Matt Shaw — Bronze 73 OVR Third Baseman Overview
Matt Shaw is a Bronze 73 OVR Third Baseman card for the Cubs, part of the Live set in MLB The Show's Diamond Dynasty. He bats right-handed. He is also eligible at First Baseman, Second Baseman, Shortstop, Left Fielder, and Right Fielder. The card was added to Diamond Dynasty in April 2026.
At the plate, Matt Shaw's standout tools are 83 Speed.
Matt Shaw is eligible at 7 positions, and DiamondOps scores each one separately: Right Fielder (64.1), Third Baseman (63.8), Left Fielder (63.5), Shortstop (63.1), Second Baseman (62.8), First Baseman (57.8), and Designated Hitter (55.9) on All-Star. The best fit is Right Fielder rather than the listed Third Baseman, and that holds at every difficulty. At Right Fielder the card scores 64.1 on All-Star, 61.8 on Hall of Fame, and 62.3 on Legend — it keeps 97% of its All-Star value at the top difficulty, which is unusually durable. Among Third Basemans the card ranks #117 on All-Star and #132 on Legend.
On the Diamond Dynasty market, Matt Shaw currently buys for about 53 stubs, with sell orders near 0 stubs. Over the past 7 days the buy price has fallen roughly 9%. Its quick-sell value of 25 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. Matt Shaw earns an OpScore of 61.8 on Legend difficulty, ranking #1803 among all cards and #132 among Third Basemans.
Live Series cards like Matt Shaw'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 Shaw's overall rating in MLB The Show 26?
- Matt Shaw is a 73 OVR Bronze Third Baseman for the Cubs.
- Is Matt Shaw a good card in MLB The Show 26?
- Among Third Basemans, Matt Shaw ranks #117 on All-Star, #129 on Hall of Fame, and #132 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 Shaw cost in Diamond Dynasty?
- The last recorded buy-now price was 53 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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