Field of Dreams content now live in MLB The Show 26
New cards and rewards tied to the iconic MLB at Field of Dreams event are available starting today.
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Notes from the Headghoul on the Diamond Dynasty market.
Game Update 16 Brings Engine & Balance Improvements
Major patch addresses gameplay mechanics, stability, and multiplayer refinements.
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The Diamond Tax: What You Paid in March Is Almost Exactly What You Lost
Ketel Marte is a 90 today and he was a 90 in March. He cost 100,000 stubs then and 8,480 now — down 92%, without losing a single point of OVR. Jeremy Peña, an 85 who cost 3,730 in March, is up 7%. Nine cards, none of them re-rated, and the only thing that predicted the damage was the March price.
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New Threads Series expands with Trade Deadline roster moves
Fresh card versions reflect real-world mid-season trades and player movements.
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The Market Sleeps When You Do
29 million completed sales say there's a best hour to buy and a best hour to sell — and that it only pays on cards you'd never bother timing.
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Ernie Clement Takeover Program Launches
New program centered on the versatile infielder goes live with exclusive rewards.
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Game Update 15 Brings Balance Adjustments and Stability Fixes
The latest patch addresses pitching mechanics and server performance while expanding roster updates.
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6th Inning Push: Spotlight & Weekend Classic 5 Live
Earn XP, tackle July Spotlight, and compete in Weekend Classic 5 this weekend.
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Championship Series Gets Tournament of Champions Mode
New competitive structure arrives for MLB The Show 26's online ranked series.
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Double XP Weekend Kicks Off Hall of Fame Content Push
Extended XP multiplier event runs this weekend as legendary player cards prepare to drop.
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A Cold Split Isn't a Downgrade. Here's What SDS Actually Reads.
How SDS turns a month of platoon splits into roster-update risers — and the tell you can read a week before the price moves.
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Game Update 14 Nerfed the Nastiest Pitch in the Game. The Market Shrugged.
We said GU14's sweeper nerf might cool the elite relievers and lift contact bats — and promised to report back with real prices. The receipt: 72 sweeper & slider arms graded against the price history. The twist? Most had already bled out before the patch ever landed.
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Radar Report Card: 16 of 20 Went Up, Best Call +552%
Our July upgrade-week board went 16-for-20 — every high-confidence call hit, 10 for 10, and the top pick returned +552% in under a week. And every prediction the model makes is now graded in public: 619 calls, 64.8% precision, on a track record anyone can audit.
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The Whole Market, In Your Pocket
DiamondOps is live on the App Store — market intelligence, OpScore, flips, and your portfolio, native on iPhone. And if you never wanted a browser extension, the app is a second way to keep your account in sync.
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You Grinded to GOAT for a Card You Could've Bought
The Ranked 1000 Duran and the All-Star Duran are the same card. I diffed every field. Same attributes, same quirks, same OpScore — the only real difference is one you can sell and one you can't.
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2026 All-Star Week content launches in Diamond Dynasty
New cards and events celebrate the midsummer classic with All-Star themed Diamond Dynasty offerings.
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All-Star Week Kicks Off with New Content in MLB The Show 26
All-Star themed cards, events, and rewards arrive as Diamond Dynasty celebrates baseball's mid-summer showcase.
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Game Update 14 Buffed the Most Hated Button in the Game
SDS made Bear Down scarier and finally let you touch the corner slider. Here's what changed, what the community thinks, and what it could do to your cards.
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Game Update 14 brings balance adjustments and stability fixes
Patch addresses gameplay mechanics and performance across Diamond Dynasty and other modes.
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Giancarlo Stanton Is the 77th-Best Left Fielder You Can Roster
OVR lies in two directions. Here are the cards it oversells, the cards it buries, and how to read the gap before you spend.
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All-Star programming and content expansion arrives
MLB The Show 26 launches its All-Star themed content rollout.
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Every Diamond Has a Half-Life
A market-timing guide for the cards already decaying in your inventory — now with the receipts.
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Double XP Weekend + June Spotlight Lightning Pack Drop
Earn twice the XP this weekend while new retro Lightning cards hit packs in the latest roster update.
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Game Update 13 rolls out stability improvements
Latest patch brings bug fixes and performance enhancements to The Show 26.
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SDS Finally Nerfed the Hader & King 'Contact Swing' Glitch
For weeks, perfect swings against Josh Hader's two-seam and Michael King's sinker died in the outfield. Game Update 13 quietly rewrites both deliveries. Here's what was actually broken.
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The Free Ride Is Over. The Free Tier Isn't.
DiamondOps is live and Early Access ended today. Here's the honest breakdown of the tiers you can get right now — Free, Lite, and Pro — plus Diamond, which is coming soon.
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Your Own Data Is Free Now (And Your Pack Luck Is Worse Than You Think)
Cost basis, real profit and loss, your actual pull rates, your full order and pack history — all synced from your TheShow account, all free. The big v1.6 rundown.
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June Countdown Program Expires Soon
Limited-time rewards program ending—don't miss out on exclusive cards and currency.
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Every Pitcher Has a Tell. PitchGuessr v1.3 Scores It 0 to 100.
What PitchGuessr is, why you'd use it, and everything new in the v1.3 update — now live on the App Store.
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Fourteen Columns and What Each One Is Actually Doing
A field guide to the DiamondOps market table — what to read, in what order.
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Good Pitchers Throw Two Pitches That Look Like One. PitchTunnels Does the Math.
What pitch tunneling actually is, how the app works, and everything new in the v1.3 update.
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Skubal Headlining Summer Series Drop
New Summer Series cards released with Tarik Skubal as the featured pitcher.
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June 2026: The Update That Bothers You Less
Real notification controls, an account page that makes sense, and a status page that admits when something broke.
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The Show 26 Update 12: Balance Tweaks & Stability Fixes
Mid-season patch addresses gameplay mechanics and server stability as the competitive season ramps up.
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Diamond Radar Went 65% Last Run. Let's Talk About the Misses.
A postmortem of the June 12 roster update: every best call, every whiff, and the pattern hiding in both.
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Weekend Drop Adds 6 Diamonds & Fan-Favorite Legend
New high-tier cards and pack bundles arrive to refresh the competitive Diamond Dynasty meta.
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OVR Is a Polite Fiction. Here's What We Use Instead.
What OpScore is, what it isn't, and how to read it.
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15 New Red Diamonds Land in MLB The Show 26
Fresh batch of elite cards includes Lightning Jacob Misiorowski and boosts high-end player availability.
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Diamond Radar Sees the Roster Update Coming
What our roster-update projection tool actually does — and why it keeps getting sharper every cycle.
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Game Update 11 Rolls Out—Check Your Squad
The latest patch brings balance changes and fixes. Here's what matters for your roster.
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Scout Your Opponents — and Yourself
Gamertag Scout sizes up anyone before first pitch. My Games turns your own game data into real scouting intelligence — split by human vs CPU, online vs offline, and card by card.
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Double XP Weekend + Vintage Series Launch
New Vintage Series drops alongside XP multiplier boost this weekend.
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May Spotlight Series, Fresh Conquest Map, and Free Reward Drop
New content wave includes a Spotlight program, expanded Conquest mode, and a gift pack for all players.
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The Show 26 Update 10: Balance Shifts & New Content Drops
Card values and gameplay dynamics shift with the latest tuning adjustments and roster additions.
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Diamond Dynasty Has Great Tools. I Kept Wanting More.
Who I am, what DiamondOps actually is, and why it's not trying to replace anything you already use.
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Mural Series Jose Ramirez arrives as premium Red Diamond
New Jose Ramirez card delivers elite versatility with high contact and defensive metrics across infield positions.
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Game Update 9 Patch Notes & Changes
The latest maintenance update arrives with balance tweaks and bug fixes for Diamond Dynasty.
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Third Inning Brings 3 Diamonds + Weekend Event
New high-tier cards and fresh content drop alongside the next XP path milestone.
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