Manny Machado

Manny Machado is a Silver 78 OVR Third Baseman card for the Padres, part of the Live set in MLB The Show's Diamond Dynasty. He bats right-handed. The card was added to Diamond Dynasty in April 2026.

At the plate, Manny Machado's standout tools are 80 Fielding. Notable quirks include Breaking Ball Hitter, Unfazed, and Fighter from a total of 6 quirks.

Manny Machado is eligible at 2 positions, and DiamondOps scores each one separately: Designated Hitter (73.7) and Third Baseman (70.3) on All-Star. Which slot is best depends on how you play — Designated Hitter on All-Star, Designated Hitter on Hall of Fame, and Third Baseman on Legend. At Designated Hitter the card scores 73.7 on All-Star, 66.5 on Hall of Fame, and 64.3 on Legend — retaining 87% of its All-Star value. Among Third Basemans the card ranks #104 on All-Star and #124 on Legend.

On the Diamond Dynasty market, Manny Machado currently buys for about 199 stubs, with sell orders near 125 stubs. Over the past 7 days the buy price has fallen roughly 13%. Flipping at current buy and sell prices nets roughly 52 stubs, about a 41% return. DiamondOps suggests waiting for a better entry point.

OpScore is DiamondOps' composite rating of a card's in-game performance value. Manny Machado earns an OpScore of 64.4 on Legend difficulty, ranking #1622 among all cards and #124 among Third Basemans.

Live Series cards like Manny Machado'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).