Carlos Santana
Price History
Where to get it
- Community Market
- Daily login reward
- Packs
The source types MLB The Show lists for this card. A pack or program may no longer be available.
Carlos Santana — Bronze 74 OVR First Baseman Overview
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 #174 on Legend and #182 on Hall of Fame.
On the Diamond Dynasty market, Carlos Santana currently buys for about 29 stubs, with sell orders near 0 stubs. Over the past 7 days the price has held roughly steady. 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 #1876 among all cards and #174 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. Model v11: of the 358 cards it scored 70 or above in its 3 graded updates, 69% were upgraded, against 17% by chance: 4.1× better.
Common questions
- What is Carlos Santana's overall rating in MLB The Show 26?
- Carlos Santana is a 74 OVR Bronze First Baseman for the Free Agents.
- Is Carlos Santana a good card in MLB The Show 26?
- Among First Basemans, Carlos Santana ranks #181 on All-Star, #182 on Hall of Fame, and #174 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 Santana have in MLB The Show 26?
- Carlos Santana has 1 quirk: Situational Hitter.
- How much does Carlos Santana cost in Diamond Dynasty?
- The last recorded buy-now price was 29 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.
- How do I get Carlos Santana in MLB The Show 26?
- MLB The Show lists 3 sources for this card: Community Market, Daily login reward, and Packs. A pack or program may no longer be available.
Where to go next
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