Matt McLain — Bronze 68 OVR Second Baseman Overview
Matt McLain is a Bronze 68 OVR Second Baseman card for the Reds, part of the Live set in MLB The Show's Diamond Dynasty. He bats right-handed. He is also eligible at Shortstop and Center Fielder. The card was added to Diamond Dynasty in April 2026.
At the plate, Matt McLain's standout tools are 85 Speed. His profile leans toward speed and baserunning.
Matt McLain is eligible at 4 positions, and DiamondOps scores each one separately: Center Fielder (64.9), Second Baseman (62.9), Shortstop (62.6), and Designated Hitter (50.2) on All-Star. The best fit is Center Fielder rather than the listed Second Baseman, and that holds at every difficulty. At Center Fielder the card scores 64.9 on All-Star, 62.6 on Hall of Fame, and 62.1 on Legend — it keeps 96% of its All-Star value at the top difficulty, which is unusually durable. Among Second Basemans the card ranks #99 on All-Star and #122 on Legend.
On the Diamond Dynasty market, Matt McLain currently buys for about 32 stubs, with sell orders near 0 stubs. Over the past 7 days the price has held roughly steady. Its quick-sell value of 25 stubs sits at or above the sell price, making it quick-sell viable. DiamondOps currently rates the card a buy at this price.
OpScore is DiamondOps' composite rating of a card's in-game performance value. Matt McLain earns an OpScore of 59.4 on Legend difficulty, ranking #1967 among all cards and #122 among Second Basemans.
Live Series cards like Matt McLain'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 Matt McLain's overall rating in MLB The Show 26?
- Matt McLain is a 68 OVR Bronze Second Baseman for the Reds.
- Is Matt McLain a good card in MLB The Show 26?
- Among Second Basemans, Matt McLain ranks #99 on All-Star, #119 on Hall of Fame, and #122 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 Matt McLain cost in Diamond Dynasty?
- The last recorded buy-now price was 32 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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