Maikel Garcia — Gold 82 OVR Third Baseman Overview
Maikel Garcia is a Gold 82 OVR Third Baseman card for the Royals, part of the Live set in MLB The Show's Diamond Dynasty. He bats right-handed. He is also eligible at Second Baseman, Shortstop, and Center Fielder. The card was added to Diamond Dynasty in April 2026.
At the plate, Maikel Garcia's standout tools are 97 Contact, 89 Vision, and 86 Fielding. His profile leans toward contact hitting. Notable quirks include Breaking Ball Hitter and Unfazed from a total of 6 quirks.
Maikel Garcia is eligible at 5 positions, and DiamondOps scores each one separately: Third Baseman (71.0), Shortstop (70.8), Second Baseman (70.1), Center Fielder (69.6), and Designated Hitter (60.4) on All-Star. The card is strongest at its listed position, Third Baseman, at every difficulty. At Third Baseman the card scores 71.0 on All-Star, 80.7 on Hall of Fame, and 84.9 on Legend — it keeps 120% of its All-Star value at the top difficulty, which is unusually durable. Among Third Basemans the card ranks #72 on Legend and #101 on All-Star.
On the Diamond Dynasty market, Maikel Garcia currently buys for about 1,054 stubs, with sell orders near 0 stubs. Over the past 7 days the price has held roughly steady. 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. Maikel Garcia earns an OpScore of 84.9 on Legend difficulty, ranking #811 among all cards and #72 among Third Basemans.
Live Series cards like Maikel Garcia'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 Maikel Garcia's overall rating in MLB The Show 26?
- Maikel Garcia is a 82 OVR Gold Third Baseman for the Royals.
- Is Maikel Garcia a good card in MLB The Show 26?
- Among Third Basemans, Maikel Garcia ranks #101 on All-Star, #81 on Hall of Fame, and #72 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 Maikel Garcia have in MLB The Show 26?
- Maikel Garcia has 6 quirks: Road Warrior, Breaking Ball Hitter, Unfazed, Bad Ball Hitter, Day Player, and Table Setter.
- How much does Maikel Garcia cost in Diamond Dynasty?
- The last recorded buy-now price was 1,054 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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