What is going to be Tanaka's first card? First auto?

D-Lite · Jan 24, 2014

It's going to be an absolute frenzy when it hits, so the only question is what's the product? Topps Series I? Probably too soon. I have to assume they'll try to capitalize on the madness and have him in Bowman with autos. Guess I'll have to suck it up and dive in on that train.

EDIT: I should obviously add "...in a Yankee uniform", airbrushed or not.

rsmath · Jan 24, 2014

Since Topps has a big O over anything Yankees, I bet the first Tanaka release will be a 100 card set called "Tanaka - Yankee Great" featuring Tanaka in photos from childhood little league through NPB and to his Yankee signing day. Auto may be inserted one in every 50 sets.

ekuhockey13 · Jan 24, 2014

His first auto...sticker auto or on card auto ? I'm going with sticker boooo..

And I bet he has 3 or 4 years with topps as a rookie card like they did Harper..
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djrulz · Jan 24, 2014

His first auto in a yanks uni is going to be a redemption that goes unfulfilled.

rsmath · Jan 24, 2014

I forgot to add his first gimmick will be 2014 Topps Series 2 - the SP variation will depict his intrepreter talking to him on the mound.

NE12BC12 · Jan 24, 2014

I think it will be a dual auto with Matsuzaka......hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

DaClyde · Jan 24, 2014

rsmath said:
Since Topps has a big O over anything Yankees, I bet the first Tanaka release will be a 100 card set called "Tanaka - Yankee Great" featuring Tanaka in photos from childhood little league through NPB and to his Yankee signing day. Auto may be inserted one in every 50 sets.

While that would be a bit of a stretch, I would LOVE to see some Topps cards of recent Japanese imports still in their NPB uniforms with the old "Now with..." text on the front. But of course Topps would have to work out licensing deals with the companies that own the NPB teams. I really wish some company would do a yearly set of star players from Taiwan, Korea and Japan that are likely to sign in the US in the near future. Would be a nice way to introduce them to the US market.

Wrigley · Jan 24, 2014

Possibly, he could go the way of Kosuke Fukudome and never have a certified MLB autograph. I've never heard why Fukudome never had a certified autograph from his MLB days. Does anyone know?

madbull34 · Jan 24, 2014

Wrigley said:
Possibly, he could go the way of Kosuke Fukudome and never have a certified MLB autograph. I've never heard why Fukudome never had a certified autograph from his MLB days. Does anyone know?

Kuroda's never had certified autos either. I suppose they refuse to sign auto contracts with Topps?

BBCgalaxee · Jan 24, 2014

djrulz said:
His first auto in a yanks uni is going to be a redemption that goes unfulfilled.

I'll finish your sentence:

His first auto in a yanks uni is going to be a redemption that gets exchanged for a Jeff nieman autograph.

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ekuhockey13 · Jan 24, 2014

Hahaha so true ^^^^^^^^

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sportscardtheory · Jan 24, 2014

Hopefully Brian Gray is working on an exclusive deal with Tanaka and he will never have a licensed ML auto card.

hehehe

vwnut13 · Jan 24, 2014

sportscardtheory said:
Hopefully Brian Gray is working on an exclusive deal with Tanak and he will never have a licensed ML auto card.

hehehe

Damn, you beat me to it!

allstars · Jan 24, 2014

Hopefully Topps gets him into 14 Bowman somehow, but Bowman Platinum's looking pretty strong for his 1st autos.

D-Lite · Jan 24, 2014

Was Darvish's first auto 2012 Archives?

BBCgalaxee · Jan 24, 2014

Sssssssp in heritage is first card.

Tribute first auto.

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