Michael Busch — Bronze 74 OVR First Baseman Overview
Michael Busch is a Bronze 74 OVR First Baseman card for the Cubs, part of the Live set in MLB The Show's Diamond Dynasty. He bats left-handed. The card was added to Diamond Dynasty in April 2026.
Michael Busch grades out at 78 Discipline, 75 Fielding, and 68 Power. Notable quirks include Dead Red, Unfazed, and Situational Hitter from a total of 7 quirks.
Michael Busch is eligible at 2 positions, and DiamondOps scores each one separately: First Baseman (66.8) and Designated Hitter (65.6) on All-Star. The card is strongest at its listed position, First Baseman, at every difficulty. At First Baseman the card scores 66.8 on All-Star, 68.3 on Hall of Fame, and 67.8 on Legend — it keeps 101% of its All-Star value at the top difficulty, which is unusually durable. Among First Basemans the card ranks #125 on Legend and #128 on Hall of Fame.
On the Diamond Dynasty market, Michael Busch currently buys for about 32 stubs, with sell orders near 0 stubs. Over the past 7 days the buy price has fallen roughly 26%. 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. Michael Busch earns an OpScore of 67.8 on Legend difficulty, ranking #1457 among all cards and #125 among First Basemans.
Live Series cards like Michael Busch'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 Michael Busch's overall rating in MLB The Show 26?
- Michael Busch is a 74 OVR Bronze First Baseman for the Cubs.
- Is Michael Busch a good card in MLB The Show 26?
- Among First Basemans, Michael Busch ranks #127 on All-Star, #128 on Hall of Fame, and #125 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 Michael Busch have in MLB The Show 26?
- Michael Busch has 7 quirks: Homebody, First-Pitch Hitter, Dead Red, Unfazed, Situational Hitter, Day Player, and Table Setter.
- How much does Michael Busch 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.
Where to go next
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