Graded 2017 Topps Update Throwing Aaron Judge #US166 Rookie RC Baseball Card PSA 9 Mint

⚾ 2017 Topps Update Aaron Judge #US166 Throwing Rookie RC Baseball Card PSA 9 Mint – The PSA 9 Mint Topps Update Rookie Card of Aaron Judge in the Distinctive Throwing Image Variant, the New York Yankees Outfielder Whose 2017 Season Produced the Most Celebrated Debut by a Positional Player in Recent Baseball Memory and Who Went On to Shatter the American League Home Run Record in 2022, Certified Near-Perfect by Professional Sports Authenticator

⚾ The 2017 Topps Update series extends the base Topps set with additional cards released during the season, and #US166 in the Update set is Aaron Judge's Topps Update rookie card – the specific documentation in the Update product that captures his image in the “throwing” photo variant. The throwing image distinguishes this card from the batting-pose versions of Judge's rookie documentation, offering collectors a different visual representation of the player at the moment of his first professional baseball season. PSA 9 Mint is the second-highest grade Professional Sports Authenticator assigns – a certified near-perfect specimen that places this copy in the premium tier of available examples from the 2017 Update set. 🌟

⚾ What Aaron Judge did in 2017 redefined expectations for what a first-year player could accomplish in Major League Baseball. His home run output through the first half of the season set the Home Run Derby record, his statistics through the full year produced the 2017 AL Rookie of the Year Award, and his presence at the plate as one of the most physically imposing hitters the sport had seen in years created a level of national attention for a first-year player that had not been seen since the days of the most celebrated debut seasons in history. Five years later, in 2022, he broke the American League home run record with 62 – surpassing Roger Maris' 1961 mark that had stood for six decades and cementing his place in the history of the game in a way that his 2017 rookie year had first suggested was possible. The 2017 Topps Update #US166 Throwing PSA 9 Mint is the near-perfect-grade specimen of his rookie year Topps documentation in the Update set. ⭐

⚾ Aaron Judge. Outfielder. New York Yankees. 2017 AL Rookie of the Year. 2022 AL MVP. American League Home Run Record Holder (62 HR). 2017 Topps Update #US166 Throwing Rookie RC. PSA 9 Mint. Collectible Trading Cards. Hall of Fame Sports. Condition: NOS.

⚾ 2017 Topps Update Aaron Judge #US166 Throwing Rookie RC PSA 9 Mint. Hall of Fame Sports. Condition: NOS.