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Michael King
The 337th best starting pitcher in MLB The Show 26, out of 676 that we rate.
the worst starting pitcher in the gamethe best
62the game always paysNobody currently has both a buy order and a listing on this card, so there is no honest price to quote.
It 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 78.2 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 200, while the last 200 sales averaged 143 (in 16 hours). Paying the asking price here means paying above what the card has been changing hands for. 200 sales in 16 hours.
What he actually does
A very good break on the ball, with solid velocity behind it. He misses bats at an average rate, and the free passes are a real risk. Stamina puts him between a starter and a long reliever.
Best at
- Durabilitysolid #261 82
- Pitching abilitysolid #279 85
- Staminasolid #297 84
- Clutchvery good #336 92
Worst at
- Strikeoutsaverage #966 57
- Avoiding walksaverage #838 58
Every ratingthe game's own numbers, where 125 is the ceiling
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What hitters do against him
Holding up
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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 1,376 pitchers it lands within 1.22 of a point of the rating the game gives them.
It starts every pitcher at 11.4 and adds the rest from here. How we know
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