Carlos Cortes — Bronze 72 OVR Right Fielder Overview
Carlos Cortes is a Bronze 72 OVR Right Fielder card for the Athletics, part of the Live set in MLB The Show's Diamond Dynasty. He bats left-handed. He is also eligible at First Baseman, Second Baseman, Third Baseman, Shortstop, and Left Fielder. The card was added to Diamond Dynasty in April 2026.
At the plate, Carlos Cortes's standout tools are 80 Vision.
Carlos Cortes is eligible at 7 positions, and DiamondOps scores each one separately: Third Baseman (58.4), Right Fielder (58.3), Shortstop (58.2), Second Baseman (58.1), First Baseman (57.4), Designated Hitter (55.9), and Left Fielder (55.5) on All-Star. Which slot is best depends on how you play — Third Baseman on All-Star, First Baseman and Third Baseman level on Hall of Fame, and First Baseman on Legend. At Third Baseman the card scores 58.4 on All-Star, 61.2 on Hall of Fame, and 63.4 on Legend — it keeps 109% of its All-Star value at the top difficulty, which is unusually durable. Among Right Fielders the card ranks #126 on Legend and #149 on All-Star.
On the Diamond Dynasty market, Carlos Cortes currently buys for about 32 stubs, with sell orders near 0 stubs. Over the past 7 days the buy price has fallen roughly 33%. Its quick-sell value of 25 stubs sits at or above the sell price, making it quick-sell viable. DiamondOps currently rates the card a buy at this price.
OpScore is DiamondOps' composite rating of a card's in-game performance value. Carlos Cortes earns an OpScore of 62.9 on Legend difficulty, ranking #1714 among all cards and #126 among Right Fielders.
Live Series cards like Carlos Cortes'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 Carlos Cortes's overall rating in MLB The Show 26?
- Carlos Cortes is a 72 OVR Bronze Right Fielder for the Athletics.
- Is Carlos Cortes a good card in MLB The Show 26?
- Among Right Fielders, Carlos Cortes ranks #149 on All-Star, #129 on Hall of Fame, and #126 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.
- What quirks does Carlos Cortes have in MLB The Show 26?
- Carlos Cortes has 1 quirk: Pinch Hitter.
- How much does Carlos Cortes 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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