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Eric Lauer
B/T R/L · 6' 3" · 209 lb · born Elyria, OH, USA · age 31 · draft 2016 rd 1 · played P 44 · MLB debut 2018-04-24
Last 14 days (through 2026-09-03): 2 G · 5.0 IP · 14.40 ERA · 3 SO · 2.60 WHIP
Injured 15-Day · Left elbow inflammation. (roster status, as of )
466 batters faced scored this season His season card →
Scout’s note
Eric Lauer is a left-hander from Elyria, Ohio, a first-round pick in 2016 now with the Dodgers. He has 726 career strikeouts in 166 games, and in his last two appearances he has added 5 more — the arm still misses bats.
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
- $3.13M
- Tax hit
- $3.13M
- Service time
- 5 yr 91 d
- Options left
- 0 / 3
The deal 1 year $4.4M (2026)
On the sheet: 1 y/$4.4M (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, Los Angeles Dodgers.
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
- $4.40M
- Guaranteed
- $4.40M
- 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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Not financial advice. We take positions only after publication — never before. Misses stay on the record.
Umpire favor
-0.1 net runs over 22 graded games — an even shake from the zone this season.
The line
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