MLB · C · Kansas City Royals
Carter Jensen
B/T L/R · 6' 0" · 210 lb · born Kansas City, MO, USA · age 23 · draft 2021 rd 3 · played C 106, DH 42 · MLB debut 2025-09-02
603 plate appearances scored this season His season card →
The Line of the Day
2-5, 2 HR, 5 RBI — Fri, Sep 25 · night game vs. Cleveland Guardians The scorecard →
3-4, HR, 3B, 2B, 3 RBI — Thu, Sep 3 · night game vs. Miami Marlins The scorecard →
2-4, 2 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB — Wed, Sep 2 · night game vs. Miami Marlins The scorecard →
The card rack
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FlagshipCarter Jensen [Red Rookie Variation] #66 · 2026 Bowman · 157 recent sales 7N ▼1%
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The rookieCarter Jensen #668 · 2025 Topps Now · 27 recent sales 7N ▲0%
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Scout’s note
Carter Jensen is a 23-year-old left-handed catcher from Kansas City, a 2021 third-round pick who made his debut last September. His last two MLB weeks were loud: four games, a .438 average, a 1.382 OPS, two home runs, and five RBIs — a young bat finishing the year with his foot down.
Note written · FVR scout (GLM-5.2)
We wrote about Jensen here — The Buzz September 4, 2026
Where he stands
throughAgainst the 406 qualified major-league hitters — 100+ balls in play this season, the same field the boards are chosen out of. Right is better on every row.
- EV95109.188
- Deserved (xVal)0.41276
- Got (aVal)0.43389
- Luck gap (park-adjusted)flipped0.03014
today · 30 days ago, against the 375 men who qualified then · the tick is the midpoint · the number at the right is the percentile, the number beside it the measurement itself.
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 28 d
- Options left
- 3 / 3
After this season, as the sheet has it
| Season | 2029 | 2030 | 2031 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cash | Arb 1 | Arb 2 | Arb 3 |
| 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, Kansas City Royals.
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
- $0.78M
- Guaranteed
- $0.78M
- Term
- 1 yr
- His class
- Pre-Arb
What the sheet prices each season at
| Season | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | 2031 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salary | Minimum | 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: 2026 rookie extra-base hit leaders: Carter Jensen 64, Kazuma Okamoto 59, Sal Stewart 57.
X chatter, trailing 2 days · as of 2026-10-20 · newest post 2026-10-19 · summarized by Grok (xAI) · how this works →
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The Bureau on Carter Jensen
The scouting press, in their own words
2026 Rookie Extra-Base Hits Leaders. 1. Carter Jensen 64 2. Kazuma Okamoto 59 3. Sal Stewart 57 4. Munetaka Murakami 52 5. Kevin McGonigle 51 6. Chase DeLauter 49 6. TJ Rumfield 49 8. Tristian Peters 47 9. Carson Benge 45 10. Bryce Eldridge 40 10. Travis Bazzana 40 https://t.co/BPGRWdHR5c
Dynasty Podcast Ep #150 is up: Tom, Raj & Greg on the LCS, playoff pitching strategy, and the dynasty outlooks for the Tigers and Royals. Players in the mix include Riley Greene, Kevin McGonigle, Max Clark, Zyhir Hope, Bobby Witt Jr., Jac Caglianone, Carter Jensen & more.
AL & NL Players of the Month •AL – Carter Jensen, KC •NL – Elly De La Cruz, CIN AL & NL Pitchers of the Month •AL – Freddy Peralta, TB •NL – Jared Jones, PIT AL & NL Rookies of the Month •AL – Carter Jensen, KC •NL – Cole Carrigg, COL AL & NL Relievers of the Month
Umpire favor
+2.2 net runs over 73 graded games — the zone was kind to the umpire on balance.
The line
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