Rafael Flores — Bronze 73 OVR Catcher Overview
Rafael Flores is a Bronze 73 OVR Catcher card for the Pirates, part of the Live set in MLB The Show's Diamond Dynasty. He bats right-handed. He is also eligible at First Baseman. The card was added to Diamond Dynasty in April 2026.
At the plate, Rafael Flores's standout tools are 80 Arm Strength.
Rafael Flores is eligible at 3 positions, and DiamondOps scores each one separately: Catcher (68.7), First Baseman (56.8), and Designated Hitter (54.8) on All-Star. The card is strongest at its listed position, Catcher, at every difficulty. At Catcher the card scores 68.7 on All-Star, 66.6 on Hall of Fame, and 65.6 on Legend — it keeps 95% of its All-Star value at the top difficulty, which is unusually durable. Among Catchers the card ranks #112 on All-Star and #123 on Legend.
On the Diamond Dynasty market, Rafael Flores currently buys for about 58 stubs, with sell orders near 0 stubs. Over the past 7 days the buy price has fallen roughly 39%. Its quick-sell value of 25 stubs sits at or above the sell price, making it quick-sell viable. DiamondOps currently rates the card a buy at this price.
OpScore is DiamondOps' composite rating of a card's in-game performance value. Rafael Flores earns an OpScore of 65.6 on Legend difficulty, ranking #1741 among all cards and #123 among Catchers.
Live Series cards like Rafael Flores'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 Rafael Flores's overall rating in MLB The Show 26?
- Rafael Flores is a 73 OVR Bronze Catcher for the Pirates.
- Is Rafael Flores a good card in MLB The Show 26?
- Among Catchers, Rafael Flores ranks #112 on All-Star, #118 on Hall of Fame, and #123 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 Rafael Flores cost in Diamond Dynasty?
- The last recorded buy-now price was 58 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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