MLB · P · Philadelphia Phillies
Caleb Kilian
B/T R/R · 6' 4" · 206 lb · born Anaheim, CA, USA · age 29 · draft 2019 rd 8 · played P 98 · MLB debut 2022-06-04
Injured 60-Day · Left oblique strain. (roster status, as of )
209 batters faced scored this season His season card →
Scout’s note
An eighth-round pick from Anaheim in 2019, Kilian has thrown 57 big-league games for Philadelphia, striking out 77 — enough work to know he belongs, not enough yet to say what he is.
Note written · FVR scout (GLM-5.2)
What he’s paid
Not statedA market fact, not an engine read: what a club decided about him, on the season before this one. Figures from Cot’s.
- Service time
- 1 yr 153 d
- Options left
- 1 / 4
Cash and the tax hit are two different rulebooks and are never subtracted from one another — see the payroll board for his club, Philadelphia Phillies.
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
- $0.85M
- Guaranteed
- $0.85M
- Term
- 1 yr
- His class
- MiFA
What the sheet prices each season at
| Season | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | 2031 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salary | 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 Caleb Kilian
The scouting press, in their own words
Mentioned the Phillies’ interest in Arraez a couple days ago. He was also of legit interest to the Rays. Caleb Kilian, also headed to Philly, was of interest to others around the league. Plenty of praise for Giants’ return in the deal, especially pitcher Ramon Marquez who was
Umpire favor
-1.0 net runs over 17 graded games — the zone cost the umpire more than it gave, on balance.
The line
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