MLB · 2B · Chicago Cubs
James Triantos
B/T R/R · 5' 11" · 195 lb · born Fairfax, VA, USA · age 23 · draft 2021 rd 2 · played 2B 59, 3B 33, CF 13, DH 7, +2 more · MLB debut 2026-07-25
115 plate appearances scored this season His season card →
Scout’s note
James Triantos, a second-round pick out of Fairfax, VA, debuted July 25 and has managed a .125 average in 7 big-league games — but over his last 11 at AAA he's hitting .333 with a 1.010 OPS and 9 walks.
Note written · FVR scout (GLM-5.2)
What he’s paid
Not statedA market fact, not an engine read: what a club decided about him, on the season before this one. Figures from Cot’s.
- Service time
- 0 yr 25 d
- Options left
- 2 / 3
Cash and the tax hit are two different rulebooks and are never subtracted from one another — see the payroll board for his club, Chicago Cubs.
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
- $0.78M
- Guaranteed
- $0.78M
- Term
- 1 yr
- His class
- Pre-Arb
What the sheet prices each season at
| Season | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | 2031 | 2032 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salary | Minimum | Minimum | Minimum | Minimum | Arb 1 | 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.
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 James Triantos
The scouting press, in their own words
Hearing the Cubs are calling up James Triantos to make his MLB debut.
Umpire favor
-0.1 net runs over 1 graded game — an even shake from the zone this season.
Biggest swings: -0.1
The line
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