MLB · DH · New York Yankees
Giancarlo Stanton
B/T R/R · 6' 5" · 245 lb · born Panorama, CA, USA · age 36 · draft 2007 rd 2 · played DH 23 · MLB debut 2010-06-08
Injured 60-Day · Right calf strain. (roster status, as of )
96 plate appearances scored this season His season card →
Scout’s note
Giancarlo Stanton is a 36-year-old designated hitter from Panorama, California, a second-round pick in 2007 who has played 1,750 major-league games and hit 456 home runs. He is still here, still swinging, and still striking out — 2,088 times, more than every RBI except the 1,183.
Note written · FVR scout (GLM-5.2)
What he’s paid
Under contractA 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
- $29.00M
- Tax hit
- $25.00M
- Service time
- 15 yr 118 d
- Guaranteed
- $325M
The deal 13 years $325M (2015–2027), unspecified option for 2028 — $25.0M a year on average, worked out by us rather than stated on the sheet, and not the same thing as the tax hit above
On the sheet: 13 y/$325M (15-27)+28 opt · agent Wasserman · 3 / 3 options left
After this season, as the sheet has it
| Season | 2027 | 2028 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash | $25.0M | Option |
| Tax hit | $25.0M | Option |
Cash and the tax hit are two different rulebooks and are never subtracted from one another — see the payroll board for his club, New York Yankees.
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
- $25.0M
- Guaranteed
- $325.0M
- Term
- 13 yrs
- His class
- Extension
What the sheet prices each season at
| Season | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salary | $29.0M | $25.0M | $25.0M |
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 Giancarlo Stanton
The scouting press, in their own words
Giancarlo Stanton is running the bases at Yankee Stadium. He’s been on the IL since late April with two right calf strains.
Umpire favor
+0.3 net runs over 9 graded games — the zone was kind to the umpire on balance.
The line
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