Peanut Johnson

Peanut Johnson is a Red Diamond 99 OVR Starting Pitcher card for the Free Agents, part of the The Negro Leagues set in MLB The Show's Diamond Dynasty. He throws right-handed. As a two-way card, he can be used as both a hitter and a pitcher in the same lineup. He is also eligible at Second Baseman. The card was added to Diamond Dynasty in September 2026.

On the mound, Peanut Johnson works with a 5-pitch arsenal led by a 97 mph 4-Seam Fastball and a 84 mph Slider. His pitching ratings include 89 Velocity, 99 Control, and 99 Break. The profile favors a balanced mix of command and movement. Notable quirks include Breaking Ball Hitter from a total of 5 quirks.

Peanut Johnson is eligible at 2 positions, and DiamondOps scores each one separately: Designated Hitter (87.0) and Second Baseman (80.9) on All-Star. The best fit is Designated Hitter rather than the listed Starting Pitcher, and that holds at every difficulty. At Designated Hitter the card scores 87.0 on All-Star, 96.2 on Hall of Fame, and 100.2 on Legend — it keeps 115% of its All-Star value at the top difficulty, which is unusually durable. Among Starting Pitchers the card ranks #19 on Legend and #115 on All-Star.

DiamondOps grades each pitch in Peanut Johnson's arsenal: Slider (S), 4-Seam Fastball (S), Circle Change (A), Curveball (B), and Screwball (C). 2 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 Slider, so the two share a release look. Velocity works against the card here — its 89 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, Peanut Johnson currently buys for about 144,997 stubs, with sell orders near 78,809 stubs. Flipping at current buy and sell prices nets roughly 51,686 stubs, about a 66% return. DiamondOps suggests waiting for a better entry point.

OpScore is DiamondOps' composite rating of a card's in-game performance value. Peanut Johnson earns an OpScore of 100.2 on Legend difficulty, ranking #224 among all cards and #19 among Starting Pitchers.