How to Unlock May Spotlight Lightning Jacob Misiorowski in MLB The Show 26

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If you’ve been playing Diamond Dynasty lately, you already know that the May Spotlight content has been rolling out fast. It all culminates in a massive reward: the 96 OVR May Spotlight Lightning Jacob Misiorowski.

"The Miz" absolutely dominated the month of May, and his new Red Diamond card is an absolute force on the mound with elite velocity quirks. Best of all? This top-tier starting pitcher is completely free to obtain without spending a single Stub. You can unlock him entirely through standard gameplay program rewards.

Here is exactly how to finish the program and add him to your rotation.

Required Cards for the Collection

To unlock Misiorowski, you need to navigate to the Spotlight Collections menu, find the May Lightning Collection, and lock in the five specific player items from the May Spotlight Program Drops 1 through 5.

You must progress through each individual drop's program path to secure these required cards:

• Mickey Moniak (Drop 1)
• Yandy Diaz (Drop 2)
• Nick Kurtz (Drop 3)
• Colt Emerson (Drop 4)
• Cody Bellinger (Drop 5)
  
  

The Fastest Strategy to Complete the Program

While knocking out single-player Moments will give you a baseline of program stars, relying on them entirely can make the grind feel like a snail's pace. If you want to acquire these cards quickly and secure your 7 free Spotlight packs along the way, use this optimized grinding strategy instead:

1. Stack Your Lineup

Go into your Diamond Dynasty squad screen and build a team fully loaded with May Spotlight series and Topps Now players. Don't worry about overall team chemistry or standard meta cards right now—your only goal is filling as many positions as possible with eligible program players.

2. Farm Classic Mini Seasons

Take your newly stacked squad straight into Classic Mini Seasons and set the difficulty to Rookie. Playing on Rookie makes it incredibly easy to pile up stats. Because you have a full lineup of program players, you will simultaneously progress through multiple stat missions, unlock massive Parallel XP (PXP), and secure easy wins to rack up program stars quickly.

3. Trigger the Cody Bellinger PXP Boost

The absolute key to finishing Drop 5 efficiently happens when you reach 140 program points. At this threshold, you will unlock the 95 OVR Cody Bellinger item.

As soon as you get him, stop what you are doing, put Bellinger right into your starting lineup, and make sure he gets at least three or four plate appearances per game. Once you accumulate 500 total PXP with Bellinger, the game triggers a massive 500 program point bonus. This massive chunk of XP instantly completes the remainder of the program path, handing you the final reward pack required to finish the collection.

Once you have all five locked into the May Lightning Collection, the 96 OVR Jacob Misiorowski is yours. Pop him into your rotation and enjoy watching your opponents struggle against his outlier-boosted fastball.