Carson Kelly — Silver 78 OVR Catcher Overview
Carson Kelly is a Silver 78 OVR Catcher card for the Cubs, part of the Live set in MLB The Show's Diamond Dynasty. He bats right-handed. The card was added to Diamond Dynasty in April 2026.
At the plate, Carson Kelly's standout tools are 90 Contact. His profile leans toward contact hitting. Notable quirks include Unfazed and Fighter from a total of 5 quirks.
Carson Kelly is eligible at 2 positions, and DiamondOps scores each one separately: Catcher (68.8) and Designated Hitter (61.6) on All-Star. The card is strongest at its listed position, Catcher, at every difficulty. At Catcher the card scores 68.8 on All-Star, 73.9 on Hall of Fame, and 75.9 on Legend — it keeps 110% of its All-Star value at the top difficulty, which is unusually durable. Among Catchers the card ranks #92 on Legend and #96 on All-Star.
On the Diamond Dynasty market, Carson Kelly currently buys for about 158 stubs, with sell orders near 0 stubs. Over the past 7 days the price has held roughly steady. Its quick-sell value of 125 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. Carson Kelly earns an OpScore of 75.9 on Legend difficulty, ranking #1168 among all cards and #92 among Catchers.
Live Series cards like Carson Kelly'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 Carson Kelly's overall rating in MLB The Show 26?
- Carson Kelly is a 78 OVR Silver Catcher for the Cubs.
- Is Carson Kelly a good card in MLB The Show 26?
- Among Catchers, Carson Kelly ranks #96 on All-Star, #96 on Hall of Fame, and #92 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 Carson Kelly have in MLB The Show 26?
- Carson Kelly has 5 quirks: Road Warrior, Unfazed, Fighter, Day Player, and Table Setter.
- How much does Carson Kelly cost in Diamond Dynasty?
- The last recorded buy-now price was 158 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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- Diamond RadarWhich cards our model predicts will be upgraded at the next roster update.