2015 Topps Team Set Preliminary Checklists

As the 2015 MLB season is almost upon us, it is time for the writer of this humble, little blog, to do a bit of Internet searching. What for, you may ask?

For any information regarding the 2015 Topps Retail Sets.

In fact, last night I received a Twitter message from a guy named Edgar (@eg9413) asking:

@eg9413: @bdj610 Any info on whether Topps is making the retail team sets for baseball this year?

My response:

@bdj610: @eg9413 I've been looking, info normally comes out just about now. As soon as I find anything, I'll post online.

Well, guess what I found this morning??!

Images (if you want to call them that) and checklists of 30 of the 32 team sets for 2015 (for some reason, my source did not have any information for the Athletics nor the Padres).

Yes, this is what the blister pack should look like for the team sets (which should match the color border of your team...most are blue, and there are some reds, some oranges, a purple for the Rockies and I'm thinking one green for the Athletics. No cards yet, but the checklists are worth a look.

Please note that these are always subject to change:

Arizona Diamondbacks

• AD-1 Paul Goldschmidt
• AD-2 Trevor Cahill
• AD-3 Chris Owings
• AD-4 Aaron Hill
• AD-5 Jake Lamb
• AD-6 Tuffy Gosewisch
• AD-7 Patrick Corbin
• AD-8 David Peralta
• AD-9 Addison Reed
• AD-10 Cody Ross
• AD-11 A.J. Pollock
• AD-12 Mark Trumbo
• AD-13 Bronson Arroyo
• AD-14 Jeremy Hellickson
• AD-15 Daniel Hudson
• AD-16 Josh Collmenter
• AD-17 Brad Ziegler

Atlanta Braves

• AB-1 Freddie Freeman
• AB-2 Shelby Miller
• AB-3 Chris Johnson
• AB-4 Alberto Callaspo
• AB-5 Mike Minor
• AB-6 James Russell
• AB-7 Julio Teheran
• AB-8 B.J. Upton
• AB-9 Arodys Vizcaino
• AB-10 Christian Bethancourt
• AB-11 Zoilo Almonte
• AB-12 Andrelton Simmons
• AB-13 Nick Markakis
• AB-14 Alex Wood
• AB-15 Craig Kimbrel
• AB-16 A.J. Pierzynski
• AB-17 Jason Grilli

Baltimore Orioles

• BO-1 Adam Jones
• BO-2 Alejandro De Aza
• BO-3 Miguel Gonzalez
• BO-4 Ubaldo Jimenez
• BO-5 Zach Britton
• BO-6 Darren O'Day
• BO-7 Manny Machado
• BO-8 Bud Norris
• BO-9 Jonathan Schoop
• BO-10 Steve Pearce
• BO-11 J.J. Hardy
• BO-12 Chris Davis
• BO-13 Delmon Young
• BO-14 Chris Tillman
• BO-15 Wei-Yin Chen
• BO-16 Tommy Hunter
• BO-17 Caleb Joseph

Boston Red Sox

• BRS-1 Pablo Sandoval
• BRS-2 David Ortiz
• BRS-3 Christian Vazquez
• BRS-4 Mike Napoli
• BRS-5 Dustin Pedroia
• BRS-6 Xander Bogaerts
• BRS-7 Hanley Ramirez
• BRS-8 Rusney Castillo
• BRS-9 Mookie Betts
• BRS-10 Wade Miley
• BRS-11 Rick Porcello
• BRS-12 Clay Buchholz
• BRS-13 Joe Kelly
• BRS-14 Justin Masterson
• BRS-15 Koji Uehara
• BRS-16 Junichi Tazawa
• BRS-17 Matt Barnes

Chicago Cubs

• CHC-1 Anthony Rizzo
• CHC-2 Junior Lake
• CHC-3 Starlin Castro
• CHC-4 Brian Schlitter
• CHC-5 Travis Wood
• CHC-6 Javier Baez
• CHC-7 Jorge Soler
• CHC-8 Miguel Montero
• CHC-9 Mike Olt
• CHC-10 Chris Coghlan
• CHC-11 Dexter Fowler
• CHC-12 Jon Lester
• CHC-13 Jake Arrieta
• CHC-14 Jason Hammel
• CHC-15 Hector Rondon
• CHC-16 Tsuyoshi Wada
• CHC-17 Kyle Hendricks

Chicago White Sox

• CWS-1 Jose Abreu
• CWS-2 Tyler Flowers
• CWS-3 Conor Gillaspie
• CWS-4 Alexei Ramirez
• CWS-5 Adam Eaton
• CWS-6 Zach Duke
• CWS-7 Avisail Garcia
• CWS-8 Melky Cabrera
• CWS-9 Adam LaRoche
• CWS-10 Chris Sale
• CWS-11 Jeff Samardzija
• CWS-12 David Robertson
• CWS-13 Jose Quintana
• CWS-14 John Danks
• CWS-15 Gordon Beckham
• CWS-16 Emilio Bonifacio
• CWS-17 Javy Guerra

Cincinnati Reds

• CR-1 Joey Votto
• CR-2 Tony Cingrani
• CR-3 Daniel Corcino
• CR-4 Zack Cozart
• CR-5 Todd Frazier
• CR-6 Devin Mesoraco
• CR-7 Manny Parra
• CR-8 Brandon Phillips
• CR-9 Aroldis Chapman
• CR-10 Marlon Byrd
• CR-11 Billy Hamilton
• CR-12 Jay Bruce
• CR-13 Johnny Cueto
• CR-14 Homer Bailey
• CR-15 Skip Schumaker
• CR-16 Mike Leake
• CR-17 Anthony DeSclafani

Cleveland Indians

• CI-1 Corey Kluber
• CI-2 Trevor Bauer
• CI-3 Michael Bourn
• CI-4 Lonnie Chisenhall
• CI-5 Cody Allen
• CI-6 David Murphy
• CI-7 Carlos Santana
• CI-8 Jason Kipnis
• CI-9 Yan Gomes
• CI-10 Jose Ramirez
• CI-11 Michael Brantley
• CI-12 Brandon Moss
• CI-13 Nick Swisher
• CI-14 Ryan Raburn
• CI-15 Carlos Carrasco
• CI-16 Danny Salazar
• CI-17 Mike Aviles

Colorado Rockies

• COR-1 Troy Tulowitzki
• COR-2 Charlie Blackmon
• COR-3 Rex Brothers
• COR-4 Corey Dickerson
• COR-5 Tommy Kahnle
• COR-6 Jordan Lyles
• COR-7 Wilin Rosario
• COR-8 Nolan Arenado
• COR-9 Justin Morneau
• COR-10 DJ LeMahieu
• COR-11 Drew Stubbs
• COR-12 Carlos Gonzalez
• COR-13 Jorge De La Rosa
• COR-14 Christian Bergman
• COR-15 Tyler Matzek
• COR-16 LaTroy Hawkins
• COR-17 Jhoulys Chacin

Detroit Tigers

• DT-1 Miguel Cabrera
• DT-2 Alex Avila
• DT-3 Al Alburquerque
• DT-4 Ian Kinsler
• DT-5 J.D. Martinez
• DT-6 Anibal Sanchez
• DT-7 Jose Iglesias
• DT-8 Yoenis Cespedes
• DT-9 Joe Nathan
• DT-10 Anthony Gose
• DT-11 Nick Castellanos
• DT-12 James McCann
• DT-13 Steven Moya
• DT-14 Joakim Soria
• DT-15 Victor Martinez
• DT-16 David Price
• DT-17 Justin Verlander

Houston Astros

• HA-1 Jose Altuve
• HA-2 Jason Castro
• HA-3 Matt Dominguez
• HA-4 Brett Oberholtzer
• HA-5 Evan Gattis
• HA-6 Jon Singleton
• HA-7 Colby Rasmus
• HA-8 Marwin Gonzalez
• HA-9 Chris Carter
• HA-10 Jed Lowrie
• HA-11 Jake Marisnick
• HA-12 George Springer
• HA-13 Luke Gregerson
• HA-14 L.J. Hoes
• HA-15 Scott Feldman
• HA-16 Dallas Keuchel
• HA-17 Collin McHugh

Kansas City Royals

• KCR-1 Eric Hosmer
• KCR-2 Jeremy Guthrie
• KCR-3 Greg Holland
• KCR-4 Alcides Escobar
• KCR-5 Salvador Perez
• KCR-6 Jason Vargas
• KCR-7 Yordano Ventura
• KCR-8 Brandon Finnegan
• KCR-9 Omar Infante
• KCR-10 Mike Moustakas
• KCR-11 Alex Gordon
• KCR-12 Lorenzo Cain
• KCR-13 Kris Medlen
• KCR-14 Kendrys Morales
• KCR-15 Luke Hochevar
• KCR-16 Wade Davis
• KCR-17 Alex Rios

Los Angeles Angels Of Anaheim

• A-1 Mike Trout
• A-2 Josh Rutledge
• A-3 Josh Hamilton
• A-4 Chris Iannetta
• A-5 Garrett Richards
• A-6 Matt Shoemaker
• A-7 Erick Aybar
• A-8 Jered Weaver
• A-9 C.J. Wilson
• A-10 Albert Pujols
• A-11 Kole Calhoun
• A-12 David Freese
• A-13 Matt Joyce
• A-14 Hector Santiago
• A-15 Huston Street
• A-16 C.J. Cron
• A-17 Andrew Heaney

Los Angeles Dodgers

• LAD-1 Clayton Kershaw
• LAD-2 Andre Ethier
• LAD-3 Yimi Garcia
• LAD-4 Adrian Gonzalez
• LAD-5 Zack Greinke
• LAD-6 A.J. Ellis
• LAD-7 Carl Crawford
• LAD-8 Brandon League
• LAD-9 Joc Pederson
• LAD-10 Yasiel Puig
• LAD-11 Hyun-Jin Ryu
• LAD-12 Yasmani Grandal
• LAD-13 Jimmy Rollins
• LAD-14 Howie Kendrick
• LAD-15 Juan Uribe
• LAD-16 Kenley Jansen
• LAD-17 Brandon McCarthy

Miami Marlins

• MM-1 Giancarlo Stanton
• MM-2 Steve Cishek
• MM-3 Justin Bour
• MM-4 Martin Prado
• MM-5 Tom Koehler
• MM-6 Bryan Morris
• MM-7 Jarrod Saltalamacchia
• MM-8 Carter Capps
• MM-9 Christian Yelich
• MM-10 Henderson Alvarez
• MM-11 Adeiny Hechavarria
• MM-12 Marcell Ozuna
• MM-13 Jose Fernandez
• MM-14 Dee Gordon
• MM-15 Donovan Solano
• MM-16 Michael Morse
• MM-17 Mat Latos

Milwaukee Brewers

• MB-1 Ryan Braun
• MB-2 Carlos Gomez
• MB-3 Matt Garza
• MB-4 Jean Segura
• MB-5 Khris Davis
• MB-6 Gerardo Parra
• MB-7 Adam Lind
• MB-8 Kyle Lohse
• MB-9 Scooter Gennett
• MB-10 Jonathan Lucroy
• MB-11 Aramis Ramirez
• MB-12 Jimmy Nelson
• MB-13 Jonathan Broxton
• MB-14 Wily Peralta
• MB-15 Martin Maldonado
• MB-16 Will Smith
• MB-17 Mike Fiers

Minnesota Twins

• MT-1 Torii Hunter
• MT-2 Brian Dozier
• MT-3 Brian Duensing
• MT-4 Eduardo Escobar
• MT-5 Phil Hughes
• MT-6 Ricky Nolasco
• MT-7 Joe Mauer
• MT-8 Glen Perkins
• MT-9 Kurt Suzuki
• MT-10 Trevor May
• MT-11 Kennys Vargas
• MT-12 Danny Santana
• MT-13 Trevor Plouffe
• MT-14 Josmil Pinto
• MT-15 Aaron Hicks
• MT-16 Oswaldo Arcia
• MT-17 Ervin Santana

New York Mets

• NYM-1 David Wright
• NYM-2 Lucas Duda
• NYM-3 Dillon Gee
• NYM-4 Curtis Granderson
• NYM-5 Jenrry Mejia
• NYM-6 Daniel Murphy
• NYM-7 Matt Harvey
• NYM-8 Zack Wheeler
• NYM-9 Bartolo Colon
• NYM-10 Juan Lagares
• NYM-11 Dilson Herrera
• NYM-12 Jon Niese
• NYM-13 Wilmer Flores
• NYM-14 Bobby Parnell
• NYM-15 Travis d'Arnaud
• NYM-16 Michael Cuddyer
• NYM-17 Jacob deGrom

New York Yankees

• NYY-1 Masahiro Tanaka
• NYY-2 Jacoby Ellsbury
• NYY-3 Brett Gardner
• NYY-4 Dellin Betances
• NYY-5 Carlos Beltran
• NYY-6 Stephen Drew
• NYY-7 Brian McCann
• NYY-8 Garrett Jones
• NYY-9 Michael Pineda
• NYY-10 Jose Pirela
• NYY-11 Mark Teixeira
• NYY-12 Bryan Mitchell
• NYY-13 CC Sabathia
• NYY-14 Nathan Eovaldi
• NYY-15 Alex Rodriguez
• NYY-16 Didi Gregorius
• NYY-17 Chase Headley

Oakland Athletics - Checklist posted on April 10, 2015.

• OA-1 Sonny Gray
• OA-2 Coco Crisp
• OA-3 Brett Lawrie
• OA-4 Sean Doolittle
• OA-5 Sam Fuld
• OA-6 Jesse Chavez
• OA-7 Ben Zobrist
• OA-8 Scott Kazmir
• OA-9 Stephen Vogt
• OA-10 Drew Pomeranz
• OA-11 Josh Reddick
• OA-12 Eric Sogard
• OA-13 Marcus Semien
• OA-14 Ike Davis
• OA-15 Dan Otero
• OA-16 Tyler Clippard
• OA-17 Billy Butler

Philadelphia Phillies

• PHP-1 Chase Utley
• PHP-2 Domonic Brown
• PHP-3 David Buchanan
• PHP-4 Darin Ruf
• PHP-5 Cole Hamels
• PHP-6 Ryan Howard
• PHP-7 Freddy Galvis
• PHP-8 Jonathan Papelbon
• PHP-9 Ben Revere
• PHP-10 Carlos Ruiz
• PHP-11 Cliff Lee
• PHP-12 Maikel Franco
• PHP-13 Cody Asche
• PHP-14 Jerome Williams
• PHP-15 Ken Giles
• PHP-16 Grady Sizemore
• PHP-17 Jake Diekman

Pittsburgh Pirates

• PIP-1 Andrew McCutchen
• PIP-2 A.J. Burnett
• PIP-3 Gregory Polanco
• PIP-4 Josh Harrison
• PIP-5 Starling Marte
• PIP-6 Mark Melancon
• PIP-7 Jordy Mercer
• PIP-8 Charlie Morton
• PIP-9 Neil Walker
• PIP-10 Tony Watson
• PIP-11 Vance Worley
• PIP-12 Jeff Locke
• PIP-13 Antonio Bastardo
• PIP-14 Pedro Alvarez
• PIP-15 Gerrit Cole
• PIP-16 Francisco Cervelli
• PIP-17 Francisco Liriano

St. Louis Cardinals

• SLC-1 Adam Wainwright
• SLC-2 Jon Jay
• SLC-3 Lance Lynn
• SLC-4 Jason Heyward
• SLC-5 Jhonny Peralta
• SLC-6 Trevor Rosenthal
• SLC-7 Michael Wacha
• SLC-8 Matt Carpenter
• SLC-9 Carlos Martinez
• SLC-10 Matt Holliday
• SLC-11 Yadier Molina
• SLC-12 Matt Adams
• SLC-13 Peter Bourjos
• SLC-14 John Lackey
• SLC-15 Kolten Wong
• SLC-16 Jaime Garcia
• SLC-17 Sam Freeman

San Diego Padres - Checklist posted on April 10, 2015.

• SDP-1 Matt Kemp
• SDP-2 Alexi Amarista
• SDP-3 Andrew Cashner
• SDP-4 Will Middlebrooks
• SDP-5 Jedd Gyorko
• SDP-6 Justin Upton
• SDP-7 Ian Kennedy
• SDP-8 Tommy Medica
• SDP-9 Carlos Quentin
• SDP-10 Wil Myers
• SDP-11 Rymer Liriano
• SDP-12 Cory Spangenberg
• SDP-13 Yonder Alonso
• SDP-14 Yangervis Solarte
• SDP-15 Tyson Ross
• SDP-16 Derek Norris
• SDP-17 Joaquin Benoit

San Francisco Giants

• SFG-1 Madison Bumgarner
• SFG-2 Brandon Belt
• SFG-3 Joaquin Arias
• SFG-4 Matt Cain
• SFG-5 Santiago Casilla
• SFG-6 Travis Ishikawa
• SFG-7 Brandon Crawford
• SFG-8 Joe Panik
• SFG-9 Tim Hudson
• SFG-10 Tim Lincecum
• SFG-11 Hunter Pence
• SFG-12 Buster Posey
• SFG-13 Casey McGehee
• SFG-14 Yusmeiro Petit
• SFG-15 Andrew Susac
• SFG-16 Angel Pagan
• SFG-17 Gregor Blanco

Seattle Mariners

• SM-1 Robinson Cano
• SM-2 Charlie Furbush
• SM-3 Felix Hernandez
• SM-4 Austin Jackson
• SM-5 Dominic Leone
• SM-6 Logan Morrison
• SM-7 Fernando Rodney
• SM-8 Kyle Seager
• SM-9 Chris Young
• SM-10 Mike Zunino
• SM-11 Hisashi Iwakuma
• SM-12 Dustin Ackley
• SM-13 Roenis Elias
• SM-14 Chris Taylor
• SM-15 Justin Ruggiano
• SM-16 Seth Smith
• SM-17 Nelson Cruz

Tampa Bay Rays

• TBR-1 Evan Longoria
• TBR-2 Alex Cobb
• TBR-3 David DeJesus
• TBR-4 Nick Franklin
• TBR-5 Asdrubal Cabrera
• TBR-6 James Loney
• TBR-7 Chris Archer
• TBR-8 John Jaso
• TBR-9 Desmond Jennings
• TBR-10 Rene Rivera
• TBR-11 Jake McGee
• TBR-12 Drew Smyly
• TBR-13 Steven Souza Jr.
• TBR-14 Kevin Kiermaier
• TBR-15 Brandon Guyer
• TBR-16 Matt Moore
• TBR-17 Kevin Cash

Texas Rangers

• TR-1 Yu Darvish
• TR-2 Adrian Beltre
• TR-3 Michael Choice
• TR-4 Shin-Soo Choo
• TR-5 Elvis Andrus
• TR-6 Prince Fielder
• TR-7 Anthony Ranaudo
• TR-8 Robinson Chirinos
• TR-9 Rougned Odor
• TR-10 Jurickson Profar
• TR-11 Jake Smolinski
• TR-12 Leonys Martin
• TR-13 Mitch Moreland
• TR-14 Neftali Feliz
• TR-15 Yovani Gallardo
• TR-16 Ross Detwiler
• TR-17 Nick Martinez

Toronto Blue Jays

• TBJ-1 Jose Bautista
• TBJ-2 R.A. Dickey
• TBJ-3 Edwin Encarnacion
• TBJ-4 Russell Martin
• TBJ-5 Dioner Navarro
• TBJ-6 Jose Reyes
• TBJ-7 Marco Estrada
• TBJ-8 Justin Smoak
• TBJ-9 Aaron Loup
• TBJ-10 Dalton Pompey
• TBJ-11 Drew Hutchison
• TBJ-12 Josh Donaldson
• TBJ-13 Michael Saunders
• TBJ-14 Mark Buehrle
• TBJ-15 Brett Cecil
• TBJ-16 Marcus Stroman
• TBJ-17 Aaron Sanchez

Washington Nationals

• WN-1 Bryce Harper
• WN-2 Doug Fister
• WN-3 Gio Gonzalez
• WN-4 Stephen Strasburg
• WN-5 Wilson Ramos
• WN-6 Anthony Rendon
• WN-7 Jayson Werth
• WN-8 Ryan Zimmerman
• WN-9 Jordan Zimmermann
• WN-10 Michael Taylor
• WN-11 Danny Espinosa
• WN-12 Ian Desmond
• WN-13 Denard Span
• WN-14 Max Scherzer
• WN-15 Drew Storen
• WN-16 Tanner Roark
• WN-17 Jose Lobaton

AL All-Star Team

• AL-1 Mike Trout, OF, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
• AL-2 Jose Abreu, 1B, Chicago White Sox
• AL-3 Miguel Cabrera, 1B, Detroit Tigers
• AL-4 Robinson Cano, 2B, Seattle Mariners
• AL-5 Jose Altuve, 2B, Houston Astros
• AL-6 Adrian Beltre, 3B, Texas Rangers
• AL-7 Alexei Ramirez, SS, Chicago White Sox
• AL-8 Michael Brantley, OF, Cleveland Indians
• AL-9 Salvador Perez, C, Kansas City Royals
• AL-10 Adam Jones, OF, Baltimore Orioles
• AL-11 Jose Bautista, OF, Toronto Blue Jays
• AL-12 Yoenis Cespedes, OF, Detroit Tigers
• AL-13 David Ortiz, DH, Boston Red Sox
• AL-14 Felix Hernandez, SP, Seattle Mariners
• AL-15 David Price, SP, Detroit Tigers
• AL-16 Greg Holland, RP, Kansas City Royals
• AL-17 Corey Kluber, SP, Cleveland Indians

NL All-Star Team

• NL-1 Clayton Kershaw, SP, Los Angeles Dodgers
• NL-2 Paul Goldschmidt, 1B, Arizona Diamondbacks
• NL-3 Anthony Rizzo, 1B, Chicago Cubs
• NL-4 Freddie Freeman, 1B, Atlanta Braves
• NL-5 Javier Baez, 2B, Chicago Cubs
• NL-6 Anthony Rendon, 3B, Washington Nationals
• NL-7 Troy Tulowitzki, SS, Colorado Rockies
• NL-8 Christian Yelich, OF, Miami Marlins
• NL-9 Bryce Harper, OF, Washington Nationals
• NL-10 Andrew McCutchen, OF, Pittsburgh Pirates
• NL-11 Billy Hamilton, OF, Cincinnati Reds
• NL-12 Yasiel Puig, OF, Los Angeles Dodgers
• NL-13 Giancarlo Stanton, OF Miami Marlins
• NL-14 Buster Posey, C, San Francisco Giants
• NL-15 Madison Bumgarner, SP, San Francisco Giants
• NL-16 Johnny Cueto, SP, Cincinnati Reds
• NL-17 Craig Kimbrel, RP, Atlanta Braves

Some quick notes:

• Nice to see that the All-Star Teams on both leagues consist of actual teams, with each position represented. Nice to see Chicago represented well on both sides of town.
• I don't like many of the letters used for the card numbers (really, Pittsburgh has to be PIP instead of PIT???)
• Every player listed above showed up with links in Baseball-Reference, which means there shouldn't be any typos.
• You will see lots of first cards of players with their new teams before you will see them in Series 2 or Update Series later this year, so get ready for tons of variations.
• Even though Ichiro Suzuki is no longer with the Yankees, I'm still seeing that he hasn't signed a deal with Topps. Shame. Matt "I'm-Still-Too-Good-for-Topps" Wieters doesn't appear in the checklist for the O's.

When I find info on both the Athletics and Padres (had the same issue with the Padres' team set in 2011), I'll make sure to add their checklists here.

Remember, all of these are preliminary and subject to change.

I can't wait until these sets go live. If I get all 32 of these sets, I will have ten full years of team sets in my collection. I know I'm crazy to collect EVERY SINGLE SET, but I love seeing them all grouped together in a binder.

The season couldn't start fast enough. Bring on April.

Sincerely,

JayBee Anama