2025 Bowman Draft Baseball Details and What to Chase

Bowman is known for being the beginning of a player’s baseball card journey to the majors. Nowhere is that more apparent than Bowman Draft Baseball. Each year, the product leans heavily into the season’s draft class, delivering their first MLB cards. This tradition continues with 2025 Bowman Draft Baseball.

Combining elements of Bowman and Bowman Chrome, the checklist includes cornerstones like 1st Bowman autographs, Refractors and more.

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Here are some of the big things to be hunting for in 2025 Bowman Draft Baseball breaks:

2025 1st Round Picks

Whether it’s the base set, autographs or inserts, a huge percentage of the 2025 Bowman Draft Baseball checklist is dedicated to the 2025 MLB Draft.

Of the 30 players taken in the first round, 23 have cards in the product. Looking at the top picks, eight of the first ten players taken are on the checklist. This includes the first three overall: Eli Willits (Washington Nationals), Tyler Bremner (Los Angeles Angels) and Kade Anderson (Seattle Mariners).

2025 Bowman Draft Baseball Refractor Rainbow

With a Bowman Chrome base set comes a colorful rainbow to chase. All 200 cards have more than 30 different Refractors including classic colors and some fun patterns. These include:

• Refractors
• Sky Blue Refractors (hobby only)
• Sparkle Refractors
• X-Fractors
• Purple Refractors - /250
• Purple Geometric Refractors - /250 (breaker only)
• Fuchsia Reptilian Refractors - /199
• Blue Refractors - /150
• Blue Geometric Refractors - /150 (breaker only)
• Aqua Geometric Refractors - /125 (breaker only)
• Aqua Reptilian Refractors - /125
• Aqua Wave Refractors - /125
• Steel Metal Refractors - /100
• Green Refractors - /99
• Green Geometric Refractors - /99 (breaker only)
• Green Grass Refractors - /99
• Green Reptilian Refractors - /99
• Yellow Refractors - /75
• Yellow Geometric Refractors - /75 (breaker only)
• Yellow Reptilian Refractors - /75
• Gold Refractors - /50
• Gold Geometric Refractors - /50 (breaker only)
• Bowman Logofractors - /35
• Orange Refractors - /25 (hobby only)
• Orange Geometric Refractors - /25 (breaker only)
• Black Refractors - /10
• Black Geometric Refractors - /10 (breaker only)
• Black X-Fractors - /10
• Red Refractors - /5
• Red Geometric Refractors - /5 (breaker only)
• Red Lava Refractors - /5
• Printing Plates - 1/1
• Superfractors - 1/1

Special bonus variety packs are randomly inserted in hobby boxes. This is the only place to find four more Refractors that are based on popular ballpark eats. Collectors who land one of these rare packs will find approximately one of each in every four-card pack (unless there’s an autograph):

• Gumball Refractors
• Peanuts Refractors
• Popcorn Refractors
• Sunflower Seeds Refractors

1st Bowman Chrome Autographs

Of course, the big chase with virtually all Bowman releases is the signatures. 2025 Bowman Draft has the final installment of the year’s Bowman Chrome Prospect Autographs.

More than 100 players have signed for the set, including dozens of 2025 draft picks getting their coveted 1st Bowman Chrome Autographs. Historically, these have become among players’ most sought after cards as they are their first MLB autograph cards. Due to the long history of Bowman Chrome, the brand certainly helps as well.

Like base Bowman Chrome cards, lots of Refractor versions add a further chase element with 1/1 Superfractors topping them all.

2025 Draft Lottery Ping Pong Ball Autographs

Some of the toughest cards on the 2025 Bowman Draft Baseball checklist, these also give collectors a direct piece of the draft’s history.
These cards, all 1/1, have the actual ping pong balls used for the draft lottery. They also come signed by the respective draft picks.

Just seven cards are on the checklist, however, the top three picks—Eli Willits, Tyler Bremner and Kade Anderson—are among them.

2025 Draft Lottery Ping Pong Ball Autographs will be included in packs as redemptions.

Bowman Spotlights

2025 Bowman Draft Baseball includes another installment of the popular Bowman Spotlights inserts. These short prints go for a minimal design on the front, casting players in a spotlight with little else. But without much going on, they pop.

Their rarity certainly helps as well.

Crystallized

The spectacular Crystalized insert also returns, with an eye-catching design that pops out of the hand. Prospects and rookies are set against a backdrop inspired by an agate rock, with natural crystal patterns and textures.

2025 Bowman Draft Baseball arrives Wednesday, January 14.

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