CHRONICLING THE GAME

2022 PANINI CHRONICLES BASEBALL

Each year Panini offers up a solid mix of baseball releases. However, it’s not nearly as many as basketball and football where they hold exclusive rights. Enter 2022 Panini Chronicles Baseball, a release that has smalland medium-sized doses from over a dozen brands in Panini’s portfolio.

As usual, that means different types of designs, different card builds and a variety of materials. Despite the varied approach, hits are a traditional assortment with three autographs and one memorabilia card expected in every hobby box.

Both standard and high-end brands are included on the master 2022 Chronicles Baseball checklist. Some of the lines collectors will find include:

• Clearly Donruss

• Contenders

• Contenders Optic

• Essentials

• Marquee

• Obsidian

• Origins

• Spectra

• Titan

• Vertex

Along with the brands comes different styles of cards. Chromium, acetate and holoboard are all here along with more traditional double-sided glossy stock.

Rookies and up-and-comers figure prominently in the autographs. Spectra brings Prospect Jersey Autographs using premium chrome stock.

Origins Rookie Jumbo Material Autographs are a staple for the brand, particularly in football. Œey make the jump over to baseball in Chronicles.

Rookie Ticket Autographs, a Contenders cornerstone for decades in the hobby, find a home here.

1st Off the Line boxes are the exclusive home to Obsidian Autographs Electric Etch

Orange cards.

As for non-hits, Spectra comes with a large 100-card checklist. Hobby packs are the only place to find Meta parallels of these.

For those hunting for acetate, there’s Clearly Donruss Rated Rookies. More than 20 first-year players make the cut.

Some of the brands are making their Chronicles Baseball debuts. Œese include Essentials, Marquee and Vertex.

Like most Panini products from the last few years, there are tough short-print inserts. Here, it’s Gold Rush, which falls under the Contenders Optic line.