Jacob Wilson — Gold 82 OVR Shortstop Overview
Jacob Wilson is a Gold 82 OVR Shortstop card for the Athletics, part of the Live set in MLB The Show's Diamond Dynasty. He bats right-handed. The card was added to Diamond Dynasty in April 2026.
At the plate, Jacob Wilson's standout tools are 96 Vision and 88 Contact. His profile leans toward contact hitting. Notable quirks include Breaking Ball Hitter and Unfazed from a total of 5 quirks.
Jacob Wilson is eligible at 2 positions, and DiamondOps scores each one separately: Shortstop (70.9) and Designated Hitter (65.5) on All-Star. Which slot is best depends on how you play — Shortstop on All-Star, Designated Hitter on Hall of Fame, and Designated Hitter on Legend. At Shortstop the card scores 70.9 on All-Star, 79.4 on Hall of Fame, and 83.0 on Legend — it keeps 117% of its All-Star value at the top difficulty, which is unusually durable. Among Shortstops the card ranks #103 on Legend and #114 on All-Star.
On the Diamond Dynasty market, Jacob Wilson currently buys for about 1,170 stubs, with sell orders near 0 stubs. Over the past 7 days the buy price has fallen roughly 6%. Its quick-sell value of 900 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. Jacob Wilson earns an OpScore of 83 on Legend difficulty, ranking #907 among all cards and #103 among Shortstops.
Live Series cards like Jacob Wilson'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 Jacob Wilson's overall rating in MLB The Show 26?
- Jacob Wilson is a 82 OVR Gold Shortstop for the Athletics.
- Is Jacob Wilson a good card in MLB The Show 26?
- Among Shortstops, Jacob Wilson ranks #114 on All-Star, #108 on Hall of Fame, and #103 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 Jacob Wilson have in MLB The Show 26?
- Jacob Wilson has 5 quirks: Homebody, Breaking Ball Hitter, Unfazed, Bad Ball Hitter, and Day Player.
- How much does Jacob Wilson cost in Diamond Dynasty?
- The last recorded buy-now price was 1,170 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.