Drake Baldwin — Gold 84 OVR Catcher Overview
Drake Baldwin is a Gold 84 OVR Catcher card for the Braves, 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, Drake Baldwin's standout tools are 96 Contact. His profile leans toward contact hitting. Notable quirks include Dead Red, Unfazed, and Fighter from a total of 5 quirks.
Drake Baldwin is eligible at 2 positions, and DiamondOps scores each one separately: Catcher (76.0) and Designated Hitter (75.9) on All-Star. Which slot is best depends on how you play — Catcher on All-Star, Designated Hitter on Hall of Fame, and Designated Hitter on Legend. At Catcher the card scores 76.0 on All-Star, 79.5 on Hall of Fame, and 79.3 on Legend — it keeps 104% of its All-Star value at the top difficulty, which is unusually durable. Among Catchers the card ranks #102 on Legend and #104 on All-Star.
On the Diamond Dynasty market, Drake Baldwin currently buys for about 1,600 stubs, with sell orders near 0 stubs. Over the past 7 days the buy price has climbed roughly 22%. Its quick-sell value of 1,500 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. Drake Baldwin earns an OpScore of 79.3 on Legend difficulty, ranking #1231 among all cards and #102 among Catchers.
Live Series cards like Drake Baldwin'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 342 cards it scored 70 or above in its 2 graded updates, 71% were upgraded, against 22% by chance: 3.3× better.
Common questions
- What is Drake Baldwin's overall rating in MLB The Show 26?
- Drake Baldwin is a 84 OVR Gold Catcher for the Braves.
- Is Drake Baldwin a good card in MLB The Show 26?
- Among Catchers, Drake Baldwin ranks #104 on All-Star, #103 on Hall of Fame, and #102 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 Drake Baldwin have in MLB The Show 26?
- Drake Baldwin has 5 quirks: Homebody, Dead Red, Unfazed, Fighter, and Situational Hitter.
- How much does Drake Baldwin cost in Diamond Dynasty?
- The last recorded buy-now price was 1,600 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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- Live Series — Braves Live SeriesA collection this card counts toward.
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- Diamond RadarWhich cards our model predicts will be upgraded at the next roster update.