Cal Raleigh — Gold 81 OVR Catcher Overview
Cal Raleigh is a Gold 81 OVR Catcher card for the Mariners, part of the Live set in MLB The Show's Diamond Dynasty. He is a switch hitter. The card was added to Diamond Dynasty in April 2026.
At the plate, Cal Raleigh's standout tools are 97 Power, 88 Fielding, and 85 Discipline. His profile leans toward power at the plate. Notable quirks include Dead Red, Fighter, and Situational Hitter from a total of 7 quirks.
Cal Raleigh is eligible at 2 positions, and DiamondOps scores each one separately: Designated Hitter (86.0) and Catcher (85.2) on All-Star. Which slot is best depends on how you play — Designated Hitter on All-Star, Catcher on Hall of Fame, and Catcher on Legend. At Designated Hitter the card scores 86.0 on All-Star, 70.3 on Hall of Fame, and 62.6 on Legend — a 27% fall, so this card is materially weaker if you play on Legend. Among Catchers the card ranks #73 on All-Star and #96 on Legend.
On the Diamond Dynasty market, Cal Raleigh currently buys for about 850 stubs, with sell orders near 606 stubs. Over the past 7 days the buy price has climbed roughly 11%. Flipping at current buy and sell prices nets roughly 157 stubs, about a 26% return. DiamondOps suggests waiting for a better entry point.
OpScore is DiamondOps' composite rating of a card's in-game performance value. Cal Raleigh earns an OpScore of 70.5 on Legend difficulty, ranking #1331 among all cards and #96 among Catchers.
Live Series cards like Cal Raleigh'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 Cal Raleigh's overall rating in MLB The Show 26?
- Cal Raleigh is a 81 OVR Gold Catcher for the Mariners.
- Is Cal Raleigh a good card in MLB The Show 26?
- Among Catchers, Cal Raleigh ranks #73 on All-Star, #93 on Hall of Fame, and #96 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 Cal Raleigh have in MLB The Show 26?
- Cal Raleigh has 7 quirks: Road Warrior, First-Pitch Hitter, Dead Red, Fighter, Situational Hitter, Day Player, and Table Setter.
- How much does Cal Raleigh cost in Diamond Dynasty?
- The last recorded buy-now price was 850 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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- Diamond RadarWhich cards our model predicts will be upgraded at the next roster update.