Nathaniel Lowe — Red Diamond 98 OVR First Baseman Overview
Nathaniel Lowe is a Red Diamond 98 OVR First Baseman card for the Guardians, part of the New Threads set in MLB The Show's Diamond Dynasty. He bats left-handed. The card was added to Diamond Dynasty in August 2026.
At the plate, Nathaniel Lowe's standout tools are 120 Contact, 115 Power, and 80 Vision. His profile leans toward contact hitting. Notable quirks include Rally Monkey and Situational Hitter from a total of 4 quirks.
Nathaniel Lowe is eligible at 2 positions, and DiamondOps scores each one separately: Designated Hitter (97.7) and First Baseman (95.6) on All-Star. The best fit is Designated Hitter rather than the listed First Baseman, and that holds at every difficulty. At Designated Hitter the card scores 97.7 on All-Star, 102.7 on Hall of Fame, and 100.1 on Legend — it keeps 102% of its All-Star value at the top difficulty, which is unusually durable. Among First Basemans the card ranks #15 on Hall of Fame and #29 on All-Star.
On the Diamond Dynasty market, Nathaniel Lowe currently buys for about 8,360 stubs, with sell orders near 6,900 stubs. Over the past 7 days the price has held roughly steady. Flipping at current buy and sell prices nets roughly 622 stubs, about a 9% return. DiamondOps suggests waiting for a better entry point.
OpScore is DiamondOps' composite rating of a card's in-game performance value. Nathaniel Lowe earns an OpScore of 97.7 on Legend difficulty, ranking #230 among all cards and #18 among First Basemans.
Common questions
- What is Nathaniel Lowe's overall rating in MLB The Show 26?
- Nathaniel Lowe is a 98 OVR Red Diamond First Baseman for the Guardians.
- Is Nathaniel Lowe a good card in MLB The Show 26?
- Among First Basemans, Nathaniel Lowe ranks #29 on All-Star, #15 on Hall of Fame, and #18 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 Nathaniel Lowe have in MLB The Show 26?
- Nathaniel Lowe has 4 quirks: Homebody, Rally Monkey, Situational Hitter, and Day Player.
- How much does Nathaniel Lowe cost in Diamond Dynasty?
- The last recorded buy-now price was 8,360 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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