Michael Trautwein — Common 55 OVR Catcher Overview
Michael Trautwein is a Common 55 OVR Catcher card for the Reds, part of the Live set in MLB The Show's Diamond Dynasty. He bats left-handed. He is also eligible at Left Fielder and Right Fielder. The card was added to Diamond Dynasty in August 2026.
Michael Trautwein grades out at 69 Speed, 68 Arm Strength, and 66 Fielding.
Michael Trautwein is eligible at 4 positions, and DiamondOps scores each one separately: Catcher (55.4), Right Fielder (49.3), Left Fielder (46.9), and Designated Hitter (34.5) on All-Star. The card is strongest at its listed position, Catcher, at every difficulty. At Catcher the card scores 55.4 on All-Star, 55.3 on Hall of Fame, and 54.3 on Legend — it keeps 98% of its All-Star value at the top difficulty, which is unusually durable. Among Catchers the card ranks #166 on All-Star and #184 on Legend.
On the Diamond Dynasty market, Michael Trautwein currently buys for about 131 stubs, with sell orders near 0 stubs. Over the past 7 days the buy price has climbed roughly 72%. Its quick-sell value of 5 stubs sits at or above the sell price, making it quick-sell viable. DiamondOps suggests waiting for a better entry point.
OpScore is DiamondOps' composite rating of a card's in-game performance value. Michael Trautwein earns an OpScore of 54.3 on Legend difficulty, ranking #2410 among all cards and #184 among Catchers.
Live Series cards like Michael Trautwein'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 Michael Trautwein's overall rating in MLB The Show 26?
- Michael Trautwein is a 55 OVR Common Catcher for the Reds.
- Is Michael Trautwein a good card in MLB The Show 26?
- Among Catchers, Michael Trautwein ranks #166 on All-Star, #167 on Hall of Fame, and #184 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 Michael Trautwein cost in Diamond Dynasty?
- The last recorded buy-now price was 131 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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