MLB · P · Norfolk Tides (BAL)
Félix Bautista
B/T R/R · 6' 8" · 285 lb · born Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic · age 31 · played P 2 · MLB debut 2022-04-10
Last 14 days (through 2026-08-29): 1 G · 1.0 IP · 0.00 ERA · 1 SO · 0.00 WHIP
Injured 60-Day · Right shoulder surgery. (roster status, as of )
12 batters faced scored this season His season card →
Scout’s note
Félix Bautista is the 6-foot-8 closer out of Santo Domingo with 248 strikeouts in 156 career games, and that is the whole story. He has appeared once in the last 14 days, fanning one, which says the Orioles are still handling him carefully.
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
- $2.25M
- Tax hit
- $2.25M
- Service time
- 4 yr 0 d
- Options left
- 3 / 3
The deal 1 year $2.3M (2026)
On the sheet: 1 y/$2.25M (26) · agent JNP Group
After this season, as the sheet has it
| Season | 2027 | 2028 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash | Arb 3 | 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, Baltimore Orioles.
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
- $2.25M
- Guaranteed
- $2.25M
- Term
- 1 yr
- His class
- Arb
What the sheet prices each season at
| Season | 2026 | 2027 |
|---|---|---|
| Salary | Arb 2 | 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 line
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