Carlos Santana

Carlos Santana is a Bronze 74 OVR First Baseman card for the Free Agents, part of the Live set in MLB The Show's Diamond Dynasty. He is a switch hitter. The card was added to Diamond Dynasty in April 2026.

At the plate, Carlos Santana's standout tools are 96 Fielding. His profile leans toward defense in the field. Notable quirks include Situational Hitter.

Carlos Santana is eligible at 2 positions, and DiamondOps scores each one separately: First Baseman (62.5) and Designated Hitter (60.5) on All-Star. The card is strongest at its listed position, First Baseman, at every difficulty. At First Baseman the card scores 62.5 on All-Star, 63.3 on Hall of Fame, and 66.8 on Legend — it keeps 107% of its All-Star value at the top difficulty, which is unusually durable. Among First Basemans the card ranks #130 on Legend and #137 on All-Star.

On the Diamond Dynasty market, Carlos Santana currently buys for about 25 stubs, with sell orders near 0 stubs. Over the past 7 days the buy price has fallen roughly 7%. 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. Carlos Santana earns an OpScore of 66.8 on Legend difficulty, ranking #1506 among all cards and #130 among First Basemans.

Live Series cards like Carlos Santana'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).