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David Peterson
B/T L/L · 6' 6" · 240 lb · born Denver, CO, USA · age 31 · draft 2017 rd 1 · played P 56 · MLB debut 2020-07-28
Last 14 days (through 2026-09-03): 3 G · 14.2 IP · 6.14 ERA · 18 SO · 1.77 WHIP
579 batters faced scored this season His season card →
Scout’s note
A Denver native and first-round pick now with the Cubs, Peterson has racked up 684 strikeouts in 150 big-league games. He has appeared just once in the last two weeks.
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, as of .
- 2026 salary
- $4.07M
- Tax hit
- $4.07M
- Service time
- 5 yr 89 d
- Options left
- 1 / 3
The deal 1 year $8.1M (2026)
On the sheet: 1 y/$8.1M (26) · agent CAA
After this season, as the sheet has it
| Season | 2027 |
|---|---|
| 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, Chicago Cubs.
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
- $8.10M
- Guaranteed
- $8.10M
- Term
- 1 yr
- His class
- Arb
What the sheet prices each season at
| Season | 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary | 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.
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 David Peterson
The scouting press, in their own words
Back on sideline today alongside Boog and @Sut_40! Sinker battle with David Peterson and Framber Valdez. I have some fun nuggets on Peterson’s delivery. First pitch 7:05pm CT on @WatchMarquee. 👊 #Cubs https://t.co/iz4Qvbp27g
Umpire favor
+0.3 net runs over 24 graded games — the zone was kind to the umpire on balance.
The line
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