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Cam Booser
B/T L/L · 6' 3" · 230 lb · born Seattle, WA, USA · age 34 · played P 65 · MLB debut 2024-04-19
152 batters faced scored this season His season card →
Scout’s note
A 34-year-old lefty from Seattle who didn't reach the majors until 2024, Cam Booser has 123 strikeouts in 124 career games. Across four MLB outings this fortnight he struck out three.
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
- —est
- Service time
- 2 yr 53 d
- Options left
- 0 / 3
After this season, as the sheet has it
| Season | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | 2031 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash | Arb 1 | Arb 2 | Arb 3 | Free agent |
| Tax hit | — | — | — | — |
Cash and the tax hit are two different rulebooks and are never subtracted from one another — see the payroll board for his club, Tampa Bay Rays.
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
- $0.93M
- Guaranteed
- $0.93M
- Term
- 1 yr
- His class
- MiFA
What the sheet prices each season at
| Season | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salary | 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.
The Wire
▲ On the field: Nasty 90mph cutter on display.
X chatter, trailing 2 days · as of 2026-10-19 · newest post 2026-10-18 · summarized by Grok (xAI) · how this works →
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The Bureau on Cam Booser
The scouting press, in their own words
Cam Booser, Nasty 90mph Cutter. ✂️ https://t.co/sncGGBfPNX
Umpire favor
+0.7 net runs over 15 graded games — the zone was kind to the umpire on balance.
The postseason
Cam Booser’s playoff games, each on its reconciled card. Kept apart from the season line below — none of it is counted in a season number on this page.
- AL League Championship Series, Game 6 · TB vs. CLE · 1.2 IP, 0 K, 0 ER
- AL League Championship Series, Game 5 · TB vs. CLE · 0.2 IP, 0 K, 0 ER
- AL League Championship Series, Game 4 · TB vs. CLE · 0.1 IP, 1 K, 0 ER
- AL League Championship Series, Game 1 · TB vs. CLE · 1.0 IP, 1 K, 0 ER
- AL Division Series, Game 3 · TB vs. NYY · 0.2 IP, 0 K, 0 ER
- AL Division Series, Game 2 · TB vs. NYY · 0.1 IP, 0 K, 0 ER
The line
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