Lou Boudreau — Red Diamond 99 OVR Shortstop Overview
Lou Boudreau is a Red Diamond 99 OVR Shortstop card for the Guardians, part of the Awards set in MLB The Show's Diamond Dynasty. He bats right-handed. The card was added to Diamond Dynasty in September 2026.
At the plate, Lou Boudreau's standout tools are 125 Contact, 125 Vision, and 109 Discipline. His profile leans toward contact hitting. Notable quirks include Dead Red and Rally Monkey from a total of 4 quirks.
Lou Boudreau is eligible at 2 positions, and DiamondOps scores each one separately: Designated Hitter (101.9) and Shortstop (99.8) on All-Star. The best fit is Designated Hitter rather than the listed Shortstop, and that holds at every difficulty. At Designated Hitter the card scores 101.9 on All-Star, 117.3 on Hall of Fame, and 123.0 on Legend — it keeps 121% of its All-Star value at the top difficulty, which is unusually durable. Among Shortstops the card ranks #5 on Legend and #20 on All-Star.
On the Diamond Dynasty market, Lou Boudreau currently buys for about 499,998 stubs, with sell orders near 206,000 stubs. Flipping at current buy and sell prices nets roughly 243,996 stubs, about a 118% return. DiamondOps suggests waiting for a better entry point.
OpScore is DiamondOps' composite rating of a card's in-game performance value. Lou Boudreau earns an OpScore of 110.9 on Legend difficulty, ranking #31 among all cards and #5 among Shortstops.
Common questions
- What is Lou Boudreau's overall rating in MLB The Show 26?
- Lou Boudreau is a 99 OVR Red Diamond Shortstop for the Guardians.
- Is Lou Boudreau a good card in MLB The Show 26?
- Among Shortstops, Lou Boudreau ranks #20 on All-Star, #7 on Hall of Fame, and #5 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 Lou Boudreau have in MLB The Show 26?
- Lou Boudreau has 4 quirks: Road Warrior, Dead Red, Rally Monkey, and Day Player.
- How much does Lou Boudreau cost in Diamond Dynasty?
- The last recorded buy-now price was 499,998 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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