⚾ Fernando Tatis Jr. 2016 Topps Bowman Prospects #BP17 Rookie RC Baseball Card PSA 10 GEM MINT — Born San Pedro de Macorís Dominican Republic, Son of Fernando Tatis Sr., Signed by Chicago White Sox at 16, Traded to San Diego Padres 2016, 2016 Topps Bowman Prospects Card Issued When He Was One of the Youngest Prospects in the Minor Leagues, Card #BP17, PSA 10 GEM MINT — The Earliest Bowman Documentation in the Fernando Tatis Jr. Collector Portfolio

Card #BP17 from the 2016 Topps Bowman Prospects series — the earliest Bowman card in the Fernando Tatis Jr. collector portfolio, issued in 2016 when he was a teenager who had just entered professional baseball and been traded from the Chicago White Sox to the San Diego Padres in the James Shields deal — graded PSA 10 GEM MINT. The 2016 Bowman Prospects (#BP) series documents current minor league prospects from all 30 MLB organizations, and the inclusion of Tatis at #BP17 in 2016 represents the earliest formal Topps prospect documentation of a player whose name the broader baseball world had not yet encountered. In 2016, Tatis was a 16-17 year old — born January 2, 1999 — working in the lower levels of the professional minor league system after being signed by the White Sox and then traded to San Diego. The Bowman Prospects scout team identified him early enough to include him at #BP17, making this card the point of origin for the entire Tatis Jr. Bowman collector arc. The 2016 Bowman Prospects #BP17 predates the 2017 Bowman Draft Defining Moments card, predates the debut, predates the $340 million contract, predates all of it. The earliest chapter in the slab. Condition: NOS.

🌟 San Pedro de Macorís — The White Sox Signing — The James Shields Trade — The San Diego Destination

Fernando Tatis Jr. was born January 2, 1999, in San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic — the city on the southeastern coast of Hispaniola that has produced an extraordinary concentration of major league shortstops across generations of Dominican baseball development. His father Fernando Tatis Sr. spent eleven seasons in the major leagues, most memorably as the player who hit two grand slams in the same inning for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1999, the year his son was born. Tatis Jr. signed with the Chicago White Sox as an international free agent in 2015, at age 16, for $700,000 — entering professional baseball at an age when most American teenagers are still deciding which college to attend. In June 2016, as part of the trade that sent pitcher James Shields from the White Sox to the Padres, Tatis Jr. was included as the prospect piece. He arrived in the Padres system as a teenager, and by mid-2016, Bowman had identified him as worthy of inclusion in the Prospects series at #BP17. The earliest Bowman document. Condition: NOS.

🏆 The 2016 BP Card — the Pre-Everything Chapter — The Collector Origin Story

The Fernando Tatis Jr. collector portfolio across Bowman products spans at least two distinct eras: the 2016 Bowman Prospects (#BP17), which is the earliest formal Bowman documentation, and the 2017 Bowman Draft Defining Moments (#BDMFT), which is the premium insert in a subsequent Bowman product focused on the defining prospect moment. The 2016 BP17 is the origin chapter — the one produced before the 2017 Defining Moments, before the debut, before the major league stardom, before the franchise-changing numbers that made him a permanent part of the Padres story. It exists as the document of what Tatis was at his earliest professional stage: a 17-year-old Dominican shortstop from San Pedro de Macorís in the Padres system, identified by Bowman scouts as a prospect worth documenting on a trading card. In PSA 10 GEM MINT, that card is preserved at the maximum condition grade. The origin story. The earliest chapter. In the slab. Verified. Condition: NOS.

📦 Item Details

Card: 2016 Topps Bowman Prospects #BP17 Fernando Tatis Jr. Rookie RC. Grade: PSA 10 GEM MINT. Format: Bowman Prospects base RC (earliest Bowman appearance in the Tatis Jr. portfolio). Set position: #BP17 (17th card in the Bowman Prospects series). Player: Fernando Tatis Jr. Born: January 2, 1999, San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic. Father: Fernando Tatis Sr. (MLB infielder). Signed by: Chicago White Sox (international FA, 2015) → traded to San Diego Padres (June 2016, James Shields trade). Age at time of card: 16-17 years old. Career: San Diego Padres (MLB debut 2019-present). Condition: NOS.

⚾⭐ San Pedro de Macorís. Dominican Republic. The shortstop factory. Fernando Tatis Sr. The two grand slams. 1999. The same year as the birth. January 2, 1999. The son. The White Sox signing. 2015. Sixteen years old. $700,000. The professional entry at 16. 2016. The James Shields trade. San Diego. The Padres system. Seventeen years old. In the minor leagues. The Bowman Prospects scout team. The evaluation. The inclusion. #BP17. 2016. The earliest Bowman document. Before the 2017 Defining Moments. Before the debut. Before the 2019 Opening Day. Before the $340 million. Before all of it. PSA 10. GEM MINT. The origin chapter of the Fernando Tatis Jr. Bowman collector portfolio. The oldest Bowman piece. In the slab. Verified.