Michael Busch

Michael Busch is a Silver 75 OVR First Baseman card for the Cubs, part of the Live set in MLB The Show's Diamond Dynasty. He bats left-handed. The card was added to Diamond Dynasty in April 2026.

At the plate, Michael Busch's standout tools are 87 Discipline. Notable quirks include Dead Red, Unfazed, and Situational Hitter from a total of 7 quirks.

Michael Busch is eligible at 2 positions, and DiamondOps scores each one separately: First Baseman (67.4) and Designated Hitter (66.3) on All-Star. The card is strongest at its listed position, First Baseman, at every difficulty. At First Baseman the card scores 67.4 on All-Star, 68.2 on Hall of Fame, and 67.3 on Legend — it keeps 100% of its All-Star value at the top difficulty, which is unusually durable. Among First Basemans the card ranks #170 on All-Star and #172 on Hall of Fame.

On the Diamond Dynasty market, Michael Busch currently buys for about 71 stubs, with sell orders near 51 stubs. Over the past 7 days the buy price has climbed roughly 8%. Flipping at current buy and sell prices nets roughly 11 stubs, about a 21% return. DiamondOps suggests waiting for a better entry point.

OpScore is DiamondOps' composite rating of a card's in-game performance value. Michael Busch earns an OpScore of 67.3 on Legend difficulty, ranking #1843 among all cards and #171 among First Basemans.

Live Series cards like Michael Busch'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 358 cards it scored 70 or above in its 3 graded updates, 69% were upgraded, against 17% by chance: 4.1× better.