Baseball card collectors got exciting news on Sunday. Topps and rapper Travis Scott announced the upcoming release of exclusive Shohei Ohtani baseball cards during Fanatics Fest in New York City.
The Cactus Jack collection will feature over 49 MLB players, including two of the biggest international stars, Ohtani and Elly De La Cruz. Ohtani and De La Cruz will be featured as two of the rarest cards in the collection.
49 MLB players and Travis Scott himself will be included in the set, and there will only be 1,000 boxes ever made. Each box will contain 2 packs of 4 cards, including 2 cards numbered to 25 or less.
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Collectors get a chance to get their hands on two rare cards that showcase some of the brightest stars in the MLB. Ohtani, the 30-year-old from Japan, has grown into one of the faces of the MLB over his seven-year career. The two-way Japanese star has been an MVP favorite for most of 2024, batting a National League-best .309 with 33 home runs.
De La Cruz was selected to be an All-Star in his second year in the MLB and has quickly become one of the biggest names in the league. The 22-year-old from the Dominican Republic has been lighting up the base paths in his second season with a comfortable lead in stolen bases with 55. De La Cruz is batting .257 with 18 homers in 108 games.
The cards will be released through 1,000 card boxes containing two packs of four. Two cards will be Cactus Jack cards, and only 25 of each will be made. The boxes will be distributed through a random automated draw, which is exclusive to the Fanatics event.
The event will occur on August 16-18 at the Javits Center in Manhattan.
Photo Credit: Shohei Ohtani #17 of the Los Angeles Dodgers walks off the field after hitting in the batting cag prior to the start of the game against the Oakland Athletics at the Oakland Coliseum on August 3, 2024 in Oakland, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)
