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Mark McGwire
The 76th best first baseman in MLB The Show 26, out of 244 that we rate.
the worst first baseman in the gamethe best
26,000to buy it14,001sells back for11,999the 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 88.8 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 28,888, while the last 200 sales averaged 23,298 (in 32 hours). Paying the asking price here means paying above what the card has been changing hands for. 200 sales in 32 hours.
What he actually does
A very good power bat, with solid contact behind it. The splits matter here: very good power against right-handers and elite against lefties, so he is a different hitter depending on who is pitching. Slow, and no help on the bases. Average in the field for a first baseman.
Best at
- Plate disciplineelite #93 107
- Powervery good #120 102
- Durabilityvery good #597 92
- Contactsolid #796 80
Worst at
- Baserunningvery poor #1,707 2
- Speedpoor #1,551 43
- Arm strengthaverage #1,328 63
- Reactionaverage #1,196 64
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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