Fred McGriff — Red Diamond 99 OVR First Baseman Overview
Fred McGriff is a Red Diamond 99 OVR First Baseman card for the Blue Jays, part of the Hall of Fame set in MLB The Show's Diamond Dynasty. He bats left-handed. The card was added to Diamond Dynasty in September 2026.
At the plate, Fred McGriff's standout tools are 119 Contact, 119 Discipline, and 117 Power. His profile leans toward contact hitting. Notable quirks include Dead Red, Breaking Ball Hitter, and Fighter from a total of 8 quirks.
Fred McGriff is eligible at 2 positions, and DiamondOps scores each one separately: Designated Hitter (112.0) and First Baseman (109.9) 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 112.0 on All-Star, 110.0 on Hall of Fame, and 107.8 on Legend — it keeps 96% of its All-Star value at the top difficulty, which is unusually durable. Among First Basemans the card ranks #6 on All-Star and #10 on Legend.
On the Diamond Dynasty market, Fred McGriff currently buys for about 39,499 stubs, with sell orders near 30,100 stubs. Over the past 2 days the buy price has fallen roughly 61%. Flipping at current buy and sell prices nets roughly 5,447 stubs, about a 18% return. DiamondOps currently rates the card a buy at this price.
OpScore is DiamondOps' composite rating of a card's in-game performance value. Fred McGriff earns an OpScore of 106.1 on Legend difficulty, ranking #89 among all cards and #10 among First Basemans.
Common questions
- What is Fred McGriff's overall rating in MLB The Show 26?
- Fred McGriff is a 99 OVR Red Diamond First Baseman for the Blue Jays.
- Is Fred McGriff a good card in MLB The Show 26?
- Among First Basemans, Fred McGriff ranks #6 on All-Star, #9 on Hall of Fame, and #10 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 Fred McGriff have in MLB The Show 26?
- Fred McGriff has 8 quirks: Road Warrior, First-Pitch Hitter, Dead Red, Breaking Ball Hitter, Fighter, Situational Hitter, Night Player, and Table Setter.
- How much does Fred McGriff cost in Diamond Dynasty?
- The last recorded buy-now price was 39,499 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.
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