Nico Hoerner

Nico Hoerner is a Silver 79 OVR Second Baseman card for the Cubs, part of the Live set in MLB The Show's Diamond Dynasty. He bats right-handed. He is also eligible at Shortstop. The card was added to Diamond Dynasty in April 2026.

At the plate, Nico Hoerner's standout tools are 99 Vision, 96 Fielding, and 82 Contact. His profile leans toward defense in the field.

Nico Hoerner is eligible at 3 positions, and DiamondOps scores each one separately: Shortstop (66.8), Second Baseman (66.6), and Designated Hitter (53.6) on All-Star. Which slot is best depends on how you play — Shortstop on All-Star, Second Baseman on Hall of Fame, and Second Baseman on Legend. At Shortstop the card scores 66.8 on All-Star, 74.1 on Hall of Fame, and 78.4 on Legend — it keeps 117% of its All-Star value at the top difficulty, which is unusually durable. Among Second Basemans the card ranks #91 on Legend and #100 on All-Star.

On the Diamond Dynasty market, Nico Hoerner currently buys for about 208 stubs, with sell orders near 150 stubs. Over the past 7 days the buy price has climbed roughly 11%. Flipping at current buy and sell prices nets roughly 35 stubs, about a 23% return. DiamondOps suggests waiting for a better entry point.

OpScore is DiamondOps' composite rating of a card's in-game performance value. Nico Hoerner earns an OpScore of 79.3 on Legend difficulty, ranking #1184 among all cards and #91 among Second Basemans.

Live Series cards like Nico Hoerner'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.