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Ildemaro Vargas
The 56th best first baseman in MLB The Show 26, out of 244 that we rate. He also plays second base, third base, shortstop and left field.
the worst first baseman in the gamethe best
9,999to buy it4,502sells back for5,497the difference8,000the game always paysIt is our own score for how good a card is. Rather than trust the number the game prints on the front, it reads the card's actual ratings — power, contact, fielding and the rest — and weighs them the way the game appears to. It runs past 100 because those underlying ratings do.
Where this card's 92.3 comes from · How the whole thing was built
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What the market is doingthe asking price, and what it is really selling for
The cheapest listing is 7,219, while the last 200 sales averaged 5,556 (over 2 days). Paying the asking price here means paying above what the card has been changing hands for. 200 sales, over 2 days.
What he actually does
A contact hitter first — very good contact against solid power. The splits matter here: average power against right-handers and very good against lefties, so he is a different hitter depending on who is pitching. Solid in the field for a first baseman, with a poor arm.
Best at
- Durabilityvery good #164 97
- Contactvery good #230 103
- Plate visionvery good #280 90
- Clutchvery good #321 103
Worst at
- Plate disciplinevery poor #1,801 28
- Arm strengthpoor #1,645 51
- Speedaverage #1,236 55
Every ratingthe game's own numbers, where 125 is the ceiling
At the plate
On the bases
In the field
Small ball and health
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Our rating reads the card's own ratings and weighs each one the way the game appears to. Nothing is hand-set. Across 1,564 hitters it lands within 0.93 of a point of the rating the game gives them.
It starts every hitter at 17.9 and adds the rest from here. How we know
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