Samad Taylor

Samad Taylor is a Bronze 70 OVR Right Fielder card for the Padres, part of the Live set in MLB The Show's Diamond Dynasty. He bats right-handed. He is also eligible at Second Baseman, Third Baseman, Shortstop, Left Fielder, and Center Fielder. The card was added to Diamond Dynasty in June 2026.

At the plate, Samad Taylor's standout tools are 85 Speed. His profile leans toward speed and baserunning.

Samad Taylor is eligible at 7 positions, and DiamondOps scores each one separately: Center Fielder (62.2), Right Fielder (60.3), Shortstop (59.6), Second Baseman (58.7), Left Fielder (58.2), Third Baseman (57.8), and Designated Hitter (45.8) on All-Star. The best fit is Center Fielder rather than the listed Right Fielder, and that holds at every difficulty. At Center Fielder the card scores 62.2 on All-Star, 65.3 on Hall of Fame, and 66.0 on Legend — it keeps 106% of its All-Star value at the top difficulty, which is unusually durable. Among Right Fielders the card ranks #160 on Legend and #177 on All-Star.

On the Diamond Dynasty market, Samad Taylor currently buys for about 37 stubs, with sell orders near 0 stubs. Over the past 7 days the price has held roughly steady. Its quick-sell value of 25 stubs sits at or above the sell price, making it quick-sell viable. DiamondOps suggests waiting for a better entry point.

OpScore is DiamondOps' composite rating of a card's in-game performance value. Samad Taylor earns an OpScore of 65 on Legend difficulty, ranking #1963 among all cards and #160 among Right Fielders.

Live Series cards like Samad Taylor's are the ones Diamond Radar scores: it reads a player's real MLB production and predicts what the next roster update will do to the card — the predicted rating, the tier jump, and how likely the upgrade is. Ratings only move at a roster update, and not every Live Series card is scored in a given window. Model v11: of the 358 cards it scored 70 or above in its 3 graded updates, 69% were upgraded, against 17% by chance: 4.1× better.