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Burch Smith
B/T R/R · 6' 4" · 225 lb · born San Antonio, TX, USA · age 36 · draft 2017 rd 1 · played P 23 · MLB debut 2013-05-11
Injured 60-Day · Right shoulder inflammation. (roster status, as of )
73 batters faced scored this season His season card →
Scout’s note
Burch Smith, a 36-year-old right-hander from San Antonio, has 250 career strikeouts in 165 games — a strong rate for a man who debuted in 2013 and is still throwing in Detroit.
Note written · FVR scout (GLM-5.2)
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
- $1.50M
- Guaranteed
- $1.50M
- Term
- 1 yr
- His class
- MiFA
What the sheet prices each season at
| Season | 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary | 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 Burch Smith
The scouting press, in their own words
Tigers draft grade for me is a B+. It depends on what you think of Kash Mayfield, but you’re able to run out a rotation with Troy Melton, River Ryan when back from injury, and a returning Jackson Jobe. I really like that trio. Plus Zyhir Hope is a lot of fun, so is Brady Smith.
Umpire favor
+0.6 net runs over 8 graded games — the zone was kind to the umpire on balance.
The line
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