Taylor Ward — Bronze 72 OVR Left Fielder Overview
Taylor Ward is a Bronze 72 OVR Left Fielder card for the Mariners, part of the Live set in MLB The Show's Diamond Dynasty. He bats right-handed. He is also eligible at Right Fielder. The card was added to Diamond Dynasty in April 2026.
At the plate, Taylor Ward's standout tools are 93 Discipline. Notable quirks include Dead Red, Breaking Ball Hitter, and Situational Hitter from a total of 5 quirks.
Taylor Ward is eligible at 3 positions, and DiamondOps scores each one separately: Right Fielder (65.3), Left Fielder (63.8), and Designated Hitter (61.5) on All-Star. The best fit is Right Fielder rather than the listed Left Fielder, and that holds at every difficulty. At Right Fielder the card scores 65.3 on All-Star, 64.6 on Hall of Fame, and 64.9 on Legend — it keeps 99% of its All-Star value at the top difficulty, which is unusually durable. Among Left Fielders the card ranks #126 on All-Star and #134 on Hall of Fame.
On the Diamond Dynasty market, Taylor Ward currently buys for about 41 stubs, with sell orders near 0 stubs. Over the past 7 days the buy price has fallen roughly 21%. Its quick-sell value of 25 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. Taylor Ward earns an OpScore of 63.4 on Legend difficulty, ranking #1690 among all cards and #133 among Left Fielders.
Live Series cards like Taylor Ward'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 Taylor Ward's overall rating in MLB The Show 26?
- Taylor Ward is a 72 OVR Bronze Left Fielder for the Mariners.
- Is Taylor Ward a good card in MLB The Show 26?
- Among Left Fielders, Taylor Ward ranks #126 on All-Star, #134 on Hall of Fame, and #133 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.
- What quirks does Taylor Ward have in MLB The Show 26?
- Taylor Ward has 5 quirks: Road Warrior, Dead Red, Breaking Ball Hitter, Situational Hitter, and Day Player.
- How much does Taylor Ward cost in Diamond Dynasty?
- The last recorded buy-now price was 41 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.
Where to go next
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