2021 Topps Heritage Minor League Baseball Checklist

2021 Topps Heritage Minor League puts minor league prospects on the 1972 Topps design, released October 27, 2021. The 180-card base comes with color-bordered parallels and short prints, and the inserts reproduce 1972-era extras such as stamp cards, pack covers, posters and Boyhood Photos of the Stars.

What's in the checklist

• Base Set: 180 cards with Blue Border /99, Green Border /75, Black Border /50, Flip Stock /25, Gold Border /18 and Red Border 1/1, plus In Action (10), 1972 Traded (10), Short Prints (20), Image Variations (10) and Frame Color Variations (10)
• 1972-themed inserts: Venezuela Stamp Cards (15), Pack Cover Cards (21), Boyhood Photos of the Stars (14) and Baseball Poster Cards (20)
• Autographs: 65 Real One Autographs (Blue Border /99, Black Border /50, Black/Blue Border /25, Red Border 1/1), 5 Real One Dual Autographs, Image Variation Autographs /50, Pack Cover Autographs and Baseball Poster Autographs /25

Key prospects

The base opens with Robert Hassell, Spencer Torkelson, Heston Kjerstad and Austin Hendrick, and the short prints include Adley Rutschman, Julio Rodriguez, Bobby Witt Jr., CJ Abrams and Marco Luciano. Boyhood Photos of the Stars features Jackie Robinson, Willie Mays, Babe Ruth, Ken Griffey Jr. and Chipper Jones.

Grading considerations

Short prints of Witt and Rodriguez and the Real One Autographs are among the cards collectors commonly consider for grading. Heritage uses a matte, old-style card stock where corners soften easily and colored borders make chipping and off-center cuts obvious. See our grading scale.