MLB · C · Miami Marlins
Brian Navarreto
B/T R/R · 6' 1" · 233 lb · born Bayamon, Puerto Rico · age 31 · draft 2013 rd 6 · played C 42, DH 1 · MLB debut 2020-08-23
Last 14 days (through 2026-08-31): 8 G · .143 AVG · 1 HR · 2 RBI · .545 OPS
50 plate appearances scored this season His season card →
Scout’s note
Brian Navarreto is a 31-year-old catcher from Bayamon, Puerto Rico, a sixth-round pick in 2013 who debuted in 2020. Over his last 14 days in the majors, he has hit .154 with five strikeouts in five games — a backup catching line, thin but present.
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
- $0.41Mest
- Tax hit
- $0.41M
- Service time
- 0 yr 61 d
- Options left
- 3 / 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, Miami Marlins.
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
- $0.90M
- Guaranteed
- $0.90M
- Term
- 1 yr
- His class
- MiFA
What the sheet prices each season at
| Season | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | 2031 | 2032 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salary | Minimum | Minimum | Minimum | Arb 1 | Arb 2 | Arb 3 | Arb 4 |
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 Brian Navarreto
The scouting press, in their own words
Marlins tie it up on a strikeout. Maybe a wild pitch from Wyatt Olds or perhaps a passed ball. Navarreto scores. Regardless game is tied again at 3.
Umpire favor
+0.6 net runs over 5 graded games — the zone was kind to the umpire on balance.
The line
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