David Hamilton

Scout’s note

David Hamilton, a left-handed-hitting third baseman from San Marcos, Texas, has 87 steals in 325 career games — the one thing his line shouts. His last three MLB games this stretch went 4-for-9 with a 1.167 OPS, a small hot hand on a .231 career bat.

Note written Oct 15 · FVR scout (GLM-5.2)

A market fact, not an engine read: what a club decided about him, on the season before this one. Figures from Cot’s, as of June 23, 2026.

2026 salary

$1.79M

Tax hit

$1.79M

Service time

3 yr 11 d

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Cash and the tax hit are two different rulebooks and are never subtracted from one another — see the payroll board for his club, Milwaukee Brewers.

A second set of books

The same contract, read by MLB Spreadsheets (Ethan Hullihen), as of October 12, 2026. We keep two sources on this because one source cannot check itself.

Tax AAV

$0.79M

Guaranteed

$0.79M

Term

1 yr

His class

Pre-Arb

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: David Hamilton's one NLCS homer equals the Dodgers' entire series total.

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