{"product_id":"graded-2023-leaf-web-exclusives-anthony-volpe-31-anime-nation-229-rookie-rc-baseball-card-psa-10-gem-mint","title":"Graded PSA 10 Gem Mint Anthony Volpe 2023 Leaf Web Exclusives #31 Anime Nation #\/229 Rookie RC Baseball Card","description":"\u003cp\u003e⚾ \u003cstrong\u003eAnthony Volpe 2023 Leaf Web Exclusives #31 Anime Nation #\/229 Rookie Card RC PSA 10 GEM MINT — Watchung, New Jersey — Seton Hall Prep — New York Yankees Shortstop — 2023 MLB Debut — 2021 MLB Draft — Leaf Web Exclusives Anime Nation Subset — Serial Numbered #\/229 — PSA 10 Maximum Grade Certified\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⚾ Few organizations in professional sports carry the weight of history and expectation that the New York Yankees bring to every season, and Anthony Volpe arrived in the Bronx in 2023 as the organization's most anticipated shortstop prospect in years — a local New Jersey kid who had grown up in the Yankees' shadow and earned his place in their lineup through consistent production at every level of their minor league system. This 2023 Leaf Web Exclusives card, number 31 in the Anime Nation subset, serial numbered to just 229 copies and graded PSA 10 GEM MINT, is the maximum-grade certified limited-print rookie card for the Yankees' everyday shortstop — presented in the distinctive anime-illustration artistic style that Leaf has built into one of the hobby's most visually striking alternate-art card formats. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🌟 \u003cstrong\u003eWatchung, New Jersey — Seton Hall Prep — The Local Path\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnthony Volpe was born on April 28, 2001, in Watchung, New Jersey — close enough to Yankee Stadium to grow up as a fan of the team he would eventually play for professionally. He developed as a shortstop at Seton Hall Preparatory School in West Orange, New Jersey, producing the type of all-around game — bat, glove, speed — that made him one of the most coveted high school shortstops in his draft class. The Yankees selected him 30th overall in the first round of the 2021 MLB Draft, keeping one of New Jersey's best prospects within the state by connecting him to the franchise one of those prospects had grown up following. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🏟️ \u003cstrong\u003e2023 MLB Debut — New York Yankees — The Shortstop Takes Over\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnthony Volpe made his MLB debut with the New York Yankees in 2023 — arriving in the Bronx as the team's starting shortstop and immediately occupying one of the most visible positions in professional baseball at the most covered franchise in the sport. The Yankees' pipeline had prepared him well: his minor league production at each organizational level had tracked consistently enough that the path to the major league roster was a matter of when, not if, and 2023 became the year the when arrived. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e📋 \u003cstrong\u003eLeaf Web Exclusives — Anime Nation Subset — #31 — Serial #\/229\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeaf Trading Cards has built the Web Exclusives product line as a specialty format for collector-targeted alternate-art designs — with the Anime Nation subset representing one of the most visually distinctive insert concepts in baseball cards: full anime-style illustrated portraits that reimagine professional baseball players in the aesthetic vocabulary of Japanese animation. Card number 31 in the Anime Nation subset is Anthony Volpe's designated slot, serial numbered to just 229 copies — making each a genuinely limited parallel. PSA 10 GEM MINT confirms maximum condition: perfect or near-perfect corners, pristine surface, outstanding centering, and the full anime-illustration visual impact preserved at the highest condition level. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⚾⭐ Anthony Volpe. Watchung, New Jersey. The fan who became the player. Seton Hall Prep. 2021 MLB Draft. Yankees. Thirtieth overall. The development. The call-up. 2023. Yankee Stadium. Starting shortstop. The debut. Leaf Web Exclusives. Anime Nation. Card #31. Serial \/229. Limited. PSA 10. GEM MINT. Maximum grade on a limited-print anime art rookie card. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hall of Fame Sports Memorabilia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48039446053096,"sku":"2023-LWE-AV-31-ANIME-PSA-10","price":124.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/2718\/4037\/files\/graded-2023-leaf-web-exclusives-anthony-volpe-31-anime-nation-229-rookie-rc-baseball-139.webp?v=1770790930","url":"https:\/\/vintageantiquesgifts.com\/products\/graded-2023-leaf-web-exclusives-anthony-volpe-31-anime-nation-229-rookie-rc-baseball-card-psa-10-gem-mint","provider":"Vintage and Antique Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}