Dodgers Blue Heaven: 2016 Topps Allen & Ginter

Monday, July 25, 2016

2016 Topps Allen & Ginter - All the Dodgers Base Cards

One of the hobbies favorite Baseball card sets is now officially out. It is the Allen & Ginter brand, and below are pics of all the Dodgers' base and examples of the various parallel cards that are available. Go here for a complete checklist.

First, though, I thought I would start with the Julio Urias card that has been the talk of the hobby. As you know, Urias joined the Dodgers rotation for a brief spurt during the first half of the season and showed that he has the tools needed to succeed on the Major League level. Considering this and the high-ceiling many prognosticators see in him, it is not surprising that Topps would want to include him in the Allen & Ginter brand. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear that his promotion to LA provided enough lead-time to include him in the base set. So, Topps decided to just throw him in the set anyway by giving him a card number belonging to another Dodger rookie (#120 Kenta Maeda) and release the card as some sort of short-print. You can see this card directly below. Please note that the Allen & Ginter logo on the front is actually printed in white, and cannot be seen very well in scans. Also, there is no number on the reverse.

#120 Julio Urias

Furthermore, a Urias card can be purchased directly from Topps that does look like a finished product (as you can see directly below). It is available only as a 10" x 14" poster print and limited to only 99 copies. Go here to check that out.

Now, on to the base cards. I've included pics of both the normal and mini version of each player. Please note that the Alex Wood mini card looks very different from its normal base card - unlike all the other Dodgers mini base cards.