MLB · LF · St. Louis Cardinals
José Fermín
B/T R/R · 5' 10" · 198 lb · born Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic · age 27 · played LF 46, 3B 35, CF 23, 2B 21, +4 more · MLB debut 2023-07-07
Last 14 days (through 2026-10-06): 5 G · .167 AVG · 0 HR · 0 RBI · .334 OPS
370 plate appearances scored this season His season card →
The card rack
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FlagshipJose Fermin #RA-JFE · 2024 Topps Chrome Rookie Autograph · 72 recent sales 7N ▲0%
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The rookieJose Fermin #RA-JFE · 2024 Topps Chrome Rookie Autograph · 72 recent sales 7N ▲0%
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Scout’s note
From Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic, Fermín is a 27-year-old outfielder in his fourth big-league season, a .238 hitter across 214 games. His last 14 MLB days are worth a look: a .348 average and an .820 OPS in nine games.
Note written · FVR scout (GLM-5.2)
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.
- EV95100.63
- Deserved (xVal)0.30710
- Got (aVal)0.30413
- Luck gap (park-adjusted)flipped0.01430
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
Pre-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
- —est
- Service time
- 2 yr 75 d
- Options left
- 0 / 3
After this season, as the sheet has it
| Season | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | 2031 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash | Arb 1 | Arb 2 | 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, St. Louis Cardinals.
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
- $0.79M
- Guaranteed
- $0.79M
- Term
- 1 yr
- His class
- Pre-Arb
What the sheet prices each season at
| Season | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salary | 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.
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 José Fermín
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José Fermín cards on eBay →More than one big-leaguer has worn this name, so the searches say “Cardinals” to keep the other one out of your results.
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Not financial advice. We take positions only after publication — never before. Misses stay on the record.
Umpire favor
+1.2 net runs over 56 graded games — the zone was kind to the umpire on balance.
The line
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