Kevin McGonigle — Silver 78 OVR Shortstop Overview
Kevin McGonigle is a Silver 78 OVR Shortstop card for the Tigers, part of the Live set in MLB The Show's Diamond Dynasty. He bats left-handed. He is also eligible at Second Baseman, Third Baseman, and Center Fielder. The card was added to Diamond Dynasty in April 2026.
At the plate, Kevin McGonigle's standout tools are 90 Contact, 88 Discipline, and 84 Vision. His profile leans toward contact hitting.
Kevin McGonigle is eligible at 5 positions, and DiamondOps scores each one separately: Shortstop (62.9), Second Baseman (61.8), Third Baseman (61.7), Center Fielder (61.5), and Designated Hitter (55.7) on All-Star. Which slot is best depends on how you play — Shortstop on All-Star, Shortstop on Hall of Fame, and Third Baseman on Legend. At Shortstop the card scores 62.9 on All-Star, 67.4 on Hall of Fame, and 69.7 on Legend — it keeps 111% of its All-Star value at the top difficulty, which is unusually durable. Among Shortstops the card ranks #128 on Legend and #134 on All-Star.
On the Diamond Dynasty market, Kevin McGonigle currently buys for about 228 stubs, with sell orders near 0 stubs. Over the past 7 days the buy price has climbed roughly 12%. Its quick-sell value of 125 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. Kevin McGonigle earns an OpScore of 69.7 on Legend difficulty, ranking #1387 among all cards and #128 among Shortstops.
Live Series cards like Kevin McGonigle'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 Kevin McGonigle's overall rating in MLB The Show 26?
- Kevin McGonigle is a 78 OVR Silver Shortstop for the Tigers.
- Is Kevin McGonigle a good card in MLB The Show 26?
- Among Shortstops, Kevin McGonigle ranks #134 on All-Star, #130 on Hall of Fame, and #128 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 Kevin McGonigle cost in Diamond Dynasty?
- The last recorded buy-now price was 228 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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