Coming Soon to a Store Near You...2010 Topps 17-Card Team Sets.

Since 2006, as a way to bring kids back to the Hobby, Topps began issuing Team Sets for each of the 30 MLB teams. And they could be found EVERYWHERE!!! From big box stores like Target and WalMart, to your local Supermarket, these blister packed sets contained at least 14 cards of your local team's heroes. No leafing through pack after pack to get cards of the team you root for, it's all here in easy-to-carry-to-the-register-package.

Now, in 2006, there were 14 cards in each set. And while many cards had pictures similar to those found in the 2006 base set, there were a number of cards of players who were pictured in different uniforms, had different pictures entirely, or players who were left of the base set included, meaning that they were only found in these retail only sets. These must have sold very well because in 2007 and 2008, these 14-card packages returned to store shelves. In 2009, a bonus 15th card was added to each of the sets. These bonus cards could have been of the stadium, the manager, the team mascot, a bonus player, or even a President or two.

For the record, I have been insane enough to buy not just one set, or even two. I have bought ALL 30 TEAM SETS for the last FOUR YEARS!!! That's 120 team sets, roughly 1710 cards total, that I have added to my collection. What can I say, I wanted to collect them all...

In 2010, the team sets are back. But there aren't 14 cards, not even 15 cards...but an astounding 17 CARDS IN EVERY SET!!! Seventeen players in every set. Some teams don't get 17 players in the base set nowadays. But this year, each set will include 17 players from your favorite team. Meaning that a couple of bench guys and maybe one reliever OUTSIDE of the main set-up guy, might actually show up in these blister packs.

So who's in? Last year, I took the time to include all the players found in the initial checklist. After quick debate, I thought why not do it again? It makes for one of the longest posts on the blog, but it's well worth it. So here they are again, the checklists for all 30 teams. Please remember though that these checklists, like all other previews, are subject to change.



Arizona Diamondbacks
ARI1 Justin Upton
ARI2 Edwin Jackson
ARI3 Brandon Allen
ARI4 Kelly Johnson
ARI5 Eric Byrnes
ARI6 Stephen Drew
ARI7 Chris Young
ARI8 Chad Tracy
ARI9 Gerardo Parra
ARI10 Mark Reynolds
ARI11 Ryan Roberts
ARI12 Dan Haren
ARI13 Brandon Webb
ARI14 Miguel Montero
ARI15 Conor Jackson
ARI16 Augie Ojeda
ARI17 Chad Qualls

Atlanta Braves
ATL1 Chipper Jones
ATL2 Troy Glaus
ATL3 Takashi Saito
ATL4 Nate McLouth
ATL5 Kenshin Kawakami
ATL6 Jair Jurrjens
ATL7 Brian McCann
ATL8 Yunel Escobar
ATL9 Jordan Schafer
ATL10 Melky Cabrera
ATL11 Tommy Hanson
ATL12 Kris Medlen
ATL13 Matt Diaz
ATL14 Martin Prado
ATL15 Tim Hudson
ATL16 Derek Lowe
ATL17 Billy Wagner

Baltimore Orioles
BAL1 Adam Jones
BAL2 Luke Scott
BAL3 Nick Markakis
BAL4 Ty Wigginton
BAL5 David Hernandez
BAL6 Jeremy Guthrie
BAL7 Brian Roberts
BAL8 Cesar Izturis
BAL9 Felix Pie
BAL10 Nolan Reimold
BAL11 Koji Uehara
BAL12 Chris Tillman
BAL13 Mike Gonzalez
BAL14 Kevin Millwood
BAL15 Garrett Atkins
BAL16 Brad Bergesen
BAL17 Cla Meredith

Boston Red Sox
BOS1 Dustin Pedroia
BOS2 Victor Martinez
BOS3 Jonathan Papelbon
BOS4 Kevin Youkilis
BOS5 John Lackey
BOS6 Clay Buchholz
BOS7 Tim Wakefield
BOS8 Adrian Beltre
BOS9 Jason Varitek
BOS10 Josh Beckett
BOS11 J.D. Drew
BOS12 David Ortiz
BOS13 Jacoby Ellsbury
BOS14 Jon Lester
BOS15 Daisuke Matsuzaka
BOS16 Daniel Bard
BOS17 Marco Scutaro

Chicago Cubs
CHC1 Alfonso Soriano
CHC2 Ted Lilly
CHC3 Kevin Gregg
CHC4 Ryan Dempster
CHC5 Mike Fontenot
CHC6 Jeff Samardzija
CHC7 Jeff Baker
CHC8 Ryan Theriot
CHC9 Tyler Colvin
CHC10 Kosuke Fukudome
CHC11 Geovany Soto
CHC12 Carlos Marmol
CHC13 Derrek Lee
CHC14 Aramis Ramirez
CHC15 Carlos Zambrano
CHC16 Randy Wells
CHC17 Marlon Byrd

Chicago White Sox
CWS1 Gordon Beckham
CWS2 Alexei Ramirez
CWS3 Bobby Jenks
CWS4 Alex Rios
CWS5 Juan Pierre
CWS6 Tyler Flowers
CWS7 Mark Teahen
CWS8 Daniel Hudson
CWS9 Mark Buehrle
CWS10 Gavin Floyd
CWS11 Jake Peavy
CWS12 A.J. Pierzynski
CWS13 Paul Konerko
CWS14 John Danks
CWS15 Carlos Quentin
CWS16 Omar Vizquel
CWS17 Andruw Jones


Cincinnati Reds
CIN1 Joey Votto
CIN2 Johnny Cueto
CIN3 Brandon Phillips
CIN4 Homer Bailey
CIN5 Willy Taveras
CIN6 Drew Stubbs
CIN7 Francisco Cordero
CIN8 Micah Owings
CIN9 Chris Dickerson
CIN10 Scott Rolen
CIN11 Edinson Volquez
CIN12 Aaron Harang
CIN13 Bronson Arroyo
CIN14 Jay Bruce
CIN15 Wladimir Balentien
CIN16 Paul Janish
CIN17 Ramon Hernandez

Cleveland Indians
CLE1 Grady Sizemore
CLE2 Asdrubal Cabrera
CLE3 Michael Brantley
CLE4 Matt LaPorta
CLE5 Kerry Wood
CLE6 Chris Perez
CLE7 Carlos Carrasco
CLE8 Shin-Soo Choo
CLE9 Jhonny Peralta
CLE10 Fausto Carmona
CLE11 Travis Hafner
CLE12 Aaron Laffey
CLE13 Jake Westbrook
CLE14 Trevor Crowe
CLE15 Justin Masterson
CLE16 Luis Valbuena
CLE17 David Huff

Colorado Rockies
COL1 Troy Tulowitzki
COL2 Eric Young Jr.
COL3 Jhoulys Chacin
COL4 Ian Stewart
COL5 Dexter Fowler
COL6 Chris Iannetta
COL7 Hudson Street
COL8 Carlos Gonzalez
COL9 Todd Helton
COL10 Jorge De La Rosa
COL11 Jason Hammel
COL12 Brad Hawpe
COL13 Ubaldo Jimenez
COL14 Aaron Cook
COL15 Jeff Francis
COL16 Seth Smith
COL17 Clint Barmes

Detroit Tigers
DET1 Miguel Cabrera
DET2 Jarrod Washburn
DET3 Clete Thomas
DET4 Rick Porcello
DET5 Brandon Inge
DET6 Nate Robertson
DET7 Magglio Ordonez
DET8 Jeremy Bonderman
DET9 Marcus Thames
DET10 Wilkin Ramirez
DET11 Phil Coke
DET12 Justin Verlander
DET13 Joel Zumaya
DET14 Robinson Diaz
DET15 Carlos Guillen
DET16 Max Scherzer
DET17 Daniel Schiereth

Florida Marlins
FLA1 Hanley Ramirez
FLA2 Gaby Sanchez
FLA3 Josh Johnson
FLA4 Chris Coghlan
FLA5 Ricky Nolasco
FLA6 Leo Nunez
FLA7 John Baker
FLA8 Emilio Bonifacio
FLA9 Cameron Maybin
FLA10 Jorge Cantu
FLA11 Andrew Miller
FLA12 Anibal Sanchez
FLA13 Chris Volstad
FLA14 Cody Ross
FLA15 Dan Uggla
FLA16 Sean West
FLA17 Ronny Paulino

Houston Astros
HOU1 Lance Berkman
HOU2 Pedro Feliz
HOU3 Jeff Keppinger
HOU4 Tommy Manzella
HOU5 Brett Myers
HOU6 J.R. Towles
HOU7 Yorman Bazardo
HOU8 Michael Bourn
HOU9 Kazuo Matsui
HOU10 Roy Oswalt
HOU11 Wandy Rodriguez
HOU12 Bud Norris
HOU13 Carlos Lee
HOU14 Hunter Pence
HOU15 Jason Michaels
HOU16 Brandon Lyon
HOU17 Matt Lindstrom


Kansas City Royals
KCR1 Zack Greinke
KCR2 Billy Butler
KCR3 Chris Getz
KCR4 Jose Guillen
KCR5 David DeJesus
KCR6 Alberto Callaspo
KCR7 Gil Meche
KCR8 Brian Bannister
KCR9 Kyle Davies
KCR10 Luke Hochever
KCR11 Joakim Soria
KCR12 Scott Podsednik
KCR13 Yuniesky Betancourt
KCR14 Alex Gordon
KCR15 Robinson Tejeda
KCR16 Jason Kendall
KCR17 Slugger

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
LAA1 Torii Hunter
LAA2 Joe Saunders
LAA3 Howie Kendrick
LAA4 Bobby Abreu
LAA5 Kendry Morales
LAA6 Gary Matthews Jr.
LAA7 Brandon Wood
LAA8 Juan Rivera
LAA9 Scott Kazmir
LAA10 Erick Aybar
LAA11 Mike Napoli
LAA12 Ervin Santana
LAA13 Jered Weaver
LAA14 Brian Fuentes
LAA15 Hideki Matsui
LAA16 Matt Palmer
LAA17 Jeff Mathis

Los Angeles Dodgers
LAD1 Manny Ramirez
LAD2 James Loney
LAD3 Ronald Belisario
LAD4 Clayton Kershaw
LAD5 Jonathan Broxton
LAD6 Casey Blake
LAD7 Matt Kemp
LAD8 Andre Ethier
LAD9 Ronnie Belliard
LAD10 Chad Billingsley
LAD11 Russell Martin
LAD12 Rafael Furcal
LAD13 George Sherrill
LAD14 Hiroki Kuroda
LAD15 Mark Loretta
LAD16 Hong-Chih Kuo
LAD17 Blake DeWitt

Milwaukee Brewers
MIL1 Ryan Braun
MIL2 Jody Gerut
MIL3 Gregg Zaun
MIL4 Craig Counsell
MIL5 Rickie Weeks
MIL6 Mat Gamel
MIL7 Prince Fielder
MIL8 Felipe Lopez
MIL9 Jeff Suppan
MIL10 Yovani Gallardo
MIL11 Casey McGehee
MIL12 Corey Hart
MIL13 Trevor Hoffman
MIL14 Carlos Gomez
MIL15 Alcides Escobar
MIL16 Randy Wolf
MIL17 Manny Parra

Minnesota Twins
MIN1 Joe Mauer
MIN2 Pat Neshek
MIN3 Anthony Swarzak
MIN4 J.J. Hardy
MIN5 Scott Baker
MIN6 Denard Span
MIN7 Jason Kubel
MIN8 Carl Pavano
MIN9 Joe Nathan
MIN10 Nick Blackburn
MIN11 Michael Cuddyer
MIN12 Glen Perkins
MIN13 Delmon Young
MIN14 Nick Punto
MIN15 Francisco Liriano
MIN16 Alexi Casilla
MIN17 Justin Morneau

New York Mets
NYM1 David Wright
NYM2 Jon Niese
NYM3 Carlos Delgado
NYM4 Luis Castillo
NYM5 Jeff Francoeur
NYM6 Daniel Murphy
NYM7 John Maine
NYM8 Fernando Martinez
NYM9 Francisco Rodriguez
NYM10 Mike Pelfrey
NYM11 Angel Pagan
NYM12 Jose Reyes
NYM13 Johan Santana
NYM14 Omir Santos
NYM15 Carlos Beltran
NYM16 Josh Thole
NYM17 Jason Bay


New York Yankees
NYY1 Mark Teixeira
NYY2 Javier Vazquez
NYY3 C.C. Sabathia
NYY4 Phil Hughes
NYY5 Brett Gardner
NYY6 Andy Pettitte
NYY7 Mickey Mantle
NYY8 Nick Swisher
NYY9 Robinson Cano
NYY10 A.J. Burnett
NYY11 Joba Chamberlain
NYY12 Mariano Rivera
NYY13 Jorge Posada
NYY14 Derek Jeter
NYY15 Alex Rodriguez
NYY16 Curtis Granderson
NYY17 Nick Johnson

Oakland Athletics
OAK1 Kurt Suzuki
OAK2 Eric Chavez
OAK3 Gio Gonzalez
OAK4 Mark Ellis
OAK5 Ryan Sweeney
OAK6 Brett Anderson
OAK7 Kevin Kouzmanoff
OAK8 Andrew Bailey
OAK9 Justin Duchscherer
OAK10 Travis Buck
OAK11 Trevor Cahill
OAK12 Vin Mazzaro
OAK13 Josh Outman
OAK14 Rajai Davis
OAK15 Cliff Pennington
OAK16 Coco Crisp
OAK17 Jack Cust

Philadelphia Phillies
PHI1 Ryan Howard
PHI2 Joe Blanton
PHI3 Carlos Riuz
PHI4 Shane Victorino
PHI5 J.A. Happ
PHI6 Cole Hamels
PHI7 Roy Halladay
PHI8 Chase Utley
PHI9 John Mayberry
PHI10 Ben Francisco
PHI11 Jayson Werth
PHI12 Brad Lidge
PHI13 Jimmy Rollins
PHI14 Raul Ibanez
PHI15 Ryan Madson
PHI16 Placido Polanco
PHI17 J.C. Romero

Pittsburgh Pirates
PIT1 Andrew McCutchen
PIT2 Ryan Doumit
PIT3 Garrett Jones
PIT4 Neil Walker
PIT5 Ross Ohlendorf
PIT6 Bobby Crosby
PIT7 Zach Duke
PIT8 Kevin Hart
PIT9 Ronny Cedeno
PIT10 Daniel McCutchen
PIT11 Lastings Milledge
PIT12 Jason Jaramillo
PIT13 Andy LaRoche
PIT14 Delwyn Young
PIT15 Akinori Iwamura
PIT16 Steve Pearce
PIT17 Paul Maholm

St. Louis Cardinals
STL1 Albert Pujols
STL2 Ryan Franklin
STL3 Skip Schumaker
STL4 Kyle Lohse
STL5 Tyler Greene
STL6 Colby Rasmus
STL7 Jason LaRue
STL8 Adam Wainwright
STL9 Matt Holliday
STL10 Julio Lugo
STL11 Chris Carpenter
STL12 Ryan Ludwick
STL13 Jason Motte
STL14 Yadier Molina
STL15 Brendan Ryan
STL16 Todd Wellemeyer
STL17 David Freese

San Diego Padres
SDP1 Adrian Gonzalez
SDP2 Aaron Poreda
SDP3 Kyle Blanks
SDP4 Tony Gwynn Jr.
SDP5 Kevin Correia
SDP6 Mat Latos
SDP7 Will Venable
SDP8 David Eckstein
SDP9 Chase Headley
SDP10 Chris Young
SDP11 Everth Cabrera
SDP12 Luis Durango
SDP13 Scott Hairston
SDP14 Nick Hundley
SDP15 Heath Bell
SDP16 Clayton Richard
SDP17 Tim Stauffer


San Francisco Giants
SFG1 Tim Lincecum
SFG2 Jonathan Sanchez
SFG3 Pablo Sandoval
SFG4 Barry Zito
SFG5 Juan Uribe
SFG6 Bengie Molina
SFG7 Madison Bumgarner
SFG8 Edgar Renteria
SFG9 Aubrey Huff
SFG10 Mark DeRosa
SFG11 Freddy Sanchez
SFG12 Buster Posey
SFG13 Brian Wilson
SFG14 Fred Lewis
SFG15 Matt Cain
SFG16 Travis Ishikawa
SFG17 Nate Schierholtz

Seattle Mariners
SEA1 Ken Griffey Jr
SEA2 Michael Saunders
SEA3 Jack Wilson
SEA4 Milton Bradley
SEA5 Ryan Langerhans
SEA6 Josh Bard
SEA7 Ichiro Suzuki
SEA8 Casey Kotchman
SEA9 Ian Snell
SEA10 David Aardsma
SEA11 Felix Hernandez
SEA12 Jose Lopez
SEA13 Franklin Gutierrez
SEA14 Ryan Rowland-Smith
SEA15 Cliff Lee
SEA16 Chone Figgins
SEA17 Adam Moore

Tampa Bay Rays
TBR1 Evan Longoria
TBR2 Wade Davis
TBR3 James Shields
TBR4 Andy Sonnanstine
TBR5 Ben Zobrist
TBR6 Jeff Niemann
TBR7 Jason Bartlett
TBR8 David Price
TBR9 Gabe Gross
TBR10 J.P. Howell
TBR11 Carl Crawford
TBR12 Matt Garza
TBR13 B.J. Upton
TBR14 Dioner Navarro
TBR15 Carlos Pena
TBR16 Kelly Shoppach
TBR17 Rafael Soriano

Texas Rangers
TEX1 Ian Kinsler
TEX2 Elvis Andrus
TEX3 Brandon McCarthy
TEX4 Neftali Feliz
TEX5 Chris Davis
TEX6 Nelson Cruz
TEX7 Jarrod Saltalamacchia
TEX8 Josh Hamilton
TEX9 Rich Harden
TEX10 Vladimir Guerrero
TEX11 Frank Francisco
TEX12 Derek Holland
TEX13 Michael Young
TEX14 Scott Feldman
TEX15 Taylor Teagarden
TEX16 David Murphy
TEX17 Tommy Hunter

Toronto Blue Jays
TOR1 Aaron Hill
TOR2 Lyle Overbay
TOR3 John McDonald
TOR4 Ricky Romero
TOR5 Edwin Encarnacion
TOR6 Scott Downs
TOR7 Alex Gonzalez
TOR8 Vernon Wells
TOR9 Brett Cecil
TOR10 Brandon Morrow
TOR11 Dustin McGowan
TOR12 David Purcey
TOR13 Marc Rzepczynski
TOR14 Adam Lind
TOR15 Jose Bautista
TOR16 Travis Snider
TOR17 Scott Richmond

Washington Nationals
WAS1 Ryan Zimmerman
WAS2 Garrett Mock
WAS3 Jason Marquis
WAS4 Craig Stamman
WAS5 John Lannan
WAS6 Josh Willingham
WAS7 Nyjer Morgan
WAS8 Ivan Rodriguez
WAS9 Shairon Martis
WAS10 Adam Dunn
WAS11 Ian Desmond
WAS12 Cristian Guzman
WAS13 Matt Capps
WAS14 Jordan Zimmermann
WAS15 Elijah Dukes
WAS16 Jesus Flores
WAS17 Scott Olsen

Wow, that was a lot. Now, I have a source that can get me all 30 sets for under $100.00? Where? I'm not saying. That's my secret. But as soon as I get the funds together, I'm making a phone call to the place I bought the stuff last year. I'm looking forward to these cards. Can't wait to see what they look like. Some surprises along the way (Mickey Mantle...REALLY??? And what's the deal with the Royals??? They couldn't get 17 guys together that they had to use the MASCOT???)

I hope putting these checklists online helps you decide to go out and get a team set, or two, or thirty.

Happy Hunting!!!

Sincerely,

JayBee Anama