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Josh Hader
B/T L/L · 6' 3" · 188 lb · born Millersville, MD, USA · age 32 · draft 2012 rd 19 · played P 46 · MLB debut 2017-06-10
Last 14 days (through 2026-09-01): 6 G · 6.1 IP · 0.00 ERA · 7 SO · 0.32 WHIP
137 batters faced scored this season His season card →
The Chase
1 SV from 250 — our pace: ≈ September 10, 2026 Follow the chase →
The card rack
FlagshipJosh Hader #HMT54 · 2017 Topps Chrome Update · 25 recent sales
Live on eBay now · asking, not sold · as of 2026-09-04 · paid links
The rookieJosh Hader #RA-JHA · 2017 Topps Chrome Rookie Autographs · 34 recent sales
Live on eBay now · asking, not sold · as of 2026-09-04 · paid links
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Scout’s note
Hader is a 32-year-old lefty reliever out of Millersville, Maryland, drafted in the 19th round in 2012, and his 877 career strikeouts in 505 games tell you what he is. Over his last six MLB outings he has struck out seven.
Note written · FVR scout (GLM-5.2)
The engine's view
The read: Hader is in the Index for the milestone watch — 1 SV shy of 250. Milestone nights are when the hobby pays attention, so the page is up for the chase. The boards stay honest: a milestone is an event, not a signal.
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, as of .
- 2026 salary
- $19.00M
- Tax hit
- $19.00M
- Service time
- 8 yr 115 d
- Guaranteed
- $95M
The deal 5 years $95M (2024–2028) — $19.0M 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: 5 y/$95M (24-28) · agent CAA · 2 / 3 options left
After this season, as the sheet has it
| Season | 2027 | 2028 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash | $19.0M | $19.0M |
| Tax hit | $19.0M | $19.0M |
Cash and the tax hit are two different rulebooks and are never subtracted from one another — see the payroll board for his club, Houston Astros.
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
- $19.0M
- Guaranteed
- $95.0M
- Term
- 5 yrs
What the sheet prices each season at
| Season | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salary | $19.0M | $19.0M | $19.0M |
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.
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 Josh Hader
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Not financial advice. We take positions only after publication — never before. Misses stay on the record.
Umpire favor
+0.6 net runs over 17 graded games — the zone was kind to the umpire on balance.
The line
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