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2026 Draft · Twins
Vahn Lackey
The 20th best catcher in MLB The Show 26, out of 245 that we rate. He also plays third base.
the worst catcher in the gamethe best
91,165to buy it73,300sells back for17,865the 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 100.4 comes from · How the whole thing was built
What the market is doingthe asking price, and what it is really selling for
The cheapest listing is 91,995, while the last 200 sales averaged 75,513 (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 balanced very good bat. Solid in the field for a catcher.
Best at
- Pop timesolid #18 88
- Baserunningsolid #148 82
- Arm accuracysolid #166 88
- Base stealingsolid #192 75
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
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
Diamond Pulse is an independent fan tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by MLB, Sony Interactive Entertainment, San Diego Studio, or PlayStation. Card data reflects public MLB The Show sources and live marketplace listings.