MLB · C · Chicago White Sox
Joey Bart
B/T R/R · 6' 2" · 242 lb · born Buford, GA, USA · age 29 · draft 2018 rd 1 · played C 87, DH 7 · MLB debut 2020-08-20
Injured 10-Day · Fifth metacarpal fracture in his left hand. (roster status, as of )
128 plate appearances scored this season His season card →
Scout’s note
Joey Bart, the first-round catcher out of Buford, Georgia, has 379 career strikeouts in 379 career games — exactly one per game. Over his last three appearances he's gone hitless with four strikeouts and a walk.
Note written · FVR scout (GLM-5.2)
We wrote about Bart here — The Buzz August 7, 2026
What he’s paid
ArbitrationA 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
- $0.74M
- Tax hit
- $0.74M
- Service time
- 4 yr 20 d
- Options left
- 0 / 3
The deal 1 year $2.5M (2026)
On the sheet: 1 y/$2.53M (26) · agent Excel
After this season, as the sheet has it
| Season | 2027 | 2028 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash | Arb 3 | Free agent |
| Tax hit | — | — |
Cash and the tax hit are two different rulebooks and are never subtracted from one another — see the payroll board for his club, Chicago White Sox.
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
- $2.53M
- Guaranteed
- $2.53M
- Term
- 1 yr
- His class
- Arb
What the sheet prices each season at
| Season | 2026 | 2027 |
|---|---|---|
| Salary | 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.
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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Umpire favor
-0.0 net runs over 10 graded games — an even shake from the zone this season.
The line
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