Zac Thornton — Common 60 OVR Starting Pitcher Overview
Zac Thornton is a Common 60 OVR Starting Pitcher card for the Mets, part of the Live set in MLB The Show's Diamond Dynasty. He throws left-handed. The card was added to Diamond Dynasty in May 2026.
On the mound, Zac Thornton works with a 5-pitch arsenal led by a 91 mph 4-Seam Fastball and a 87 mph Cutter. His pitching ratings include 56 Velocity, 52 Control, and 52 Break. The profile favors a balanced mix of command and movement.
DiamondOps grades each pitch in Zac Thornton's arsenal: Slider (S), 4-Seam Fastball (S), Cutter (S), Circle Change (A), and Slurve (B). 3 of them grade S-tier, which is what separates a genuine out-pitch mix from a deep-but-flat arsenal. Its strongest tunnel pairing is the Slider off the Cutter, so the two share a release look. Velocity works against the card here — its 56 mph 4-Seam Fastball is slow enough to cost it in the arsenal score. Arsenal grades are the same at every difficulty — unlike a hitter's OpScore, a pitch mix does not re-weight as you climb.
On the Diamond Dynasty market, Zac Thornton currently buys for about 60 stubs, with sell orders near 5 stubs. Over the past 7 days the buy price has climbed roughly 22%. Flipping at current buy and sell prices nets roughly 47 stubs, about a 783% return. DiamondOps currently rates the card a buy at this price.
OpScore is DiamondOps' composite rating of a card's in-game performance value. Zac Thornton earns an OpScore of 49.9 on Legend difficulty, ranking #2728 among all cards and #551 among Starting Pitchers.
Common questions
- What is Zac Thornton's overall rating in MLB The Show 26?
- Zac Thornton is a 60 OVR Common Starting Pitcher for the Mets.
- Is Zac Thornton a good card in MLB The Show 26?
- Among Starting Pitchers, Zac Thornton ranks #542 on All-Star, #552 on Hall of Fame, and #551 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 Zac Thornton cost in Diamond Dynasty?
- The last recorded buy-now price was 60 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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