REFRACTOR PARALLEL - NOT THE BASE CHROME

This is the Refractor, the first tier above base chrome in the Bowman Draft Chrome rainbow. It is confirmed by the REFRACTOR designation printed on the card back, not inferred from the scan.

Why This Card Matters

Franklin went to St. Louis in the second round of the 2025 draft, 72nd overall, out of Tennessee, where he averaged 12.1 strikeouts per nine innings with a 5.8 strikeout-to-walk ratio and fired 1.1 scoreless innings against Wake Forest in the NCAA regional. The card back records a fastball that reaches back for 102 mph. The Refractor sits directly above the base chrome in the 1st Bowman rainbow - the same card with the refractor coating and a materially smaller print run, which is why it comps at roughly three times the base.

Market-Informed Pricing

Priced from nine Buy It Now sales of this exact plain Refractor in the last 30 days, with the single highest and single lowest discarded and every coloured, X-Fractor and Sapphire version excluded. Best Offer is enabled with automatic acceptance at 90 percent.

Professional Imaging

High-resolution scans and photos so you can inspect corners, edges, surface, and centering yourself. What you see is what you get.

Secure Shipping

Penny sleeve, top loader or card saver, team bag, and rigid protection in every shipment. Packed right, shipped fast, from a smoke-free environment.

Parallel Card, Careful Handling

Refractors ship in a fresh penny sleeve and top loader inside a rigid mailer, with tracking on every order. Offers at 90 percent of the listed price are accepted instantly.