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 16,903 stubs, with sell orders near 12,500 stubs. Over the past 3 days the buy price has fallen roughly 74%. Flipping at current buy and sell prices nets roughly 2,710 stubs, about a 22% return. DiamondOps currently rates the card a buy at this price.

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 #226 among all cards and #19 among Starting Pitchers.