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 (55.6) and Designated Hitter (44.2) on All-Star. The card is strongest at its listed position, Catcher, at every difficulty. At Catcher the card scores 55.6 on All-Star, 54.8 on Hall of Fame, and 55.7 on Legend — it keeps 100% of its All-Star value at the top difficulty, which is unusually durable. Among Catchers the card ranks #176 on All-Star and #188 on Hall of Fame.
On the Diamond Dynasty market, Austin Hedges currently buys for about 149 stubs, with sell orders near 0 stubs. Over the past 7 days the buy price has fallen roughly 20%. Its quick-sell value of 25 stubs sits at or above the sell price, making it quick-sell viable. DiamondOps flags the card as currently overpriced.
OpScore is DiamondOps' composite rating of a card's in-game performance value. Austin Hedges earns an OpScore of 55.7 on Legend difficulty, ranking #2452 among all cards and #182 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. Model v11: of the 162 cards it scored 70 or above in its 1 graded update, 72% were upgraded, against 21% by chance: 3.5× better.
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 #176 on All-Star, #188 on Hall of Fame, and #182 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 149 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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