Is a Trout Topps Update rookie a PSA 10?

About the Trout Topps Update rookie

The 2011 Topps Update Mike Trout Rookie #US175 is a 2011 Baseball card from the modern era. Almost always off-center top-to-bottom. Surface marks are also common.

What graders look for

Every grading company — PSA, BGS, SGC, and CGC — uses the same four sub-scores: centering, corners, edges, and surface. On this card specifically, watch for:

• Top-to-bottom centering
• Print lines on the black border
• Corner whitening
• Surface marks

Pro tip

Measure top-vs-bottom borders before submitting — this is the #1 reason Trouts come back a 9 instead of a 10.

Should you send it in?

Before paying grading fees, scan the card with ID Grader to get an instant AI pre-grade across all four sub-scores. If the pre-grade comes back a confident 9.5 or 10, you probably have a submission candidate. If it comes back an 8 with any sub-score below a 9, you likely do better selling the card raw.

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