Cade Townsend

Cade Townsend is a Red Diamond 96 OVR Starting Pitcher card for the Cubs, part of the 2026 Draft set in MLB The Show's Diamond Dynasty. He throws right-handed. The card was added to Diamond Dynasty in July 2026.

On the mound, Cade Townsend works with a 5-pitch arsenal led by a 98 mph 4-Seam Fastball and a 90 mph Cutter. His pitching ratings include 92 Velocity, 76 Control, and 99 Break. The profile favors a movement-heavy arsenal built to miss bats.

DiamondOps grades each pitch in Cade Townsend's arsenal: Slider (S), 4-Seam Fastball (S), Cutter (S), Circle Change (A), and 12-6 Curve (B). 3 of them grade S-tier, which is what separates a genuine out-pitch mix from a deep-but-flat arsenal. Its strongest tunnel pairing is the Slider off the Cutter, so the two share a release look. Velocity works against the card here — its 92 mph 4-Seam Fastball is slow enough to cost it in the arsenal score. Arsenal grades are the same at every difficulty — unlike a hitter's OpScore, a pitch mix does not re-weight as you climb.

On the Diamond Dynasty market, Cade Townsend currently buys for about 6,394 stubs, with sell orders near 5,008 stubs. Over the past 7 days the price has held roughly steady. Flipping at current buy and sell prices nets roughly 744 stubs, about a 15% return. DiamondOps suggests waiting for a better entry point.

OpScore is DiamondOps' composite rating of a card's in-game performance value. Cade Townsend earns an OpScore of 83.1 on Legend difficulty, ranking #1260 among all cards and #249 among Starting Pitchers.