Hunter Gaddis

Scout’s note

Hunter Gaddis, a 6'6" right-hander from Canton, GA, has appeared in 229 MLB games with just 222 career strikeouts — and 6 strikeouts across 7 MLB outings in September tells you the role: short, contact-heavy relief.

Note written Sep 22 · FVR scout (GLM-5.2)

A market fact, not an engine read: what a club decided about him, on the season before this one. Figures from Cot’s, as of January 17, 2025.

2026 salary

$2.80M

Tax hit

$2.80M

Service time

3 yr 73 d

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Cash and the tax hit are two different rulebooks and are never subtracted from one another — see the payroll board for his club, Cleveland Guardians.

A second set of books

The same contract, read by MLB Spreadsheets (Ethan Hullihen), as of October 12, 2026. We keep two sources on this because one source cannot check itself.

Tax AAV

$0.81M

Guaranteed

$0.81M

Term

1 yr

His class

Pre-Arb

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.

The Wire

△ On the field: Hunter Gaddis recorded 3 strikeouts in the 7th.

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