MLB · 2B · San Diego Padres
Jake Cronenworth
B/T L/R · 5' 11" · 187 lb · born St. Clair, MI, USA · age 32 · draft 2015 rd 7 · played 2B 94, 1B 9, 3B 6, SS 4, +1 more · MLB debut 2020-07-26
425 plate appearances scored this season His season card →
The Line of the Day
3-4, 2 HR, 2B, 5 RBI — Sun, Sep 20 · day game vs. Miami Marlins The scorecard →
Scout’s note
Jake Cronenworth, 32, is a St. Clair, Michigan, left-handed hitter taken in the 2015 seventh round who has played 890 big-league games for San Diego. He carries a .245 career average with 87 home runs and 410 runs batted in — a durable second baseman whose value is showing up every day rather than in any single flash.
Note written · FVR scout (GLM-5.2)
We wrote about Cronenworth here — The Buzz October 7, 2026
Where he stands
throughAgainst the 406 qualified major-league hitters — 100+ balls in play this season, the same field the boards are chosen out of. Right is better on every row.
- EV95104.329
- Deserved (xVal)0.31112
- Got (aVal)0.31720
- Luck gap (park-adjusted)flipped0.02023
today · 30 days ago, against the 375 men who qualified then · the tick is the midpoint · the number at the right is the percentile, the number beside it the measurement itself.
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.
- 2026 salary
- $12.29M
- Tax hit
- $11.43M
- Service time
- 7 yr 0 d
- Guaranteed
- $80M
The deal 7 years $80M (2024–2030) — $11.4M 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: 7 y/$80M (24-30) · agent CAA · 3 / 3 options left
After this season, as the sheet has it
| Season | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cash | $12.3M | $12.3M | $12.3M |
| Tax hit | $11.4M | $11.4M | $11.4M |
Cash and the tax hit are two different rulebooks and are never subtracted from one another — see the payroll board for his club, San Diego Padres.
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
- $11.4M
- Guaranteed
- $80.0M
- Term
- 7 yrs
- His class
- Extension
What the sheet prices each season at
| Season | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salary | $12.0M | $12.0M | $12.0M | $12.0M | $12.0M |
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.
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 Jake Cronenworth
The scouting press, in their own words
Infielder Jake Cronenworth of the San Diego Padres has been named the National League Player of the Week, and 2026 All-Star third baseman Miguel Vargas of the Chicago White Sox has been selected the American League Player of the Week
The Padres have seven comebacks of at least four runs this season, most in MLB, Their latest came Saturday night as Jake Cronenworth, Ty France and - yes, Griffin Canning - came through to deliver a stunning, 7-5 win over the Twins. https://t.co/JLBm2a2blB
Umpire favor
+1.6 net runs over 44 graded games — the zone was kind to the umpire on balance.
The postseason
Jake Cronenworth’s playoff games, each on its reconciled card. Kept apart from the season line below — none of it is counted in a season number on this page.
- NL Division Series, Game 4 · SD vs. MIL · 0-2
- NL Division Series, Game 3 · SD vs. MIL · 2-2, HR, 1 RBI
- NL Division Series, Game 2 · SD vs. MIL · 0-4
- NL Division Series, Game 1 · SD vs. MIL · 0-3, 1 RBI
- NL Wild Card Series, Game 2 · SD vs. CHC · 0-2
- NL Wild Card Series, Game 1 · SD vs. CHC · 1-4
The line
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