Will Banfield — Common 59 OVR Catcher Overview
Will Banfield is a Common 59 OVR Catcher card for the Reds, part of the Live set in MLB The Show's Diamond Dynasty. He bats right-handed. He is also eligible at Third Baseman. The card was added to Diamond Dynasty in June 2026.
Will Banfield grades out at 72 Arm Strength, 53 Power, and 53 Contact.
Will Banfield is eligible at 3 positions, and DiamondOps scores each one separately: Catcher (52.6), Third Baseman (44.7), and Designated Hitter (42.1) on All-Star. The card is strongest at its listed position, Catcher, at every difficulty. At Catcher the card scores 52.6 on All-Star, 50.1 on Hall of Fame, and 48.5 on Legend — it keeps 92% of its All-Star value at the top difficulty, which is unusually durable. Among Catchers the card ranks #198 on All-Star and #221 on Legend.
On the Diamond Dynasty market, Will Banfield currently buys for about 19 stubs, with sell orders near 0 stubs. Over the past 7 days the buy price has fallen roughly 84%. Its quick-sell value of 5 stubs sits at or above the sell price, making it quick-sell viable. DiamondOps currently rates the card a buy at this price.
OpScore is DiamondOps' composite rating of a card's in-game performance value. Will Banfield earns an OpScore of 48.5 on Legend difficulty, ranking #2920 among all cards and #221 among Catchers.
Live Series cards like Will Banfield'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 Will Banfield's overall rating in MLB The Show 26?
- Will Banfield is a 59 OVR Common Catcher for the Reds.
- Is Will Banfield a good card in MLB The Show 26?
- Among Catchers, Will Banfield ranks #198 on All-Star, #216 on Hall of Fame, and #221 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 Will Banfield cost in Diamond Dynasty?
- The last recorded buy-now price was 19 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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