The massive All-Star week content is landing in MLB The Show 26 starting today. A huge influx of cards has flooded Diamond Dynasty, spread out amongst multiple programs, an Event, packs, and more. Business as usual continues as the 5th Inning XP program also launches today, featuring the first 99 OVR boss cards this year. This page will be updated with all relevant 2026 MLB All-Star Game week content. Check back after each content drop to see what's new!
5th Inning XP Program Breakdown
Generational icons and future Hall of Famers Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani are the 5th Inning Bosses. As you'd expect, most of the content at launch is 2026 MLB All-Star-themed. The card art is never lacking in Diamond Dynasty, and the 2026 All-Star Game design is crisp and perfectly captures the vibe of the All-Star Game and Americana. Along the path are some older premium packs, which are massively appreciated for the continued pursuit of completing collections. There are also a couple of 2026 All-Star Game cards in the path, including 97 OVR Catcher Drake Baldwin (Atlanta Braves) and 98 OVR Outfielder Aaron Judge (New York Yankees).
The program concludes at 300,000 XP with the Boss Choice Pack.
This is a really fun choice to have between the former teammates. This version of Trout is more offensive-powerhouse rather than the overall 5-tool elite superstar. Ohtani seems like the clear pick for my squad, as he's an elite arm with elite offensive attributes, with the ability to play the same level of defense as Trout. Trout has better Speed, but the real treat is being able to dynamically change whichever Boss you choose with Diamond Parallel 5 mods. I feel like the 99 overall onslaught we get starting now will be more fun and dynamic than ever, with the freedom to truly iterate on your favorite cards, and I look forward to seeing if this promotes line-up diversity as much as I think it should.
Cornerstone Ryan Howard Breakdown
Philadelphia Phillies legend Ryan Howard is the newest Cornerstone card. With the new Inning launching today, Howard represents the "power creep" as establishing a new baseline of 97 overall across Diamond Dynasty. You'll have to do Moments to complete this like previous Cornerstones, but new content also means more reasons to grind out the stat missions to double-dip on progress.
2026 AL All-Star Program Breakdown
I think it's fitting to highlight Justin Verlander from this program. Verlander announced that 2026 will be his final active season, before retiring and simply waiting for the first-ballot induction call for the Hall of Fame. We're talking about a 97 OVR iteration here, so the attributes aren't as tantalizing as we will get on the eventual 99 OVR Verlander. However, the attributes are still perfectly viable in online play, and Verlander becomes more meta-relevant with some Parallel levels added. You get an Outlier 4-Seamer to go with a wicked Slider and Circle-Change. I'd rather see a Cutter on Verlander over a Curveball, but I think I can handle the 99 Break and 17% usage rate to make it a usable pitch.
Full list of players in this program:
- Nick Kurtz, 1B ATH (98 OVR All-Star)
- Justin Verlander, SP DET (97 OVR All-Star)
- Dillon Dingler, C DET (97 OVR All-Star)
- Jacob Latz, CP TEX (97 OVR All-Star)
- Ernie Clement, 2B TOR (96 OVR All-Star)
- Miguel Vargas, 3B CWS (96 OVR All-Star)
- Parker Messick, SP CLE (96 OVR All-Star)
- Randy Arozarena, LF SEA (95 OVR All-Star)
- Bryan Baker, CP TB (95 OVR All-Star)
- Joe Ryan, SP MIN (95 OVR All-Star)
2026 NL All-Star Program Breakdown
The best players of today will inevitably have multiple top-tier cards in a game cycle. It is unavoidable if SDS is making a genuine effort to highlight real MLB action. The headliner of the NL side of the All-Star program is Juan Soto, who was just a Boss two Inning Programs ago.
95 OVR All-Star Juan Soto vs 97 OVR 2026 All-Star Game Juan Soto
There's going to be plenty of examples of this with the All-Star content every year. I'm personally excited that I have a new Matt Olson to start grinding Parallels with again, as the ultimate Diamond Mod form will be even better than my current P5 Diamond Mod Olson. This is the kind of replayability that was lacking in recent years, and while there are plenty of issues to point out with the game this year, I think it's important to highlight the positive side of things that sometimes get looked at from a purely negative standpoint.
Full list of players in this program:
- Juan Soto, LF NYM (98 OVR All-Star)
- Otto Lopez, SS MIA (97 OVR All-Star)
- Hunter Goodman, C COL (97 OVR All-Star)
- Cristopher Sanchez, SP PHI (97 OVR All-Star)
- Logan Webb, SP SF (96 OVR All-Star)
- Riley O’Brien, CP STL (96 OVR All-Star)
- Matt Olson, 1B ATL (96 OVR All-Star)
- Eduardo Rodriguez, SP AZ (95 OVR All-Star)
- Sal Stewart, 1B CIN (95 OVR All-Star)
- William Contreras, C MIL (95 OVR All-Star)
2026 All-Star Moonshot Event Program Breakdown
Celebrate the 2026 Home Run Derby in style with the latest Moonshot Event launching today. Take any batters you want to Citizens Bank Park to face off against bronze and common pitchers. You should be able to knock out the missions for the program pretty quickly since you'll be blasting dingers with ease. You'll get a couple of 2026 All-Star Game packs for your efforts, as well as an event-exclusive reward: 97 OVR 2026 ASG Yandy Diaz.
July Spotlight Drop 1 Program and Pack Breakdown
We're still getting the usual Spotlight content alongside the massive influx of All-Star content. You might be able to sneak some stealth-buys here if people are spending Stubs elsewhere.
The cards featured in this week's pack are:
- Eury Perez, SP MIA (97 OVR Spotlight)
- Garrett Mitchell, CF MIL (97 OVR Spotlight)
- Taj Bradley, SP MIN (95 OVR Topps Now)
- Gabriel Hughes, CP COL (95 OVR Topps Now)
- Cameron Cauley, 2B TEX (95 OVR Topps Now)
Pro Tip: Collecting all cards from July Spotlight Drop 1's pack completes this program without grinding any missions or Moments.
My Legacy - 2026 All-Star Game (Free 99 OVR Byron Buxton)
A very fun new wrinkle comes with the All-Star Game content. For the first time, there's a special My Legacy Mission subset that asks you to accumulate 250 Runs, 250 Strikeouts, and 250,000 PXP with 2026 All-Star Week cards, including All-Star Game cards, Home Run Derby Cards, and Draft cards as they are released.
You will probably complete the first two tasks just by grinding all of the All-Star Game content that has been added already. Grind enough, and you'll earn a free 99 OVR 2026 All-Star Game Byron Buxton. It's non-sellable, but it's also the newest Chase card from Chase Pack 18. I can't remember there being anything like this added to the game before. I speak pretty much every week about the disappointment in the Chase cards being so unobtainable. Well, now the latest Chase card is obtainable in a way that doesn't require a bunch of Stubs.
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This is definitely a "tamer" 99 overall Buxton than we could have gotten...but think of the Parallel Mods! One of my favorite aspects of the mods is the added depth and separation between 99 overall cards. This is a great example of taking a solid "base" 99 and making your ideal version of Buxton. He's got 99 Speed with very weak 21 Stealing. You can work on improving his Steal attribute, and have a more lethal base-stealing version of Buxton, or just pump everything into offensive and hit nukes.
2026 All-Star Game Mini Seasons Breakdown
2026 All-Star Game Diamond Quest Breakdown
2026 All-Star Game Conquest Map Breakdown
Notably, the major offline modes aren't getting exclusive card rewards. I love this because I play online the most, so having to boot up a Mini Season or Diamond Quest just to finish a collection has always been a bother. SDS stated they went out of their way to make it so the All-Star content can be completed by doing whatever you like doing. The amount of 2026 All-Star Game packs earnable in these grinds certainly supports that claim.
Weekend Classic
Weekend Classic is also launching today. Those jumping into the Ranked 1v1 solo fray will have a chance to earn a ton of rewards by racking up wins in the first 6 games played during the Weekend Classic. There's a trio of exclusive cards available as rewards in this round of Weekend Classic, with two available in the Weekend Classic Choice Pack, and the other available in final leaderboard seeding payouts.
Aroldis Chapman and Ozzie Albies are the featured Weekend Classic Choice Pack players this round. Jacob Misiorowski returns to once again haunt anyone who dares pick up a baseball bat as the leaderboard reward.
I finally sat down and played into World Series this season, so I'll be jumping into Weekend Classic in Gold II. If I'm able to grab 4 wins, I'll be able to snap up Albies and Chapman at a minimum. I went 6-0 in the last Weekend Classic I played in the lower levels, so I'm expecting some tougher competition this time around. Either way, I'll definitely be adding Ozzie Albies to my team - even if I play poorly and have to buy him myself. Each of these three rewards is stellar and the perfect type of card to be rewarded for exceptional play, as they are all that good. The Miz is one of the best pitchers in baseball and subsequently also in Diamond Dynasty, so if you get your hands on the 99 OVR version, you'll probably do just fine online. Ozzie is kinda nuts for a non-99 OVR second baseman, and Aroldis Chapman is every bit of the tank his best cards typically are.
Packs of the Week Round-Up
2026 All-Star Game Collection
There's a ton of new 2026 All-Star Game cards, so naturally there's a collection with some super-sweet top-end cards.
There are four different tiers to the 2026 All-Star collection.
Collect 15 - 2026 All-Star Game series cards to unlock 97 OVR Mason Miller (San Diego Padres)
Collect 25 - 2026 All-Star Game series cards to unlock 98 OVR Cam Schlittler (New York Yankees)
Collect 35 - 2026 All-Star Game series cards to unlock 98 OVR Bobby Witt Jr. (Kansas City Royals)
Collect 43 - 2026 All-Star Game series cards to unlock 99 OVR Yordan Alvarez (Houston Astros)
These are all excellent cards that should comfortably fit onto any squad. Yordan is always a powerhouse and you can't do much better from an offensive standpoint than the build on this version of him. Bobby Witt Jr. is one of the most exciting players in Major League Baseball and Diamond Dynasty, and this card puts him near the top of the list for best shortstops in Diamond Dynasty. Cam Schlittler has the benefit of not being seen a ton in Diamond Dynasty, but that might change with the addition of this card. Mason Miller is a known commodity with an Outlier 4-Seamer, disgusting primary Slider, and Circle Change/Sinker supplementary pitches that will make any hitter look foolish. The per/9's on this Miller are insane.
Collect 60 - 2026 All-Star Game series cards to unlock 99 OVR Cody Bellinger (New York Yankees)
Cody Bellinger cards will always be outstanding. The All-Star Game MVP should probably be a top-tier card, and this card certainly is that. The new #1 Meta Overall RF, Bellinger also carries multiple secondary positions and Diamond Fielding no matter where you play him.
It'll cost you quite a bit of Stubs and time to acquire this Bellinger, but he'll be one of the best cards in your line-up until MLB The Show 27.
2026 MLB Draft Program and Pack Breakdown
The 2026 MLB Draft Program introduces a unique set of Moments. There's two 3-inning games you can play with your Diamond Dynasty squad that will reward you with a fairly decent chunk of 20 stars for each win.
2026 MLB Draft Conquest Breakdown
Completing the themed Conquest map pays out a 3-player version of the 2026 MLB Draft Choice Pack. This is critical for anyone wanting to complete the collection as cheaply as possible.
2026 MLB Draft Collection
Collecting 29 MLB Draft cards will earn you a voucher for the next Legends & Flashbacks collection coming on 7/26.
2026 MLB All-Star Game Program Breakdown
The 2026 MLB All-Star Game Program brings a handful of new 2026 MLB All-Star series cards, and a unique choice pack at the end of the program. This Choice Pack allows users to choose between the 2026 MLB All-Star, 2026 MLB Home Run Derby, and 2026 MLB Draft packs - specifically getting the chance to select from the Rare tier in each pack. The card is No-Sell, but will save you upwards of 50,000 Stubs in the long run.
I appreciate the 40-star head start just for completing the previous All-Star-themed programs. Collecting Nick Kurtz, Juan Soto, Cam Schlittler, and Grady Emerson will net you these stars.
2026 MLB All-Star Night Choice Pack
- Yoshinobu Yamamoto, SP LAD (98 OVR 2026 All-Star)
- Dylan Cease, SP TOR (98 OVR 2026 All-Star)
- Tristan Peters, CF CWS (97 OVR 2026 All-Star)
- Jesus Luzardo, SP PHI (97 OVR 2026 All-Star)
- Nick Martinez, SP TB (96 OVR 2026 All-Star)
- Ivan Herrera, C STL (96 OVR 2026 All-Star)
The MVP card (99 OVR Cody Bellinger) was not included in this pack. SDS' own communications before the game advertised the MVP card as being in packs. Instead, it is now the final reward in the 2026 MLB All-Star Collection. You originally needed 43 of these cards to unlock Yordan Alvarez. You will now need 60 2026 All-Star series cards to unlock 99 OVR 2026 All-Star Cody Bellinger.
