David Ortiz — Red Diamond 99 OVR First Baseman Overview
David Ortiz is a Red Diamond 99 OVR First Baseman card for the Twins, part of the Spotlight set in MLB The Show's Diamond Dynasty. He bats left-handed. The card was added to Diamond Dynasty in August 2026.
At the plate, David Ortiz's standout tools are 120 Contact, 110 Power, and 84 Discipline. His profile leans toward contact hitting. Notable quirks include Dead Red, Breaking Ball Hitter, and Fighter from a total of 7 quirks.
David Ortiz is eligible at 2 positions, and DiamondOps scores each one separately: Designated Hitter (110.2) and First Baseman (105.8) on All-Star. The best fit is Designated Hitter rather than the listed First Baseman, and that holds at every difficulty. At Designated Hitter the card scores 110.2 on All-Star, 108.0 on Hall of Fame, and 103.6 on Legend — it keeps 94% of its All-Star value at the top difficulty, which is unusually durable. Among First Basemans the card ranks #4 on All-Star and #7 on Legend.
David Ortiz is not currently traded on the open Diamond Dynasty market — cards like this are typically earned through programs or collections rather than bought with stubs.
OpScore is DiamondOps' composite rating of a card's in-game performance value. David Ortiz earns an OpScore of 99.9 on Legend difficulty, ranking #121 among all cards and #7 among First Basemans.
Common questions
- What is David Ortiz's overall rating in MLB The Show 26?
- David Ortiz is a 99 OVR Red Diamond First Baseman for the Twins.
- Is David Ortiz a good card in MLB The Show 26?
- Among First Basemans, David Ortiz ranks #4 on All-Star, #6 on Hall of Fame, and #7 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 David Ortiz have in MLB The Show 26?
- David Ortiz has 7 quirks: Homebody, First-Pitch Hitter, Dead Red, Breaking Ball Hitter, Fighter, Situational Hitter, and Night Player.
Where to go next
Every link below comes from this card's own series, team, rarity, position, or the collections and programs it belongs to.
- Legends and Flashbacks — SpotlightA collection this card counts toward.
- Best First BasemenThe top first basemen in the game, ranked by OpScore.
- Spotlight CardsEvery Spotlight card, filterable by position, team and rating.
- Twins CardsEvery Twins card in the game, with live market prices.
- Red Diamond CardsEvery Red Diamond card, ranked by overall rating.
- High Diamonds (85+ OVR)Overall is one number that never changes with difficulty. Two 87s can be a full tier apart in practice, which is what OpScore on each row is for.
- Diamond RadarWhich cards our model predicts will be upgraded at the next roster update.