Revision as of 21:12, 12 February 2016

Description

2004 Hot Prospects Draft is a 120-card set released by Fleer in November, 2004.

In late 2004, the MLBPA, granted Donruss-Playoff, Fleer, and Upper Deck a one-time exemption to their licensing agreement that allowing each to produce a set featuring prospects, draft picks, and other non-union players. These exempt products were designed to compete with Topps' long-established Bowman Draft Picks & Prospects brand. Hot Prospect Draft was Fleer's exempted product.

The last 60 cards in the base set are short-printed and serial-numbered. Cards 61-70 and 112 and 113 make up the "Hot Prospects" subset and are serial-numbered to 1000 copies. Cards 71-111 and 114-120 are the "Signature Selections" and are all serial-numbered to 299 copies.

Collectors should be advised that a number of cards including Yadier Molina's RC (#112) packed out as redemptions, which, for all intents and purposes, expired during Fleer's 2005 bankruptcy.

Distribution

Hobby: 15 packs per box, five cards per pack (MSRP: $8.50). 12 boxes per case.

Retail: 24 packs per box, six cards per pack (MSRP: $3). 20 boxes per case.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	120	-	?	?
short set	60	-	?	?
Hot Prospects	12	1000	1:15	1:120
Signature Selections	48	299	1:9	1:990
Red Hot	70	150	P	P
Red Hot Signature Selections	48	25	P	P
White Hot	118	one-of-one	P	P
Rewind	30	-	1:5	1:5
Tandems	15	-	1:15	1:15
MLB Hot Materials	40	325	AU-GU	AU-GU
MLB Hot Materials Red Hot	40	50	AU-GU	AU-GU
MLB Hot Materials White Hot	40	one-of-one	AU-GU	AU-GU
Rewind Jersey	30	varies	AU-GU	AU-GU
Rewind Jersey Red Hot	30	10	AU-GU	AU-GU
Rewind Jersey White Hot	30	one-of-one	AU-GU	AU-GU
Rewind Patch	30	varies	AU-GU	AU-GU
Rewind Patch Red Hot	30	5	AU-GU	AU-GU
Rewind Patch White Hot	30	one-of-one	AU-GU	AU-GU
Double Team Jersey	19	100	AU-GU	AU-GU
Double Team Jersey Red Hot	19	25	AU-GU	AU-GU
Double Team Jersey White Hot	19	one-of-one	AU-GU	AU-GU
Double Team Patch	19	50	AU-GU	AU-GU
Double Team Patch Red Hot	19	10	AU-GU	AU-GU
Double Team Patch White Hot	19	one-of-one	AU-GU	AU-GU
Double Team Autograph Patch Red Hot	7	22	AU-GU	AU-GU
Double Team Autograph Patch White Hot	7	one-of-one	AU-GU	AU-GU
Past Present Future Autograph	18	33	AU-GU	AU-GU
Past Present Future Autograph Red Hot	18	3	AU-GU	AU-GU
Past Present Future Autograph White Hot	18	one-of-one	AU-GU	AU-GU
Alumni Ink	3	15	AU-GU	AU-GU
Alumni Ink Red Hot	3	5	AU-GU	AU-GU
Alumni Ink White Hot	3	one-of-one	AU-GU	AU-GU

P: Odds of finding a parallel: 1:15/Hobby packs
AU-GU: Odds of finding an autograph or game-used card: 1:12/Hobby packs, 1:24/retail packs

Checklist

Base Set

Hot Prospects

Each Hot Prospect is serial-numbered to 1000 copies.

Signature Selections

Each Signature Selection is autographed and serial-numbered to 299 copies.

Parallels

Inserts

Autographs & Game-Used

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