Graded 2024 Topps Bowman Chrome Leo De Vries #23 1999 25th Anniversary Rookie RC Baseball Card PSA 10 Gem Mint

⚾ Graded 2024 Topps Bowman Chrome Leo De Vries #23 1999 25th Anniversary Rookie RC Baseball Card — PSA 10 GEM MINT — Athletics Organization — Azua, Dominican Republic — The Throwback Design That Honors a Landmark Set

⚾ Leo De Vries signed with the San Diego Padres in January 2024 for a $4.2 million bonus — the highest bonus given to a Dominican prospect that international signing period — and rose so quickly through the minor leagues that by the 2025 trade deadline he was MLB's third-ranked overall prospect, the centerpiece the Athletics insisted on when they sent closer Mason Miller and left-hander JP Sears to San Diego in one of the most stunning trades of the year. The 2024 Topps Bowman Chrome #23 1999 25th Anniversary Rookie RC graded PSA 10 GEM MINT captures De Vries during his time as the game's most talked-about teenage shortstop prospect, produced in a throwback design honoring the 25th anniversary of the original 1999 Bowman Chrome set. Condition: NOS.

🇩🇴 Azua, Dominican Republic — Dutch Heritage, Dominican Roots

🇩🇴 Leodalis De Vries was born on October 11, 2006, in Azua, Dominican Republic, and carries Dutch heritage through his grandparents that makes him eligible to represent the Netherlands internationally — a Dominican-Dutch shortstop whose switch-hitting bat and shortstop actions made him the consensus top international prospect available in the 2024 signing class. Condition: NOS.

📅 1999 Bowman Chrome — The Set That Changed Everything

📅 The 1999 Bowman Chrome set was the product that established the chrome-technology format as the premier environment for baseball prospect cards — the first year Bowman Chrome existed as a separate, dedicated product rather than a parallel within the standard Bowman set. The chrome finish applied to the card stock in the 1999 edition produced a visual quality and tactile premium that the baseball card market immediately embraced, and the combination of prospect content and chrome technology became the definitive formula for the hobby's most coveted modern baseball cards. Condition: NOS.

🏆 From San Diego to Sacramento — A Blockbuster Trade

🏆 De Vries rose to become the Padres' top-ranked prospect before the Athletics acquired him at the 2025 trade deadline as the headline piece in a deal for reliever Mason Miller and starter JP Sears — a trade widely regarded as one of the most significant prospect-for-established-talent swaps of the year, given to a player that Baseball America ranked as the third-best prospect in all of baseball at the time. Condition: NOS.

🎨 25th Anniversary Throwback Design — Then and Now

🎨 The 25th Anniversary tribute design reproduces the visual architecture of the 1999 Bowman Chrome set — the specific color scheme, font choices, image framing, and overall card layout — and applies it to a 2024 prospect, creating a card that simultaneously documents the current moment and pays tribute to the historical set that made it possible. Condition: NOS.

🔬 PSA 10 GEM MINT — Certified Perfect Condition

🔬 PSA 10 GEM MINT is the highest grade in the Professional Sports Authenticator scale — perfect centering, four completely sharp corners, clean edges, and a pristine surface free of any defects. The PSA slab permanently encapsulates the card and carries a certification number verifiable in PSA's online population database. Condition: NOS.

⚾✨ Leo De Vries. Azua, Dominican Republic. Signed by San Diego Padres, 2024, $4.2M bonus. Traded to the Athletics, 2025. Top-ranked prospect in baseball. 2024 Topps Bowman Chrome #23 1999 25th Anniversary Rookie RC. PSA 10 GEM MINT. Condition: NOS.