Player: Mason Miller
Team: Athletics
Year: 2025
Brand: Topps Heritage Baseball
Card Number: #405
Parallel: Red Border
Subset: High-Number Short Print (SP) / Topps All-Star Rookie Cup
Card Status: Short-Printed Base Parallel
Features: Designed using the vintage 1976 Topps layout, featuring vibrant red border framing, short-printed high-series numbering (#401–500), and the iconic gold "Topps All-Star Rookie Cup" logo honoring his dominant debut season.
Relief ace Mason Miller took Major League Baseball by storm, establishing himself as one of the most dominant high-leverage closers in the game.
2024 All-Star Breakout: Named to the American League All-Star team, throwing a scoreless inning with two strikeouts in the Midsummer Classic and hitting 103.6 mph on the radar gun.
Topps All-Star Rookie Team: Selected as the relief pitcher on the 2024 Topps All-Star Rookie Team, earning the prized Gold Cup logo on his 2025 cards.
Elite Strikeout Production: Struck out 104 batters over 65.0 innings pitched in 2024, posting a staggering 14.4 K/9 and recording 28 saves.
Drafted in the 3rd round of the 2021 MLB Draft out of Gardner-Webb University, Mason Miller made a rapid ascension through the minor leagues before blossoming into a premier MLB bullpen arm.
Triple-Digit Firepower: Features a historic four-seam fastball that consistently reaches 100–104 mph, paired with a devastating 88–91 mph slider that generates elite chase rates.
1976 Heritage Homage: The 2025 Topps Heritage set pays tribute to the classic 1976 Topps design, known for its bold colorful team header banners and clean layout.
Red Border SP Collectibility: Printed in limited short-printed quantities across target retail product lines, the Red Border SP offers fantastic visual appeal matching the Athletics' secondary accents, making this a standout card for A's team collectors, closer fans, and Topps Heritage parallel set builders.