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Clarke Schmidt
B/T R/R · 6' 1" · 210 lb · born Acworth, GA, USA · age 30 · draft 2017 rd 1 · played P 6 · MLB debut 2020-09-04
18 batters faced scored this season His season card →
Scout’s note
Clarke Schmidt, a 30-year-old right-hander from Acworth, Georgia, was a first-round pick in 2017. He has 386 strikeouts in 98 major-league games — better than a whiff per appearance.
Note written · FVR scout (GLM-5.2)
What he’s paid
ArbitrationA market fact, not an engine read: what a club decided about him, on the season before this one. Figures from Cot’s.
- 2026 salary
- $5.58M
- Tax hit
- $5.58M
- Service time
- 5 yr 148 d
- Options left
- 1 / 3
The deal A4
On the sheet: A4 · agent Excel
After this season, as the sheet has it
| Season | 2028 |
|---|---|
| Cash | 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, New York Yankees.
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
- $4.50M
- Guaranteed
- $4.50M
- Term
- 1 yr
- His class
- Arb
What the sheet prices each season at
| Season | 2026 | 2027 |
|---|---|---|
| Salary | 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 Clarke Schmidt
The scouting press, in their own words
An IL stint would definitely take Schmidt (biceps) out of consideration for WC round and, even with a backdate, probably the DS as well if the NYY advance. The hope was to beat the clock after his TJ surgery to get him into a playoff bullpen. https://t.co/GgMEL2rHKm
Heard Clarke Schmidt will not throw today as was hoped. Boone said yesterday they would have "to go a different way" if that was the case. Very possible it will be an IL stint. Heard Bradley Hanner will be in NY, could be activated to fill innings as others rest for playoffs.
On "The Show", David Cone here on if Schlittler should be a MVP consideration. Also, Weathers, Schmidt, Cole, Mets GM job (yeah, I asked about him). Jon and I discuss Mets, Yankees. YouTube: https://t.co/OoPPEJlOgR Apple: https://t.co/WuirAIFYxX Spotify: https://t.co/nIWW80ECqD https://t.co/nbyN4t08dQ
Umpire favor
+0.2 net runs over 1 graded game — an even shake from the zone this season.
Biggest swings: +0.2
The line
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