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Why This Card Matters

The front caption states it flatly: FASTEST IN MLB HISTORY TO 2,500 CAREER STRIKEOUTS. The back fills in the game. “Reigning NL Cy Young Award winner Chris Sale assured a doubleheader split with his gem against the Philadelphia Phillies. The southpaw tossed six scoreless frames and punched out eight batters in the 9-3 win. Sale’s strikeout of Edmundo Sosa in the sixth frame marked the 2,500th of his career, making him the fastest pitcher in League history to get there.” The number that makes it a record is 2,026 innings — nobody has ever reached 2,500 strikeouts in fewer. Chris Sale stands 6'6" and 180 pounds, throws and bats left-handed, and was born 3-30-89 in Lakeland, Florida, where he still lives. The White Sox took him in the first round of the 2010 draft, 13th overall; Atlanta acquired him by trade with the Red Sox on 12-30-23. Topps NOW cards are printed to order for a short window after the event and then never again, so the supply is fixed by however many people bought one that week.

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Priced from verified sold comps on this exact card and this exact version, not from asking prices or guesswork. Best Offer is enabled and every reasonable offer gets a look.

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.

The Unnumbered Base — Not One of the Foil Parallels

This is the plain, unnumbered base card. Topps NOW #233 also exists as Gold Foil /50, Orange Foil /25, Black Foil /10, Red /5 and a 1/1, and those trade from roughly $12 up past $130. This is none of them. It is also not the Topps NOW card of the same number from a different sport or season — a 2026 Topps NOW #233 and an NBA Topps NOW #233 both exist and are entirely different cards.