Kenny5 Vargas5 II

As we creep closer to Spring Training and closer to the release of 2016 Topps, there are deals to be had on 2015 cards. For example, I was able to find this gem from Topps Chrome:

 I am still searching for the Topps Clear parallel, but this is supposed to be twice as rare...

The luck of the draw, I guess, seeing this one at the right time to put in a bid and have it hold up. I am pretty sure I missed my chance for the 1/1 Superfractor. There was an eBay auction for it with a starting bid of 299.00 so I didn't try to win it. No one else bid on it the last time I checked, but I wouldn't be surprised if someone emptied their pockets for it.

Just One Pack Of . . . 2015 Topps Chrome

 One Hobby Pack of Topps Chrome from the Card Shop.

 I have to laugh about pulling this Kennys Vargas card- I bought up all the chrome parallels of this card I could get a week ago, could've gotten the base card the old fashioned way! Kennys was also in the first pack of series one I purchased this year, which is part of what led to my decision to try to collect the rainbow.

 An insert!

 That's cool.

 Rookie!

Yelich is developing into a pretty good player, but he's a little overshadowed by that other guy in Miami, Ichiro. OH right, and Giancarlo Stanton. OH right, and because he plays in Miami.

Still Reaching for that Kennys Vargas Topps Rainbow - Chrome Edition

Oh, Kennys.
Poor fella, stuck on a roster with Miguel Sano. If Trevor Plouffe gets traded this offseason, you may be back in business, but for now you're stuck pinch hitting late in games and spending the rest of the day at the end of the bench. Hard to mash taters from there.

In the meantime, I'm trying to get a jump on all of his parallel cards in 2015 Topps. Just have a few left to go! Let's take a look at Topps Chrome today:

Sorry for the poor photography I had poor lighting options and not a lot of time to put these together...
First is the Topps Chrome base card, then the refractor, and at the bottom the "prism" refractor.

 Blue, Pink, and Sepia parallels...

And the insert - Chrome Commencements, which features several new guys that were in their second season.

So, I'm still looking for Purple, Gold /50, Orange /25,  Red /5,  and the 1/1 Superfractor, which if I ever find I will not be able to afford... If you see Kennys in any of those parallel versions, let me know!

I am still looking for the Series One Topps Clear Acetate /10 as well. The person that finds this card is going to get some really cool stuff from me, yes indeed.