Ildemaro Vargas — Silver 78 OVR Third Baseman Overview
Ildemaro Vargas is a Silver 78 OVR Third Baseman card for the Diamondbacks, part of the Live set in MLB The Show's Diamond Dynasty. He is a switch hitter. He is also eligible at First Baseman, Second Baseman, Shortstop, and Left Fielder. The card was added to Diamond Dynasty in April 2026.
At the plate, Ildemaro Vargas's standout tools are 98 Vision and 88 Contact. His profile leans toward contact hitting.
Ildemaro Vargas is eligible at 6 positions, and DiamondOps scores each one separately: Third Baseman (59.2), Second Baseman (58.8), Shortstop (58.3), First Baseman (57.3), Left Fielder (57.3), and Designated Hitter (56.2) on All-Star. Which slot is best depends on how you play — Third Baseman on All-Star, Designated Hitter on Hall of Fame, and Designated Hitter on Legend. At Third Baseman the card scores 59.2 on All-Star, 68.6 on Hall of Fame, and 73.0 on Legend — it keeps 123% of its All-Star value at the top difficulty, which is unusually durable. Among Third Basemans the card ranks #110 on Legend and #129 on All-Star.
On the Diamond Dynasty market, Ildemaro Vargas currently buys for about 150 stubs, with sell orders near 0 stubs. Over the past 7 days the buy price has fallen roughly 9%. 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. Ildemaro Vargas earns an OpScore of 73 on Legend difficulty, ranking #1266 among all cards and #110 among Third Basemans.
Live Series cards like Ildemaro Vargas'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 Ildemaro Vargas's overall rating in MLB The Show 26?
- Ildemaro Vargas is a 78 OVR Silver Third Baseman for the Diamondbacks.
- Is Ildemaro Vargas a good card in MLB The Show 26?
- Among Third Basemans, Ildemaro Vargas ranks #129 on All-Star, #117 on Hall of Fame, and #110 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 Ildemaro Vargas cost in Diamond Dynasty?
- The last recorded buy-now price was 150 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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