MLB · CF · Los Angeles Dodgers
Alek Thomas
B/T L/L · 5' 9" · 175 lb · born Chicago, IL, USA · age 26 · draft 2018 rd 2 · played CF 109, LF 8, DH 6 · MLB debut 2022-05-08
Last 14 days (through 2026-08-30): 7 G · .211 AVG · 0 HR · 3 RBI · .513 OPS
Reassigned to Minors (roster status, as of )
216 plate appearances scored this season His season card →
Scout’s note
Alek Thomas, the Chicago-born center fielder, is hitting .230 for his career across 455 games and went 7-for-his-last-stretch at the MLB level with a .513 OPS and no extra-base damage. He's a glove-first fourth outfielder at 26.
Note written · FVR scout (GLM-5.2)
What he’s paid
ArbitrationA market fact, not an engine read: what a club decided about him, on the season before this one. Figures from Cot’s, as of .
- 2026 salary
- $1.45M
- Tax hit
- $1.45M
- Service time
- 3 yr 103 d
- Options left
- 1 / 3
The deal 1 y/$1.962,500 (26)
On the sheet: 1 y/$1.962,500 (26) · agent Wasserman
After this season, as the sheet has it
| Season | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cash | Arb 2 | Arb 3 | Free agent |
| Tax hit | — | — | — |
Cash and the tax hit are two different rulebooks and are never subtracted from one another — see the payroll board for his club, Los Angeles Dodgers.
A second set of books
The same contract, read by MLB Spreadsheets (Ethan Hullihen), as of . We keep two sources on this because one source cannot check itself.
- Tax AAV
- $1.96M
- Guaranteed
- $1.96M
- Term
- 1 yr
- His class
- Arb
What the sheet prices each season at
| Season | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salary | Arb 1 | Arb 2 | Arb 3 |
A base salary under his own reading, and never subtracted from the cash figure above: a signing bonus lands in one and not the other, so the two disagree on most men without either being wrong. And the sheet does not mark which future seasons are GUARANTEED — a club option and a projected arbitration award are both just a number here, so read past the end of the deal as his forecast rather than as money owed.
The tax AAV above is his number under the CBA’s own rulebook, not the average we work out from Cot’s total. On a contract with deferred money the two come apart on purpose — and neither is subtracted from the other.
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The Bureau on Alek Thomas
The scouting press, in their own words
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Umpire favor
+1.2 net runs over 10 graded games — the zone was kind to the umpire on balance.
The line
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