December 13, 2018
By: Dwayne Page
The Steven Jennings “solo” baseball card is now live.
Jennings, a former DeKalb County High School standout, is card number 167 in the just released Panini product Elite Extra Edition.
The base card is numbered to only 999 copies, but there are various parallel versions with lower print runs and the same applies to the autographed versions.
Copies have already popped up on Ebay. Boxes of the product can also be found at hobby shops.
The long-established prospect brand highlights the latest batch of rising Major League Baseball (MLB) stars. Jennings is a pitcher in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization and recently completed his first professional league season.
Jennings’ card is one of 200 in the set with multiple variations as well as an autographed version.
Tweaking the formula from 2017, each Hobby box of Elite Extra Edition averages eight autographs and two memorabilia cards. The set also has the company-exclusive players from the Dominican Prospect League.
Jennings first appearance on a professional card was late last year when he was on a two-player card insert set found in Bowman Draft.
The former DCHS right handed pitcher was selected by the Pirates in the Major League Baseball Draft as the 42nd overall pick and sixth into the second round in June, 2017. In June 2018 he was assigned to the Bristol Pirates.