According to this, he was on the checklist. Ignore the numbers, it's a Panini checklist published on CC.
2016 Panini Elite Extra Edition Baseball Checklist, Set Info, Boxes, Review (cardboardconnection.com)
20 cards.
PARALLEL CARDS: Silver #/149 or less, Holo Gold #/99 or less, Purple #/25, Emerald #/10, Blue #/5, Gold 1/1.
All subjects not included in parallels.
1 Orlando Arcia - Milwaukee Brewers #/ 49
2 Yoan Moncada - Boston Red Sox #/ 49
3 Tyler Glasnow - Pittsburgh Pirates #/ 49
4 Alex Reyes - St. Louis Cardinals #/ 49
5 Rafael Devers - Boston Red Sox #/ 49
6 Andrew Benintendi - Boston Red Sox #/ 49
7 Manuel Margot - San Diego Padres #/ 49
8 Clayton Blackburn - San Francisco Giants #/ 49
9 Francis Martes - Houston Astros #/ 49
10 Adalberto Mejia - San Francisco Giants #/ 49
11 Mike Gerber - Detroit Tigers #/ 49
12 Clint Frazier - Cleveland Indians #/ 49
13 Raimel Tapia - Colorado Rockies #/ 49
14 Alex Bregman - Houston Astros #/ 49
15 Aaron Judge - New York Yankees #/ 49
16 Jorge Mateo - New York Yankees #/ 25
17 Carson Fulmer - Chicago White Sox #/ 49
18 David Dahl - Colorado Rockies #/ 49
19 Matt Olson - Oakland Athletics #/ 49
20 Brett Phillips - Milwaukee Brewers #/ 49
My sins have come to face me, I can feel it
That I have lived my life in vain
And now I know I'll reap the seeds I've sown