Austin Hedges — Bronze 66 OVR Catcher Overview
Austin Hedges is a Bronze 66 OVR Catcher card for the Guardians, part of the Live set in MLB The Show's Diamond Dynasty. He bats right-handed. The card was added to Diamond Dynasty in April 2026.
At the plate, Austin Hedges's standout tools are 99 Fielding. His profile leans toward defense in the field.
Austin Hedges is eligible at 2 positions, and DiamondOps scores each one separately: Catcher (55.4) and Designated Hitter (43.9) on All-Star. The card is strongest at its listed position, Catcher, at every difficulty. At Catcher the card scores 55.4 on All-Star, 54.4 on Hall of Fame, and 55.2 on Legend — it keeps 100% of its All-Star value at the top difficulty, which is unusually durable. Among Catchers the card ranks #167 on All-Star and #183 on Hall of Fame.
On the Diamond Dynasty market, Austin Hedges currently buys for about 32 stubs, with sell orders near 0 stubs. Over the past 7 days the buy price has fallen roughly 9%. 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. Austin Hedges earns an OpScore of 55.2 on Legend difficulty, ranking #2337 among all cards and #173 among Catchers.
Live Series cards like Austin Hedges'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. Across the season so far, 55% of the cards Radar flags go on to be upgraded, against a 26% background rate across all scored cards — 2.1× better than chance (n=1,061).
Common questions
- What is Austin Hedges's overall rating in MLB The Show 26?
- Austin Hedges is a 66 OVR Bronze Catcher for the Guardians.
- Is Austin Hedges a good card in MLB The Show 26?
- Among Catchers, Austin Hedges ranks #167 on All-Star, #183 on Hall of Fame, and #173 on Legend by OpScore — DiamondOps' difficulty-aware rating: it weights the attributes that decide at-bats and recomputes them for each difficulty, whereas in-game Overall is a single number that does not change with the level you play on.
- How much does Austin Hedges cost in Diamond Dynasty?
- The last recorded buy-now price was 32 stubs. Prices move constantly on the in-game marketplace — the chart on this page tracks the card's real history rather than a single snapshot.
Where to go next
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