2020 Bowman Draft 1st Edition Baseball Forum

The 2020 Bowman Draft 1st Edition baseball set is listed in the baseball Draft category. However, the 2020 Bowman Draft set itself is listed in the Major Releases category. They are the same 200 cards in each set as far as I can see. Which category is correct?

I am currently working with Admin for guidance to clear up what constitutes a "Draft" set vs. "Major Release" for baseball so that we can clean this particular issue up (not just with Bowman Draft, but with other similar sets like Pro Set, Leaf, etc.).

Let's not forget the the 1st Edition version is also an On Demand set and should maybe be listed as such.

The Draft category isn't used as much in Baseball as the other three major sports and is for sets of players that have been drafted but aren't in the pros yet. It's more for Basketball and Football, but there are a few examples like Bowman Draft, Leaf Draft or Panini Elite Extra Edition. It's more of a continuation of the College category, where College is only school sets or sets of players available in an upcoming draft that haven't been drafted yet (there's no reference to any pro team drafting them), while Draft would be sets still showing them in college uniforms but the name contains "Draft" or the cards have "Drafted by: " somewhere on the back.

They aren't "wearing" pro uniforms, the uniforms the players are shown in are airbrushed on by Topps. Underneath are their amateur uniforms or minor league ones at worst. Bowman Draft really does belong in, at least, the Minor League section or Draft.  

2022 Bowman Draft #BD-22 Allan Cerda | Trading Card Database (tcdb.com)

Edit: If I remember correctly, Topps has an exemption to show them in the Major League uniforms.

BigEd76 wrote:

The Draft category isn't used as much in Baseball as the other three major sports and is for sets of players that have been drafted but aren't in the pros yet. It's more for Basketball and Football, but there are a few examples like Bowman Draft, Leaf Draft or Panini Elite Extra Edition. It's more of a continuation of the College category, where College is only school sets or sets of players available in an upcoming draft that haven't been drafted yet (there's no reference to any pro team drafting them), while Draft would be sets still showing them in college uniforms but the name contains "Draft" or the cards have "Drafted by: " somewhere on the back.

I thought the MLBPA/MLB rule was only players that have played in a MLB game can be in the base set of a Major (MLB) Release.  Any of the Bowman sets with minor leaguers/college players in the base set, by definition, can't be a Major Release.