2024 Topps Definitive Baseball Release Preview

The exalted elegance and excitement of Topps Definitive baseball are back.

Find a 2024 Topps Definitive baseball card live break here and read on to learn more about the best cards in the set.

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What are the best cards in 2024 Topps Definitive baseball?

Since its 2015 inception, Topps Definitive has carved out a niche in the collecting world, becoming synonymous with premium, autograph-rich content. The brand has consistently prioritized delivering a luxurious and elite card-collecting experience, marrying quality and exclusivity. It has underscored its commitment to providing high-value, aesthetically superior cards that resonate with the demands of upscale collectors, maintaining a reputation for top-tier offerings.

Each box of Topps Definitive baseball includes eight cards – six autograph or autograph relic cards and two relic cards. No card in the product features a print run higher than /50.

Big-time rookies to be hit across the set's regal range of autos and patch autos include:

Paul Skenes
Jasson Dominguez
Elly De La Cruz
Jackson Chourio
Jackson Holliday
Jackson Merrill
Junior Caminero
Yoshinobu Yamamoto

Autograph cards in 2024 Topps Definitive baseball

Topps Definitive is a great place to pick up some signature pieces for your collection.

Debuting this year are Definitive Moments Autograph Collection cards, an /10 set that features inscriptions calling out unique moments in baseball history, and Definitive Quad Autographs, which showcase four signatures on one card and are limited to a print run /5.

The latter joins Dual Autograph Collection and Definitive Trios Autographs cards and their parallels, both of which are back for the 2024 release.

Definitive Rookie Autographs bring beautiful on-card auto opportunities to the plate, with some of the game's brightest stars and their signatures on full display amongst a clean design.

Other opportunities for signed hits include the Definitive Autograph, Legendary Autograph, Framed Autograph, and Defining Images Autograph Collections. The stunning Shohei Ohtani card with the English and Kanji autographs above is part of the Framed Autograph Collection, which includes on-card autos framed in metal.

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Autograph relic cards in 2024 Topps Definitive baseball

Autograph relic cards bump up the beauty with the addition of a piece of material. The Base Autograph Relic Collection features an /50 print run as well as several parallels, including a whopping five 1/1 Red versions: Team Logo, MLB Logo, Majestic Logo, Jersey Button, and Laundry Tag.

But that's just the start of the patch auto brilliance. Collectors can take a swing at landing gorgeous Definitive Rookie Patch Autographs, which showcase jumbo patch pieces and on-card signatures.

Continuing the recent tradition of the MLB Rookie Debut Patch Autos from Topps Chrome Update, Definitive Autographed First Batting Glove cards contain game-used batting gloves from rookies' first hit, home run, or other first milestone. The checklist is packed with some of the biggest young names in the sport:

Austin Wells
Evan Carter
Junior Caminero
Jackson Merrill
Sal Frelick
Colton Cowser
Jackson Chourio
Jackson Holliday

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You can also find pieces of player gear in plenty of other opulent offerings throughout the set. Definitive Relic Autograph cards sport oversized relics and on-card autos from retired greats of the game and active vets including

Alex Rodriguez
Bryce Harper
Mike Trout
Cal Ripken Jr.
Derek Jeter
Ichiro
Mike Schmidt
Wade Boggs
Ronald Acuna Jr.

Other auto relics to be unearthed include Dual Autographed Relic, Framed Autograph Patch, and Definitive Autographed Ultra Patch Collections, the latter of which sports large jersey number, nameplate, and team patches that are sequentially numbered to help fans construct an entire patch across multiple cards.

Protectors at the Plate Autographed Relics combine on-card autos with game-used protective equipment from catchers and batters, including shin guards, elbow pads, and more. They're numbered /5 or less.

Relic cards in 2024 Definitive baseball

Definitive MLB Logo Patch cards represent the cream of the relic crop in 2024 Topps Definitive baseball. With single-player, dual, and triple printings waiting to be unearthed, these 1/1 masterpieces represent some of the best baseball cards of the 2025 offseason. Two cut signatures autographs from home run kings Hank Aaron and Sadaharu Oh provide more 1/1 chase excitement.

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