MLB · CF · San Francisco Giants
Harrison Bader
B/T R/R · 5' 11" · 219 lb · born Bronxville, NY, USA · age 32 · draft 2015 rd 3 · played CF 34, DH 2 · MLB debut 2017-07-25
Injured 60-Day · Left plantar fasciitis. (roster status, as of )
111 plate appearances scored this season His season card →
Scout’s note
Harrison Bader is a 32-year-old center fielder from Bronxville, New York, a third-round pick in 2015 who debuted in 2017. He has played 954 big-league games, hitting .244 with 93 home runs and 105 stolen bases.
Note written · FVR scout (GLM-5.2)
We wrote about Bader here — The Buzz July 29, 2026
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
- $7.50M
- Tax hit
- $10.25M
- Service time
- 8 yr 30 d
- Guaranteed
- $21M
The deal 2 years $20.5M (2026–2027) — $10.3M 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: 2 y/$20.5M (26-27) · agent Vayner Spts · 1 / 3 options left
After this season, as the sheet has it
| Season | 2027 | 2028 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash | $13.0M | Free agent |
| Tax hit | $10.3M | — |
Cash and the tax hit are two different rulebooks and are never subtracted from one another — see the payroll board for his club, San Francisco Giants.
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
- $10.3M
- Guaranteed
- $20.5M
- Term
- 2 yrs
What the sheet prices each season at
| Season | 2026 | 2027 |
|---|---|---|
| Salary | $4.5M | $10.0M |
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.
Collect Harrison Bader
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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 6 graded games — an even shake from the zone this season.
The line
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