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Brandon Young
B/T R/R · 6' 6" · 230 lb · born Lumberton, TX, USA · age 28 · played P 26 · MLB debut 2025-04-19
Last 14 days (through 2026-08-30): 3 G · 16.2 IP · 3.78 ERA · 10 SO · 1.44 WHIP
583 batters faced scored this season His season card →
Scout’s note
A 6'6" right-hander from Lumberton, Texas, Young debuted in April 2025 and has 150 strikeouts in 35 big-league games. His last 14 days in the majors: 10 strikeouts across 3 appearances, a useful burst for a big frame.
Note written · FVR scout (GLM-5.2)
What he’s paid
Pre-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
- $0.69Mest
- Tax hit
- $0.69M
- Service time
- 0 yr 95 d
- Options left
- 2 / 3
The deal 1 year (2026)
On the sheet: 1 y (26)
Regime read from his service time, not from the sheet — it does not project him past this season. Super Two eligibility is the top 22% of a class and can move this line in a way service time alone cannot see.
Cash and the tax hit are two different rulebooks and are never subtracted from one another — see the payroll board for his club, Baltimore Orioles.
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
- $0.79M
- Guaranteed
- $0.79M
- Term
- 1 yr
- His class
- Pre-Arb
What the sheet prices each season at
| Season | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | 2031 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salary | Minimum | Minimum | Minimum | 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 Brandon Young
The scouting press, in their own words
2030 Levi Hendrick Cosby // Vendetta XL 6’4” frame. Pretty young for class at 14-3. 1 clean inning relief w/ 2 K’s and a groundout. Showed what appeared to be 2 breaking balls, one a softer shaped CB that he landed a few times. Also had 2 hits on the day. FB 83-84 T85x2 CB https://t.co/M8oatUHD5n
River Ryan has electric stuff. Zyhir Hope has a chance to be a dynamic power-speed outfielder. Brady Smith is a talented young pitcher with a deep arsenal. But for Tarik Skubal, even just for half a season, that’s a trade you make every time with zero hesitation if you’re the
Is this Skubal's last start in a @Tigers uniform? Several of us weigh in on the trade market for the two-time Cy Young Award winner: https://t.co/Sxf2I0VZDG https://t.co/h45sKlwETd
Umpire favor
-4.2 net runs over 23 graded games — the zone cost the umpire more than it gave, on balance.
The line
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