MLB · CF · Kansas City Royals
Drew Waters
B/T S/R · 6' 1" · 185 lb · born Atlanta, GA, USA · age 27 · draft 2017 rd 2 · played CF 42, RF 26, LF 24, DH 10 · MLB debut 2022-08-22
Last 14 days (through 2026-09-02): 9 G · .138 AVG · 1 HR · 1 RBI · .547 OPS
91 plate appearances scored this season His season card →
Scout’s note
Drew Waters is a 27-year-old switch-hitting left fielder from Atlanta, a 2nd-round pick in 2017 with 208 big-league games behind him. At Triple-A this stretch he hit .138 over 9 games but drew 7 walks, pushing his OPS to .547.
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
- $0.14Mest
- Tax hit
- $0.14M
- Service time
- 1 yr 149 d
- Options left
- 0 / 3
The deal 1 year (2026)
On the sheet: 1 y (26) · agent Wasserman
After this season, as the sheet has it
| Season | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash | Arb 1 | Arb 2 | Arb 3 | Arb 4 |
| 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.
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The line
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