All Position Player Attributes in MLB The Show 26, Explained

No matter if you are looking to craft a future Hall of Famer in Road To The Show or assemble the perfect lineups in Diamond Dynasty or Franchise Mode in MLB The Show 26, knowing what attributes you should invest in is a must.

To help you do just that, here’s an overview of all of the stats and attributes you will have access to while playing RTTS, Diamond Dynasty, and Franchise Mode in MLB The Show 26.

Every Attribute For Position Players In MLB The Show 26 Road To The Show

Offering a welcome increase when compared to last year’s selection, MLB The Show 26‘s Road To The Show players can upgrade a total of seven main stats — Stuff, Contact, Power, Fielding, Throwing, Speed, and Other — all featuring their own individual attributes. You can check out an overview of each below:

Stuff

The It Factor for pitchers, Stuff influences your pitching prowess and overall ability to elude hits when the count is high. Here’s an overview of all of the stats inner-attributes, all of which can be upgraded individually during your climb to the majors.

• H/9 R (Hits per 9): Reduces the opposing batter’s ability to get a high batting average (right-handed only).
• H/9 L: Reduces the opposing batter’s ability to get a high batting average (left-handed only).
• K/9 R (Strikeouts per 9): Boosts your ability to generate swings and misses against right-handed batters.
• K/9 L: Boosts your ability to generate swings and misses against left-handed batters.
• HR/9 (Home Runs per 9): Boosts your ability to not give away home runs.
• Pitching Clutch: Replaces H/9 when the bases are loaded. Boosts your Bear Bown momentum and usage count, while also decreasing the opposing batter’s performance.

Contact

The foundation for hitters, Contact influences your ability to score hits against all types of opponents, as well as your ability to identify and respond to pitches. Its sub-attributes are also pretty self-explanatory, as you can see below:

• Contact vs L: Boosts your ability to make contact against left-handed pitchers via a PCI increase.
• Contact vs R: Boosts your ability to make contact against right-handed pitchers via a PCI increase.
• Plate Vision: Boosts your overall PCI size.
• Clutch: Replaces the Contact stat when runners are on second or third. Increases the size of your PCI and your overall ability to score hits.

Power

Power boosts exit velocity and thus your ability to put your weight behind the bat while going for those long balls. As you can guess from that, the stat only has two sub-attributes in the following:

• Power vs L: Boosts the power of hits against left-handed pitchers.
• Power vs R: Boosts the power of hits against right-handed pitchers.

Fielding

Fielding is a straightforward stat focused on boosting your range and ability to react while in defense. Just make sure to also invest in Throwing to guarantee no opponent will outrun your eliminations. If playing exclusively as a catcher, both Blocking and Pop Time replace Reaction within the sub-attributes.

• Fielding: Boosts your ability to perform defensive plays in all on-field positions.
• Reaction: Boosts your player’s overall reaction speed.
• Blocking: Boosts your ability to catch balls outside the zone.
• Pop Time: Boosts your ability to get the ball to fielders quickly and precisely following a catch.

Throwing

The lifeblood of outfielders, throwing influences your players’ arm strength and accuracy, thus boosting the overall speed of all throws. Here’s an overview of its sub-attributes:

• Arm Strength: Boosts the overall speed of throws.
• Arm Accuracy: Boosts the accuracy of fielder throws. Increases the size of your perfect zone when performing manual plays.

Speed

As its name implies, Speed boosts your player’s ability to quickly make their way to base following successful hits, as well as their success rate when going for steals. If you are a contact hitter, these stats are an absolute must and will allow you to outrun the ball for clutch double-plays. You can check out an overview of all of the sub-attributes below:

• Speed: Boosts your ability to move between bases (overall running speed).
• Stealing: Boosts your success rate when attempting steals.
• B/R Agressiveness: Enhances the effects of quick time events while base running.

Other

The stats under Other dictate your player’s ability to clutch it up in the biggest moments, as well as their overall resistance. Needless to say, this makes increasing the stat and its inner attributes a must for any starting pitcher, closer, or late batter. Here’s an overview of all attributes you can find under Other. Keep in mind that picking exclusive positions might lock some of them out.

• Control: Boosts your overall pitch accuracy.
• Stamina: Affects how fast you will tire on the mound and your overall energy.
• Durability: Decreases your player’s likelihood of getting hurt.
• Bunting: Boosts your ability to perform successful bunts.
• Drag Bunting: Boosts your ability to perform base hit bunts.
• Plate Discipline: Boosts your ability to perform check swings.

All MLB The Show 26 Diamond Dynasty And Franchise Player Stats, Explained

MLB The Show 26‘s Diamond Dynasty and Franchise modes feature the same approach to individual player stats and Quirks. The latter, though, also allows you to spot each star’s potential rating, with A being the highest. Here’s an overview of individual stats:

• Contact
  • Contact R: Contact vs RHP
  • Contact L: Contact vs LHP
  • Vision: Represents a batter’s ability to minimize strikeouts and score key hits.
  • Clutch: Replaces the Contact stat when runners are on second or third. Influences a batter’s ability to make contact in do-or-die moments.
• Power
  • Power R: Power vs RHP
  • Power L: Power vs LHP
• Fielding
  • Ability: Dictates overall Fielding Prowess by influencing a player’s ability to perform their roles with minimal errors.
  • Blocking (Catcher-Exclusive): Represents a catchers abilty to save passed balls.
  • Pop Time (Catcher-Exclusive): Influences a catcher’s ability to get the ball from their mitt to a fielder.
  • Directional Reaction / Jump: Divided into Forward, Backward, Right, and Left. Represent’s a player’s ability to move in all directions when the ball is in play.
• Speed
  • Speed: Affects how quickly a player can run in all scenarios.
  • Steal: Boosts a baserunner’s success rate when attempting to steal.
• Arm
  • Arm Strength (Str): Represents the speed of throws by fielders.
  • Arm Accuracy (Acc): Represents the precision of fielder throws and the size of perfect zones.

• Other:
  • Sag Bunt: Boosts a player’s ability to make contact with blunts.
  • Drag Bunt: Boosts a player’s ability to drag bunts.
  • BR AGG (or Baserunning Aggression): Enhances the effects of quick time events while base running (Player Locked modes only)
  • Durability (Franchise-Exclusive): Represents how unlikely a player is of sustaining injuries during games (the higher the better)
  • Discipline (Franchise-Exclusive): Dictates how often your pitcher is known to draw walks.

Apart from the trio above, Diamond Dynasty and Franchise pitchers also have access to another stat page. As you can see below, the page houses all of the Stuff attributes seen in Road To The Show and offers an overview of their main pitches and Stuff rating. Keep in mind that when online, a pitcher’s H/9, K/9, HR/9, and Clutch attributes will directly affect the size of the battling PCI of opponents.

Now that you know all you need to know about the game’s approach to stats, don’t forget to also take a look at the Best Pitches in MLB The Show 26. If we got any of the above wrong, make sure to also let us know in the comments. After all, nobody is perfect.