2026 Topps Baseball Complete Factory Set Exclusives Checklist

Four short-print rookies that complete the 704-card factory set

Overview

The 2026 Topps Baseball Complete Factory Set, released July 1, 2026, contains the 700-card Series 1 and Series 2 base checklist plus four short-printed rookie cards, for 704 cards in each box. The four rookies share card numbers 697-700 with the regular base cards at the end of Series 2.

What's in the checklist

• Base: Four rookie cards numbered 697-700: Kevin McGonigle, JJ Wetherholt, Carson Benge and Justin Crawford.
• Parallels: No factory-set parallels are listed. Hobby factory sets have included foil parallels in past years, but none had been announced for 2026 in the cited sources.

Notable subjects

Kevin McGonigle (697, Detroit Tigers), JJ Wetherholt (698, St. Louis Cardinals), Carson Benge (699, New York Mets) and Justin Crawford (700, Philadelphia Phillies), each with the RC designation.

Grading considerations

Confirm the card number and player: each of these numbers is also used by a regular Series 2 base card (Bryan Reynolds, Andre Pallante, Jared Young and Freddie Freeman). Paper flagship stock shows corner and edge wear quickly, so handle cards carefully when removing them from the set box, then check centering and surfaces before submitting. This is general guidance only; a checklist confirms which card you have, not its condition or grade. See our grading scale.

Sources and caveats

Sources disagree on exclusivity. Secondary guides say the same four players also appear as rookie short prints in 2026 Topps Series 2 packs and describe them as the short prints that traditionally fill out the Series 2 checklist; some retailers describe the factory-set cards as exclusive images. This page does not claim the cards are available only in factory sets.

The roster comes from three secondary checklists, which agree on all four cards. An official Topps checklist was not located for this repair.