Ivan Melendez — Bronze 65 OVR First Baseman Overview
Ivan Melendez is a Bronze 65 OVR First Baseman card for the Free Agents, part of the Live set in MLB The Show's Diamond Dynasty. He bats right-handed. He is also eligible at Third Baseman. The card was added to Diamond Dynasty in May 2026.
Ivan Melendez grades out at 65 Power, 61 Fielding, and 56 Contact.
Ivan Melendez is eligible at 3 positions, and DiamondOps scores each one separately: Third Baseman (54.1), First Baseman (53.1), and Designated Hitter (51.7) on All-Star. The best fit is Third Baseman rather than the listed First Baseman, and that holds at every difficulty. At Third Baseman the card scores 54.1 on All-Star, 49.6 on Hall of Fame, and 47.0 on Legend — retaining 87% of its All-Star value. Among First Basemans the card ranks #159 on All-Star and #203 on Legend.
On the Diamond Dynasty market, Ivan Melendez currently buys for about 25 stubs, with sell orders near 0 stubs. Over the past 7 days the price has held roughly steady. Its quick-sell value of 25 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. Ivan Melendez earns an OpScore of 43 on Legend difficulty, ranking #3169 among all cards and #203 among First Basemans.
Live Series cards like Ivan Melendez'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 Ivan Melendez's overall rating in MLB The Show 26?
- Ivan Melendez is a 65 OVR Bronze First Baseman for the Free Agents.
- Is Ivan Melendez a good card in MLB The Show 26?
- Among First Basemans, Ivan Melendez ranks #159 on All-Star, #188 on Hall of Fame, and #203 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 Ivan Melendez cost in Diamond Dynasty?
- The last recorded buy-now price was 25 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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