Redemption Card rec’d from Topps

this is a superb Short Print "1st Bowman" Green Refractor Auto Card with collectible On-Card signature of Reds' hot young prospect pitcher, Antonio Santillan.

Santillan, who has one of the best fastballs in baseball, is off to a fantastic start to 2018, with several recent dominant performances. In fact, he was just picked as the RHP of the week for the all of the minors by MLB.Com who described his stuff as “dynamic”. In fact, he is 3-0 + has only given up one earned run in his 22 2/3 innings over four starts(a HR).

Santillan went into the season as the 5th rated prospect in the Reds' highly-regarded system, and he is likely to climb even higher after so far being essentially unhittable in 2018, combining his awesome raw talent, 3 above-avg. rated pitches including his high 90's fastball, with pitching acumen, added experience and improved control.

Because of such potential and this season's performance, however, Santillan's bowman auto cards are finally starting to climb in value, and surely increasingly hard to come by (although I still believe he and his cards are quite undervalued that probably will not continue for long). Indeed, at the time of this revised posting, only a handful of the Short Print refactor auto cards remain for sale on eBay. To that end, I strongly suggest not delaying in getting such cards.

As stated, this is a short print green refractor parallel of the Santillan base auto card from the 2016 Bowman Chrome set. As such a parallel, it has the short print run of only 99; this particular card is serial numbered "58/99" on the back of the card.

Importantly, this card is especially collectible and will be a highlight of any Santillan card collection because it is his official 1st Bowman auto card issued by Topps/Bowman. In fact, it is his only auto card issued to date by Bowman/Topps!

As a first Bowman auto card, the card features and On-card auto hard-signed directly on the card by Santillan in blue marker as opposed to a less collectible sticker/label auto. This particular auto is attractive, well-placed, and clean, i.e., without smudges or other ink blemishes.

Also, importantly, as a redemption card, the card arrived directly from Topps without ever having been boxed or otherwise in circulation. Instead, it was immediately placed in a penny sleeve and enclosed securely in a top loader that was sealed by a Topps sticker, where it has safely remained. Thus, the card remains in the same condition it was in upon being signed and leaving the Topps facility-- thus, it is as close to new as possible! In fact, as a result of such secure treatment, such redemption cards generally are in excellent condition and are often unusually strong candidates for professional grading.

This particular card does appear to be in excellent condition and I cannot see any significant or even notable blemishes.

In any event, please review the photos to also consider the condition of the card yourself, but do not hesitate to contact me with any questions about the card or the listing.

Thank you for looking!

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