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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 15-Day · Left oblique strain. (roster status, as of )
209 batters faced scored this season His season card →
Scout’s note
Caleb Kilian is a 29-year-old right-hander from Anaheim, an eighth-round pick in 2019 now with the Phillies. He has 77 strikeouts in 57 career games and has fanned three in four appearances over the last two weeks.
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
- $0.25Mest
- Tax hit
- $0.25M
- Service time
- 0 yr 153 d
- Options left
- 1 / 4
The deal 1 year $0.8M (2026)
On the sheet: 1 y/$850,000 (26) · agent Octagon
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, 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.
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 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
-1.5 net runs over 16 graded games — the zone cost the umpire more than it gave, on balance.
The line
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