Night Owl Cards

I received an email from Topps' media representative yesterday, Susan Lulgjuraj, otherwise known as "Sooz" to us collectors on Twitter and before that one-half of the dearly missed "A Cardboard Problem" blog. She's moved on to promoting Topps' initiatives while I'm still here blogging, often trying to figure out what the heck Topps is doing. Anyway, the email was an alert that Topps was going to announce its annual All-Star Rookie Cup team on the MLB Network at the ungodly hour of 9 a.m. I yawned a little night owl yawn and made a note to look up the team at a more reasonable time. Today's announced team includes the soon-to-be-named rookie of the year, Cody Bellinger. I've read a couple of assumptions that this means that Bellinger will feature a rookie cup in Topps' 2018 flagship set. But 2016 All-Star Rookie Cup member Tommy Joseph is still waiting for his rookie cup so nothing is automatic. If Bellinger does get his rookie ...