Leonardo Balcazar — Common 59 OVR Shortstop Overview
Leonardo Balcazar is a Common 59 OVR Shortstop 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 Second Baseman, Third Baseman, and Center Fielder. The card was added to Diamond Dynasty in April 2026.
Leonardo Balcazar grades out at 74 Fielding, 73 Speed, and 68 Arm Strength.
Leonardo Balcazar is eligible at 5 positions, and DiamondOps scores each one separately: Center Fielder (54.3), Shortstop (53.8), Second Baseman (51.6), Third Baseman (50.4), and Designated Hitter (36.2) on All-Star. The best fit is Center Fielder rather than the listed Shortstop, and that holds at every difficulty. At Center Fielder the card scores 54.3 on All-Star, 55.5 on Hall of Fame, and 55.9 on Legend — it keeps 103% of its All-Star value at the top difficulty, which is unusually durable. Among Shortstops the card ranks #167 on Hall of Fame and #170 on All-Star.
On the Diamond Dynasty market, Leonardo Balcazar currently buys for about 8 stubs, with sell orders near 0 stubs. Over the past 7 days the price has held roughly steady. Its quick-sell value of 5 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. Leonardo Balcazar earns an OpScore of 55.6 on Legend difficulty, ranking #2298 among all cards and #167 among Shortstops.
Live Series cards like Leonardo Balcazar'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 Leonardo Balcazar's overall rating in MLB The Show 26?
- Leonardo Balcazar is a 59 OVR Common Shortstop for the Free Agents.
- Is Leonardo Balcazar a good card in MLB The Show 26?
- Among Shortstops, Leonardo Balcazar ranks #170 on All-Star, #167 on Hall of Fame, and #167 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 Leonardo Balcazar cost in Diamond Dynasty?
- The last recorded buy-now price was 8 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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