Michael Stefanic — Common 61 OVR Third Baseman Overview
Michael Stefanic is a Common 61 OVR Third Baseman card for the Athletics, 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 May 2026.
Michael Stefanic grades out at 68 Vision, 62 Contact, and 50 Fielding.
Michael Stefanic is eligible at 7 positions, and DiamondOps scores each one separately: First Baseman (45.7), Designated Hitter (44.9), Third Baseman (44.8), Second Baseman (44.1), Shortstop (43.6), Right Fielder (42.9), and Left Fielder (40.7) on All-Star. The best fit is First Baseman rather than the listed Third Baseman, and that holds at every difficulty. At First Baseman the card scores 45.7 on All-Star, 47.6 on Hall of Fame, and 50.2 on Legend — it keeps 110% of its All-Star value at the top difficulty, which is unusually durable. Among Third Basemans the card ranks #198 on Legend and #202 on Hall of Fame.
On the Diamond Dynasty market, Michael Stefanic currently buys for about 12 stubs, with sell orders near 5 stubs. Over the past 7 days the buy price has climbed roughly 50%. Flipping at current buy and sell prices nets roughly 3 stubs, about a 50% return. DiamondOps suggests waiting for a better entry point.
OpScore is DiamondOps' composite rating of a card's in-game performance value. Michael Stefanic earns an OpScore of 47.9 on Legend difficulty, ranking #2958 among all cards and #198 among Third Basemans.
Live Series cards like Michael Stefanic'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 Stefanic's overall rating in MLB The Show 26?
- Michael Stefanic is a 61 OVR Common Third Baseman for the Athletics.
- Is Michael Stefanic a good card in MLB The Show 26?
- Among Third Basemans, Michael Stefanic ranks #200 on All-Star, #202 on Hall of Fame, and #198 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 Michael Stefanic cost in Diamond Dynasty?
- The last recorded buy-now price was 12 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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