MLB · C · Minnesota Twins
Alex Jackson
B/T R/R · 6' 1" · 238 lb · born San Diego, CA, USA · age 30 · draft 2014 rd 1 · played C 43, DH 3, 1B 2, P 2, +1 more · MLB debut 2019-04-07
71 plate appearances & 10 batters faced scored this season His season card →
Scout’s note
Alex Jackson is 30, a San Diego native and 2014 first-rounder catching for Minnesota. The bat hasn't come — a .174 career average, and he's 0-for-his-last-2 with a strikeout.
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
- $1.35M
- Tax hit
- $1.35M
- Service time
- 3 yr 36 d
- Options left
- 0 / 3
The deal 1 year $1.4M (2026)
On the sheet: 1 y/$1.35M (26)
After this season, as the sheet has it
| Season | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cash | Arb 2 | Arb 3 | Arb 4 |
| 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, Minnesota Twins.
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
- $1.35M
- Guaranteed
- $1.35M
- Term
- 1 yr
- His class
- Arb
What the sheet prices each season at
| Season | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salary | Arb 1 | 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.
Two sources, read a month apart, put this guarantee at the same dollar. That is the check, and it passed.
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 Alex Jackson
The scouting press, in their own words
Cale Jackson ('27,NE)📝 Presets hands, simple leg lift for timing. Catches ball out front + smokes 2RBI 2B to LCF. Easy, repeatable swing. 2B: 94 mph / 18° #DSMFall | #Uncommitted | @CaleJackson11 | @JAWbats 👤https://t.co/1vgjFa2ek7 https://t.co/8OIWMbFelw
Umpire favor
+0.1 net runs over 6 graded games — an even shake from the zone this season.
The line
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