Carlos Santana — Red Diamond 99 OVR First Baseman Overview
Carlos Santana is a Red Diamond 99 OVR First Baseman card for the Guardians, part of the Spooky set in MLB The Show's Diamond Dynasty. He is a switch hitter. He is also eligible at Catcher and Third Baseman. The card was added to Diamond Dynasty in October 2026.
At the plate, Carlos Santana's standout tools are 125 Contact, 125 Discipline, and 113 Power. His profile leans toward contact hitting. Notable quirks include Unfazed, Fighter, and Rally Monkey from a total of 7 quirks.
Carlos Santana is eligible at 4 positions, and DiamondOps scores each one separately: Designated Hitter (118.4), Catcher (116.3), First Baseman (115.9), and Third Baseman (105.4) on All-Star. The best fit is Designated Hitter rather than the listed First Baseman, and that holds at every difficulty. At Designated Hitter the card scores 118.4 on All-Star, 116.6 on Hall of Fame, and 114.2 on Legend — it keeps 96% of its All-Star value at the top difficulty, which is unusually durable. Among First Basemans the card ranks #4 on All-Star and #8 on Legend.
Carlos Santana is not currently traded on the open Diamond Dynasty market — cards like this are typically earned through programs or collections rather than bought with stubs.
OpScore is DiamondOps' composite rating of a card's in-game performance value. Carlos Santana earns an OpScore of 112.1 on Legend difficulty, ranking #39 among all cards and #8 among First Basemans.
Common questions
- What is Carlos Santana's overall rating in MLB The Show 26?
- Carlos Santana is a 99 OVR Red Diamond First Baseman for the Guardians.
- Is Carlos Santana a good card in MLB The Show 26?
- Among First Basemans, Carlos Santana ranks #4 on All-Star, #6 on Hall of Fame, and #8 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 7 quirks: First-Pitch Hitter, Unfazed, Fighter, Rally Monkey, Situational Hitter, Night Player, and Table Setter.
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