Diego Cartaya — Common 61 OVR Catcher Overview
Diego Cartaya is a Common 61 OVR Catcher card for the Free Agents, part of the Live set in MLB The Show's Diamond Dynasty. He bats right-handed. The card was added to Diamond Dynasty in May 2026.
Diego Cartaya grades out at 78 Arm Strength, 62 Fielding, and 49 Power.
Diego Cartaya is eligible at 2 positions, and DiamondOps scores each one separately: Catcher (55.9) and Designated Hitter (39.7) on All-Star. The card is strongest at its listed position, Catcher, at every difficulty. At Catcher the card scores 55.9 on All-Star, 54.3 on Hall of Fame, and 53.3 on Legend — it keeps 95% of its All-Star value at the top difficulty, which is unusually durable. Among Catchers the card ranks #158 on All-Star and #196 on Legend.
On the Diamond Dynasty market, Diego Cartaya currently buys for about 8 stubs, with sell orders near 0 stubs. Over the past 7 days the price has held roughly steady. Its quick-sell value of 5 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. Diego Cartaya earns an OpScore of 53.3 on Legend difficulty, ranking #2528 among all cards and #196 among Catchers.
Live Series cards like Diego Cartaya'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 Diego Cartaya's overall rating in MLB The Show 26?
- Diego Cartaya is a 61 OVR Common Catcher for the Free Agents.
- Is Diego Cartaya a good card in MLB The Show 26?
- Among Catchers, Diego Cartaya ranks #158 on All-Star, #186 on Hall of Fame, and #196 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.
- How much does Diego Cartaya cost in Diamond Dynasty?
- The last recorded buy-now price was 8 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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