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JR Ritchie
B/T R/R · 6' 2" · 185 lb · born Seattle, WA, USA · age 23 · draft 2022 rd CB-A · played P 33 · MLB debut 2026-04-23
461 batters faced scored this season His season card →
Scout’s note
A Seattle kid drafted in the 2022 competitive balance round, Ritchie has 68 strikeouts in 17 major-league games since his April debut. His last two weeks produced one outing and two more.
Note written · FVR scout (GLM-5.2)
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 JR Ritchie
The scouting press, in their own words
When JR Ritchie is dialed in, his ability to work all four quadrants seems impossible for a hitter to game plan for. The command has just not been there as consistently as desired throughout the season. https://t.co/UVfjSsnLmz
Umpire favor
-2.6 net runs over 16 graded games — the zone cost the umpire more than it gave, on balance.
The line
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