Nate Lavender

Nate Lavender is a Red Diamond 99 OVR Relief Pitcher card for the Mets, part of the Spotlight set in MLB The Show's Diamond Dynasty. He throws left-handed. The card was added to Diamond Dynasty in October 2026.

On the mound, Nate Lavender works with a 4-pitch arsenal led by a 93 mph 4-Seam Fastball and a 84 mph Slider. His pitching ratings include 66 Velocity, 99 Control, and 99 Break. The profile favors a balanced mix of command and movement. Notable quirks include Stopper from a total of 3 quirks.

DiamondOps grades each pitch in Nate Lavender's arsenal: Slider (S), 4-Seam Fastball (S), Sweeper (S), and Circle Change (A). 3 of them grade S-tier, which is what separates a genuine out-pitch mix from a deep-but-flat arsenal. Its strongest tunnel pairing is the 4-Seam Fastball off the Sweeper, so the two share a release look. Velocity works against the card here — its 66 mph 4-Seam Fastball is slow enough to cost it in the arsenal score. Arsenal grades are the same at every difficulty — unlike a hitter's OpScore, a pitch mix does not re-weight as you climb.

On the Diamond Dynasty market, Nate Lavender currently buys for about 24,997 stubs, with sell orders near 20,891 stubs. Over the past 2 days the buy price has fallen roughly 12%. Flipping at current buy and sell prices nets roughly 1,604 stubs, about a 8% return. DiamondOps suggests waiting for a better entry point.

OpScore is DiamondOps' composite rating of a card's in-game performance value. Nate Lavender earns an OpScore of 96.8 on Legend difficulty, ranking #393 among all cards and #16 among Relief Pitchers.