Rafael Lantigua — Common 63 OVR Shortstop Overview
Rafael Lantigua is a Common 63 OVR Shortstop card for the Free Agents, part of the Live set in MLB The Show's Diamond Dynasty. He bats right-handed. He is also eligible at Second Baseman, Third Baseman, Left Fielder, and Right Fielder. The card was added to Diamond Dynasty in July 2026.
At the plate, Rafael Lantigua's standout tools are 81 Speed.
Rafael Lantigua is eligible at 6 positions, and DiamondOps scores each one separately: Shortstop (59.4), Right Fielder (57.8), Second Baseman (57.1), Third Baseman (55.9), Left Fielder (55.4), and Designated Hitter (41.5) on All-Star. The card is strongest at its listed position, Shortstop, at every difficulty. At Shortstop the card scores 59.4 on All-Star, 59.4 on Hall of Fame, and 59.4 on Legend — it keeps 100% of its All-Star value at the top difficulty, which is unusually durable. Among Shortstops the card ranks #140 on All-Star and #149 on Legend.
On the Diamond Dynasty market, Rafael Lantigua currently buys for about 7 stubs, with sell orders near 0 stubs. Over the past 7 days the price has held roughly steady. Its quick-sell value of 5 stubs sits at or above the sell price, making it quick-sell viable. DiamondOps suggests waiting for a better entry point.
OpScore is DiamondOps' composite rating of a card's in-game performance value. Rafael Lantigua earns an OpScore of 59.4 on Legend difficulty, ranking #1967 among all cards and #149 among Shortstops.
Live Series cards like Rafael Lantigua'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 Rafael Lantigua's overall rating in MLB The Show 26?
- Rafael Lantigua is a 63 OVR Common Shortstop for the Free Agents.
- Is Rafael Lantigua a good card in MLB The Show 26?
- Among Shortstops, Rafael Lantigua ranks #140 on All-Star, #144 on Hall of Fame, and #149 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 Rafael Lantigua cost in Diamond Dynasty?
- The last recorded buy-now price was 7 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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