Nick Allen — Bronze 65 OVR Shortstop Overview
Nick Allen is a Bronze 65 OVR Shortstop card for the Astros, part of the Live set in MLB The Show's Diamond Dynasty. He bats right-handed. He is also eligible at Second Baseman and Third Baseman. The card was added to Diamond Dynasty in April 2026.
At the plate, Nick Allen's standout tools are 99 Fielding. His profile leans toward defense in the field.
Nick Allen is eligible at 4 positions, and DiamondOps scores each one separately: Shortstop (55.8), Second Baseman (53.0), Third Baseman (51.7), and Designated Hitter (38.6) on All-Star. The card is strongest at its listed position, Shortstop, at every difficulty. At Shortstop the card scores 55.8 on All-Star, 58.9 on Hall of Fame, and 61.4 on Legend — it keeps 110% of its All-Star value at the top difficulty, which is unusually durable. Among Shortstops the card ranks #147 on Legend and #165 on All-Star.
On the Diamond Dynasty market, Nick Allen currently buys for about 37 stubs, with sell orders near 0 stubs. Over the past 7 days the buy price has climbed roughly 95%. Its quick-sell value of 25 stubs sits at or above the sell price, making it quick-sell viable. DiamondOps flags the card as currently overpriced.
OpScore is DiamondOps' composite rating of a card's in-game performance value. Nick Allen earns an OpScore of 61.4 on Legend difficulty, ranking #1893 among all cards and #147 among Shortstops.
Live Series cards like Nick Allen'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 Nick Allen's overall rating in MLB The Show 26?
- Nick Allen is a 65 OVR Bronze Shortstop for the Astros.
- Is Nick Allen a good card in MLB The Show 26?
- Among Shortstops, Nick Allen ranks #165 on All-Star, #153 on Hall of Fame, and #147 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 Nick Allen cost in Diamond Dynasty?
- The last recorded buy-now price was 37 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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