Target has blasters right now for $29.99. They were $24.99 last year. I've resisted the temptation.

[@Impiousmember]

I love Bowman but the prices keep climbing so much not sure I'm going to buy much Bowman this year. Plus I can't seem to find hardly any 22 bowman in my area. So far all I've found is single packs so far.

[@bluelinesportscards2143]

Will you do a similar video comparison for Topps Chrome? I've pre-ordered 1x Jumbo Box, 1x hobby boxes, 3x blasters, and then another case of blasters. I'm really high on this year's rookie class and curious to see what the best value is for the different formats. Thanks

[@steveseiler478]

I've opened 4 blasters, and I've pulled 4 franco rc, the Fack patch of Franco, 3 numbered cards! So far it's my favorite product of the year, 2022 donruss is a fun rip no value just a fun rip!

[@jpmnky]

Man, it seems like I pulled a Franco in every blaster. I’ve opened 12 with no autos. But tons of color. To be honest most of these autos are worthless. But there’s always that chance.

[@Janet_Airlines802]

Inserts look nice this year, lots of 1st Bowman's too.

[@celebratedfamilycards1802]

Always appreciate the work you put into it Stryker! Another awesome video man!

[@kimberlymccarthy8441]

Stryker you the Man💪...luv your very informative updates/stats, tks for the time and energy you put into your vids ❣️ good luck ripping ⚡🤑

[@trashtalkincollector]

I opened 2 blasters and pulled a /99, and a /125 first, and a Witt Jr. chrome.

[@ericwatts6291]

Hey Stryker! Thanks for sharing the spreadsheet, very useful info.

[@craigbrown7880]

Love it man. I was just going to go way way back to 2021 bowman. And see what I wanted to get I opened a crappy hobby all ready! 🤙🏻

[@Defness45]

My man, always providing amazing content for the hobby! I hope all is well with you brother. Retail is king? Get your popcorn and your blaster box(es)!

[@tomharrigan3227]

Stryker , Thanks for all the work you do putting this together Tom

[@Beer_Man]

My experience has been that the blasters have been waaaay better than the retail boxes

[@billcain7821]

Blasters are retail, read my post I just put up and see how I did. I picked up a blaster at my Wally World last Thur. along with 2 Value Packs.

[@SilverSage11]

Would it be helpful to include odds in a box ? It’s all down to pack odds. But how many packs in a box ? Is there a way to add a column for odds per product ?

[@davidtovar6623]

Thank you Sensai!

[@jquincy1717]

These value breakdown are super helpful. Otherwise it’s a huge pain to watch a ton of videos and try to figure out best bang for the buck from screen grabs of small pack print. Are you planning to do something like this for Donruss?

[@BrewersKill823]

Opened 4 blasters. Got 5 numbered cards and an auto! Purple paper /199, 2 green chromes (/99) included in that. Blasters are best. $135 for that, half a hobby box price. Win.

[@billcain7821]

Sweet pulls man, I didn't do too bad myself, check out my comment I put-up not to long ago I think you'll like my pulls.

[@ciscovalentino4720]

I’m a beginner getting into the hobby, what would you recommend I start off with and or keep an eye out for?

[@joseph_gibbs]

I wish they would make a retail box that included one base auto and it was 25-35 bucks.

[@billcain7821]

Read my comment I just put up, I think you'll like what I got out of my retail that I bought from our Wally World.

[@billcain7821]

Stryker I sure hope you're still reading or at least checking out the comments here even though I'm a day late and a dollar short as we like to say LOL. Got lucky last Thur. when we went to our Wally World to do some grocery shopping, I went to check out where the cards are sold and found they had just stocked up on the Bowman 2022. I picked up 2 Value Packs and 1 Blaster just to check the product out and to see if I couldn't get lucky. The Value Packs are selling for $9.98 ea. and the blasters for $31.58 ea. not counting the tax. I got an on card auto out of each Value Pack of Seth Beer Chrome & Jack Suwinski Chrome 1st, I also pulled from the Blaster box a Gold Chrome Robert Hassell 04/50. I also landed the base cards of Vlad Jr., Acuna Jr., Tatis Jr., Ohtani, Lu Bob, Bo, Blaze and a Trout and Witt Jr. Chrome not bad if I do say so myself. All in all, I'd say I got my monies worth out of those 2 Value Packs and Blaster box. Now here's the kicker; I was at a trade day/mini card show at my LCS on Sat. it's about a 40 min. drive for me to get there and I brought some of my cards in hopes of making some trades and or sales. A dad and his son came by the table I was sitting at, and they saw my Seth Beer Bowman Chrome on card Auto., the son picked the card up and the dad said I have $150 for this card (who was I to argue and say no, right? I took the $150) Question, should I have gotten more, and was that a good or bad deal for me? I did ask and say, " You know I have to ask what is the importance of this card to y'all?" The son said "I know him and played ball with him in high school when they lived in Georgia before moving to Arkansas". Long story, short I almost made back 3X the money I spent on those 2 Value Packs and 1 Blaster Box, and we all walked away from the deal happy and that is after all what really counts right sports fans? I wish all your wives who are Mummies or about to be Mummies out there a very HAPPY MUMMIES DAY, y'all enjoy what's left of this day and weekend, be safe out there and y'all have a blessed week next week and I'm out sports fans.

[@bozinator2687]

I got to open 2 of these. First one had a Tatis paper sticker auto the other had a Colson Montgomery Purple chrome /250. I am trying to talk myself out of getting another one

[@scottb.5413]

Thanks for this Stryker. Very informative!

[@larrysbaseballcards9080]

Love the analysis. You should add $30 blaster column, they are still available from Target. At $30 it by far the best value.

[@riggersean]

Opened 3 value and 2 blaster and the blasters were better. I didn't get Autos but Gold, Purple, Blue, Speckled #'d and a few 3-D, one being a Wander Franco. I'll look for more blaster. Seen them at Meijer but Walmart has been a bust.

[@blakealtounian4743]

IMO, value packs are the way to go. 5 value packs got me with 4 #’d parallel and a 1st chrome auto. I’m not sure how but they seem to always be filled with goodies.

[@GoodLifeGodLike]

This is extremely valuable information, thank you for the hard work. Liked and subscribed.

[@Janet_Airlines802]

I opened a 24 pack retail of Series 1 last week. Worst box I have ever opened possibly. NO relics or autos, barely any numbered cards. Bought a target Mega I got a relic, a auto and 2 sp's. Best Mega I have ever opened.

[@dirtycards]

You skipped a Chrome 1st, do you go back and check?

[@corykirkpatrick896]

Pulled a Elly De La Cruz 1st Green Shimmer Auto 70/99 out of a blaster box last night.

[@jasonboman6283]

Thanks! Im new to this but would like to know how to join your patrion and all other things you do. Started watching breaks recently on KZbin and 90% were yours. I grew up in Richmond, you in Lapeer I believe you said. Go tigers. Thanks Bud.

[@StrykerBreaks]

www.patreon.com/user?u=22437734 and check out this video. It explains things kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJrFdaZ-nNJlp9E

[@nautilusshell940]

I think you need a price per parallel and price per auto row, that's where the difference is

[@Cell2SellXPrisoner]

Hey Stryker, did you ever see "the legend of Willians Astudillo, comes into pitch 46 mph fastball. " pretty amazing and funny at the same time! It's a youtube clip you might like.

[@glennyg2235]

What do you do with all of your base cards? I'm a casual collector and I get just as much joy out of completing base sets

[@cjcz]

The 2 blasters were brutal for me but i hear everyone say they got great stuff

[@FirestarterBreaks]

Great video as usual...but gotta ask where you got the retail box form?

[@StrykerBreaks]

Walmart.com

[@arock8725]

Vidal Brujan is the card that always comes before Wander

[@Janet_Airlines802]

I have 3 blasters coming in from Topps, can't wait to rip. I'm not buying the hobby this year, to rich for my blood.

[@harolddenton6031]

Bought 4 blaster boxes at my local Walmart. Pulled a Jarren Duran yellow autograph chrome card (#62/75).

[@harolddenton6031]

Out of the same blaster box I also pulled a Tristan Cass pink numbered paper card (#183/299).

[@MrMatt860]

The numbers show blasters being the best value based on odds but are the hits better value via hobby? Meaning qualitative vs quantitative. Thought?

[@jack_twofour3291]

Went to target and found the 24 pack retail box and when I attempted to price check it, the machine said the system didn’t have that barcode. Took it to the front and the woman at the self checkout said they no longer sold that item and rung it up for $5.99 for me!!! What’re my numbers for that price?? 🤣

[@numberedcards2604]

Hey Stryker! I was hoping you or someone else could help me with figuring out how many atomic cards are printed per player and/or figure out how many hobby boxes were printed. If in 2020 Bowman odds for a hobby exclusive orange were 1:367 packs, and in 2022 they are 1:602 packs, did they really increase the print run 40% in 2 years? Atomics are 1 per hobby exclusive. In 2021 draft the Invicta atomics /150 were 1:345 packs, and in 2020 bowman the Invicta atomics /150 are 1:1,127 packs. Hoping you and your community can help solve the maths for me!

[@SippinNRippin]

Awesome video and thanks for doing the chart for all of us. I know its a lot of work but I am sure we all appreciate it. I have 3 bowman openings on my channel and all of them have been amazing rips. Loving Bowman at the moment!

[@Eltortuga69]

I've opened 2 retail boxes and got a Oswald Cabrera auto and green Oswald

[@alecsheedlo6751]

Thanks for the breakdown

[@tommytavor9308]

Got a Kahlil Watson printing plate out of a fat pack

[@blackngold7120]

waiting on 6 blasters from target and a retail box from walllymart, lets see what we get

[@jasondanziger2598]

How do you think the Megas will compare to the Blasters?

[@TrifeLife978]

nice work on that spread sheet. would you also be able to do one for the chase players?

[@creed5]

i opened some blasters and got alot of parallels

[@mychaelmitchell4632]

I got 4 colors on 1 blaster. I had other blasters that had 1 or none. Overall I've done better with blasters and valuepacks close second. Thanks Stryker!

[@billcain7821]

I've done slightly better with the Value Packs, but my blaster I bought didn't disappoint. Check out my comment I just put up and I think you'll like it and it does confirm stryker's video.

[@JeffreyBeckerPhotographs]

This is amazing and helpful!!!! Thank you!!!!

[@stevejones5075]

Only thing that makes the hobby/jumbo "worth it" is the automatic autograph, but if you open enough blasters i've seen the odds are getting an auto aren't that bad, it's just not a guarantee so you could potentially open 10 blasters and not get a single auto, OR possibly get more than one, just a little riskier on that front

[@billcain7821]

Check out my comment I put up not to long ago, I think you'll like my results.

[@markthompson7503]

Best odds are value packs with security tags in them......

[@chrismatthias5651]

You only had one pitcher in those Chrome 1sts. Same thing with my jumbo

[@billcain7821]

Same for me, only I got no Chrome 1st pitchers, they were all position players that I got.

[@akapiff]

only gods knows how much i apperciate these videos bro you are HIMOTHY lol

[@t-pott4504]

These videos are the best! I shouted you out on our Sports Card Investor channel 2 weeks ago for these reviews. Love them! One of my favorite channels. Go Tigers! T-Pott from Sports Card Investor

[@StrykerBreaks]

Thanks for the shout out, I'm glad you like the videos!

[@johnnyrotten9987]

Thanks for all you do Stryker love the channel bro

[@Kybone]

Has mega been mentioned?

[@dubbedmodz7253]

Thanks for the effort!!@ this is awesome!!

[@Deevoized]

Hey Stryker where is the megabox in this spreadsheet?

[@diaservices3454]

I got a green auto from a target blaster.