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Mexico City · Padres
Michael King
The 152nd best starting pitcher in MLB The Show 26, out of 673 that we rate.
the worst starting pitcher in the gamethe best
30,986to buy it21,200sells back for9,786the 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 92.5 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 31,995, while the last 200 sales averaged 26,548 (over 3 days). Paying the asking price here means paying above what the card has been changing hands for. 200 sales, over 3 days.
What he actually does
A very good break on the ball, with very good velocity behind it. He misses bats at a solid rate, and the free passes are a real risk. Enough stamina to start and go deep.
Best at
- Breakvery good #1 99
- Pitching abilityvery good #162 91
- Avoiding home runssolid #163 87
- Clutchelite #165 105
Worst at
No rating that matters for this card sits in the weaker half of the game.
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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