What are the new rules on TRUE rookie baseball cards?

Answer 1

Problem is ..."True Rookie" cards with the rookie card logo really are not the players' rookie card. The new rookie card rule may work out down the road. But Bowman has always, and still does put out first year player cards without the RC logo. So these cards ARE the actual rookie card. And these players have yet to see a pitch in the majors. So you can have a 2006 "rookie card" with the logo, yet the player has a 2003 card which is the actual rookie card. Bowman seems to get around the rule with "1st Bowman card" printed on the card. They consider it an "insert" or something. So the new rules on TRUE rookie baseball cards are the cards with the RC logo, yet chances are, you can find a card of that player made three years ago, which is the TRUE rookie. Make sense? Nope. Not to me either.

Answer 2

Beginning with new releases in 2006, a baseball card will be called a rookie card if it is the first time the player has been placed on the 40 man roster for a major league team. For the card to be called a rookie card, the player must be up with the team and not playing in the minor leagues(after been drafted by MLB team). With the new MLBPA rules, you know you have a "true" rookie card if it has the new rookie card logo on the front of the card that says "Rookie Card".