Lance Berkman — Red Diamond 99 OVR Right Fielder Overview
Lance Berkman is a Red Diamond 99 OVR Right Fielder card for the Astros, part of the Spotlight set in MLB The Show's Diamond Dynasty. He is a switch hitter. He is also eligible at First Baseman and Left Fielder. The card was added to Diamond Dynasty in October 2026.
At the plate, Lance Berkman's standout tools are 125 Contact, 125 Discipline, and 113 Power. His profile leans toward contact hitting. Notable quirks include Dead Red, Breaking Ball Hitter, and Fighter from a total of 8 quirks.
Lance Berkman is eligible at 4 positions, and DiamondOps scores each one separately: Designated Hitter (118.8), First Baseman (115.7), Left Fielder (106.3), and Right Fielder (105.9) on All-Star. The best fit is Designated Hitter rather than the listed Right Fielder, and that holds at every difficulty. At Designated Hitter the card scores 118.8 on All-Star, 120.5 on Hall of Fame, and 119.8 on Legend — it keeps 101% of its All-Star value at the top difficulty, which is unusually durable. Among Right Fielders the card ranks #3 on Hall of Fame and #7 on Legend.
Lance Berkman is not currently traded on the open Diamond Dynasty market — cards like this are typically earned through programs or collections rather than bought with stubs.
OpScore is DiamondOps' composite rating of a card's in-game performance value. Lance Berkman earns an OpScore of 106.5 on Legend difficulty, ranking #86 among all cards and #7 among Right Fielders.
Common questions
- What is Lance Berkman's overall rating in MLB The Show 26?
- Lance Berkman is a 99 OVR Red Diamond Right Fielder for the Astros.
- Is Lance Berkman a good card in MLB The Show 26?
- Among Right Fielders, Lance Berkman ranks #4 on All-Star, #3 on Hall of Fame, and #7 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 Lance Berkman have in MLB The Show 26?
- Lance Berkman has 8 quirks: Homebody, First-Pitch Hitter, Dead Red, Breaking Ball Hitter, Fighter, Rally Monkey, Night Player, and Table Setter.
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- High Diamonds (85+ OVR)Overall is one number that never changes with difficulty. Two 87s can be a full tier apart in practice, which is what OpScore on each row is for.
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