Zach McKinstry — Bronze 70 OVR Third Baseman Overview
Zach McKinstry is a Bronze 70 OVR Third Baseman card for the Tigers, part of the Live set in MLB The Show's Diamond Dynasty. He bats left-handed. He is also eligible at Second Baseman, Shortstop, Left Fielder, and Right Fielder. The card was added to Diamond Dynasty in April 2026.
At the plate, Zach McKinstry's standout tools are 88 Arm Strength and 80 Fielding. Notable quirks include Unfazed from a total of 4 quirks.
Zach McKinstry is eligible at 6 positions, and DiamondOps scores each one separately: Shortstop (66.5), Right Fielder (65.4), Second Baseman (65.2), Third Baseman (64.8), Left Fielder (62.3), and Designated Hitter (49.3) on All-Star. The best fit is Shortstop rather than the listed Third Baseman, and that holds at every difficulty. At Shortstop the card scores 66.5 on All-Star, 70.8 on Hall of Fame, and 74.2 on Legend — it keeps 112% of its All-Star value at the top difficulty, which is unusually durable. Among Third Basemans the card ranks #124 on Legend and #132 on All-Star.
On the Diamond Dynasty market, Zach McKinstry currently buys for about 86 stubs, with sell orders near 0 stubs. Over the past 7 days the buy price has fallen roughly 65%. Its quick-sell value of 25 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. Zach McKinstry earns an OpScore of 73.7 on Legend difficulty, ranking #1372 among all cards and #124 among Third Basemans.
Live Series cards like Zach McKinstry'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. Model v11: of the 162 cards it scored 70 or above in its 1 graded update, 72% were upgraded, against 21% by chance: 3.5× better.
Common questions
- What is Zach McKinstry's overall rating in MLB The Show 26?
- Zach McKinstry is a 70 OVR Bronze Third Baseman for the Tigers.
- Is Zach McKinstry a good card in MLB The Show 26?
- Among Third Basemans, Zach McKinstry ranks #132 on All-Star, #129 on Hall of Fame, and #124 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 Zach McKinstry have in MLB The Show 26?
- Zach McKinstry has 4 quirks: Homebody, Unfazed, Day Player, and Table Setter.
- How much does Zach McKinstry cost in Diamond Dynasty?
- The last recorded buy-now price was 86 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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