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.
At the plate, Michael Busch's standout tools are 85 Discipline. 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 (67.2) and Designated Hitter (66.1) on All-Star. The card is strongest at its listed position, First Baseman, at every difficulty. At First Baseman the card scores 67.2 on All-Star, 67.7 on Hall of Fame, and 66.9 on Legend — it keeps 100% of its All-Star value at the top difficulty, which is unusually durable. Among First Basemans the card ranks #143 on All-Star and #146 on Hall of Fame.
On the Diamond Dynasty market, Michael Busch currently buys for about 30 stubs, with sell orders near 0 stubs. Over the past 7 days the buy price has fallen roughly 55%. 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 66.9 on Legend difficulty, ranking #1624 among all cards and #146 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. Model v11: of the 162 cards it scored 70 or above in its 1 graded update, 72% were upgraded, against 21% by chance: 3.5× better.
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 #143 on All-Star, #146 on Hall of Fame, and #146 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 30 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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