Matt Carpenter — Red Diamond 99 OVR Third Baseman Overview
Matt Carpenter is a Red Diamond 99 OVR Third Baseman card for the Cardinals, part of the Moonshot set in MLB The Show's Diamond Dynasty. He bats left-handed. He is also eligible at First Baseman, Second Baseman, Left Fielder, and Right Fielder. The card was added to Diamond Dynasty in September 2026.
At the plate, Matt Carpenter's standout tools are 122 Discipline, 115 Power, and 111 Contact. His profile leans toward power at the plate. Notable quirks include Dead Red, Breaking Ball Hitter, and Situational Hitter from a total of 7 quirks.
Matt Carpenter is eligible at 6 positions, and DiamondOps scores each one separately: Designated Hitter (115.9), First Baseman (113.8), Third Baseman (105.7), Second Baseman (102.9), Right Fielder (102.0), and Left Fielder (101.2) on All-Star. The best fit is Designated Hitter rather than the listed Third Baseman, and that holds at every difficulty. At Designated Hitter the card scores 115.9 on All-Star, 112.3 on Hall of Fame, and 108.2 on Legend — it keeps 93% of its All-Star value at the top difficulty, which is unusually durable. Among Third Basemans the card ranks #3 on All-Star and #21 on Legend.
On the Diamond Dynasty market, Matt Carpenter currently buys for about 34,999 stubs, with sell orders near 26,300 stubs. Over the past 6 days the buy price has fallen roughly 20%. Flipping at current buy and sell prices nets roughly 5,197 stubs, about a 20% return. DiamondOps currently rates the card a buy at this price.
OpScore is DiamondOps' composite rating of a card's in-game performance value. Matt Carpenter earns an OpScore of 100.8 on Legend difficulty, ranking #180 among all cards and #21 among Third Basemans.
Common questions
- What is Matt Carpenter's overall rating in MLB The Show 26?
- Matt Carpenter is a 99 OVR Red Diamond Third Baseman for the Cardinals.
- Is Matt Carpenter a good card in MLB The Show 26?
- Among Third Basemans, Matt Carpenter ranks #3 on All-Star, #17 on Hall of Fame, and #21 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 Matt Carpenter have in MLB The Show 26?
- Matt Carpenter has 7 quirks: Homebody, First-Pitch Hitter, Dead Red, Breaking Ball Hitter, Bad Ball Hitter, Situational Hitter, and Day Player.
- How much does Matt Carpenter cost in Diamond Dynasty?
- The last recorded buy-now price was 34,999 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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