Niko Kavadas — Common 59 OVR First Baseman Overview
Niko Kavadas is a Common 59 OVR First Baseman card for the Free Agents, part of the Live set in MLB The Show's Diamond Dynasty. He bats left-handed. The card was added to Diamond Dynasty in July 2026.
Niko Kavadas grades out at 63 Discipline, 59 Power, and 56 Fielding.
Niko Kavadas is eligible at 2 positions, and DiamondOps scores each one separately: First Baseman (46.8) and Designated Hitter (46.1) on All-Star. The card is strongest at its listed position, First Baseman, at every difficulty. At First Baseman the card scores 46.8 on All-Star, 42.4 on Hall of Fame, and 38.9 on Legend — retaining 83% of its All-Star value. Among First Basemans the card ranks #193 on All-Star and #218 on Legend.
On the Diamond Dynasty market, Niko Kavadas currently buys for about 8 stubs, with sell orders near 0 stubs. Over the past 7 days the buy price has climbed roughly 33%. Its quick-sell value of 5 stubs sits at or above the sell price, making it quick-sell viable. DiamondOps flags the card as currently overpriced.
OpScore is DiamondOps' composite rating of a card's in-game performance value. Niko Kavadas earns an OpScore of 38.9 on Legend difficulty, ranking #3205 among all cards and #218 among First Basemans.
Live Series cards like Niko Kavadas'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 Niko Kavadas's overall rating in MLB The Show 26?
- Niko Kavadas is a 59 OVR Common First Baseman for the Free Agents.
- Is Niko Kavadas a good card in MLB The Show 26?
- Among First Basemans, Niko Kavadas ranks #193 on All-Star, #213 on Hall of Fame, and #218 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 Niko Kavadas cost in Diamond Dynasty?
- The last recorded buy-now price was 8 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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