2017 Panini Contenders Draft Picks Baseball Checklist

2017 Panini Contenders Draft Picks Baseball applies the Contenders ticket design to the 2017 draft class and college players, released October 4, 2017. A 25-card Season Ticket base with 25 variations mixes recent picks with retired stars, and the autograph side is led by RPS Draft Ticket, Draft Ticket and Prospect Ticket signatures.

What's in the checklist

• Base: 25 Season Ticket cards and 25 variations with Draft Ticket /99, Cracked Ice /23, Diamond /15, Building Blocks /10, Fame /5 and Championship 1/1 parallels
• Ticket autographs: RPS Draft Ticket Autographs and variations, Draft Ticket, Prospect Ticket and International Ticket Autographs, with Cracked Ice /23, Playoff /15 and Championship 1/1 parallels
• Other autographs: Alumni Ink, Collegiate Connections Signatures, School Colors Signatures and Old School Colors Signatures
• Inserts: Game Day Tickets, School Colors and Old School Colors

Key rookies and prospects

RPS Draft Ticket Autographs include Royce Lewis, the No. 1 pick in the 2017 draft, plus Brendan McKay, Jo Adell, Austin Beck, Keston Hiura, Shane Baz and Kyle Wright. Draft Ticket Autographs add Heliot Ramos, Mark Vientos, Trevor Rogers and Evan White, and Cristian Pache has his own Prospect Ticket. The Season Ticket base includes Bo Jackson, Frank Thomas, Barry Larkin and John Elway beside A.J. Puk and Kyle Lewis.

Grading considerations

Royce Lewis and Jo Adell RPS Draft Ticket Autographs are among the cards collectors commonly consider for grading. Cracked Ice parallels have a refractive foil surface that shows scratches, and white ticket borders make centering and edge wear easy to spot. See our pricing.