Advice on Modern Rookie Cards 2000-2019

[BruceinGa]

I sold all of my T205's and T206's and haven't been here much. I'm also liquidating many cards from the 50's through 80's.
Now I've decided to buy some modern Braves rookies. I've struggled making some sense of X-fractors, Refractors, Black, Septia, Prism and so forth.
From what I've seen Topps Chrome is one step up from the the base card, I don't look at Bowman or other brands, just Topps Chrome. I did buy 2 or 3 basic Topps but probably won't any more.
I would love to see someone post a complete list of variations along with production numbers.

[swarmee]

Originally Posted by BruceinGa

I would love to see someone post a complete list of variations along with production numbers.

Changes every year. Best bet is to go to baseballcardpedia or one of the other checklisting sites to see what's rarest. That's one reason that the standard parallel colors (red /5, orange /25, gold /50, green /99 for Bowman Chrome) seem to remain the best ones over time.

[BruceinGa]

Originally Posted by swarmee

go to baseballcardpedia or one of the other checklisting sites to see what's rarest. That's one reason that the standard parallel colors (red /5, orange /25, gold /50, green /99 for Bowman Chrome) seem to remain the best ones over time.

My son told me about baseballcardpedia. I remember reading about the red, orange gold and green somewhere.
Thanks! I'll do more research!!

[Peter_Spaeth]

Pick a popular rookie and just look at the variations of the issue in the pop report.