General Forum

Okay, I get it. One is the set of Prospect cards for Bowman Chrome. And one is the Chrome version of the Prospect cards for the Bowman base set. 

But... WHY?? I don't understand what Bowman's thinking is with these two redundant sets year after year. Can someone please explain to me the thinking behind these sets and why Bowman doesn't just change the name of the set or the card design or something. This all seems needlessly confusing. 

(Also see "Bowman Draft" vs. "Bowman Draft Picks and Prospects") 

100% agree, especially considering there's usually considerable overlap between the checklists. If they were entirely different, I could see it, I guess, but yeah, it's been confusing to the casual collector for a while.

Painful, yes, but there is reasoning behind both sets. The Bowman Chrome - Prospects (#151-250) is a continuation of the Bowman - Chrome Prospects (#1-150) set. So not 2 distinct sets, but one set across two different releases.

As for Bowman Draft, they shortened the name to make it easier. Who kept want to use "Bowman Draft Picks and Prospects". Have you seen some of the crazy card numbers that led to BDPP-XXX to start.

Whenever I have to input a prospect card from a Bowman set, I just go straight to the player's page and filter by number. I give up quick.

Yeah forget even trying to sort them for storage. Mine are all lumped together 

I agree. Whenever I think I finally have it figured out and go straight to a set, I end up wasting 10 minutes looking around before finally remembering, “just go to the player page dummy.”  Bowman hates us all!

How is anyone supposed to sort these without a database? These feel like some few sets that would actually need checklists.