MLB · 2B · New York Mets
Marcus Semien
B/T R/R · 6' 0" · 195 lb · born San Francisco, CA, USA · age 35 · draft 2011 rd 6 · played 2B 111 · MLB debut 2013-09-04
Last 14 days (through 2026-08-23): 11 G · .231 AVG · 0 HR · 3 RBI · .542 OPS
452 plate appearances scored this season His season card →
On the record · career milestone this season
1,000 career runs scored — Sun, Jul 26 · day game vs. Los Angeles Dodgers The scorecard → · The write-up →
The card rack
FlagshipMarcus Semien [Gold] #586 · 2026 Topps Series 2 · 58 recent sales 7N ▲0%
Live on eBay now · asking, not sold · as of 2026-08-30 · paid links
The rookieMarcus Semien #43 · 2014 Topps Chrome · 33 recent sales 7N ▲7.3%
Live on eBay now · asking, not sold · as of 2026-08-30 · paid links
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Scout’s note
Marcus Semien, 35, is a San Francisco kid and 2011 sixth-round pick with 267 home runs across 1,734 games. The last two weeks show the struggle — a .195 average in 12 games — though six walks against eight strikeouts say the eye is still there.
Note written · FVR scout (GLM-5.2)
We wrote about Semien here — The Overnight: 1000 career runs scored (July 26, 2026)
Where he stands
throughAgainst the 377 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.
- EV95103.316
- Deserved (xVal)0.35940
- Got (aVal)0.31618
- Luck gap (park-adjusted)flipped-0.03079
today · 30 days ago, against the 335 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
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
- $26.00M
- Tax hit
- $24.00M
- Service time
- 11 yr 118 d
- Guaranteed
- $175M
The deal 7 years $175M (2022–2028) — $25.0M 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: 7 y/$175M (22-28) · agent Boras Corp. · 2 / 3 options left
After this season, as the sheet has it
| Season | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cash | $26.0M | $20.0M | Free agent |
| Tax hit | $24.0M | $24.0M | — |
Cash and the tax hit are two different rulebooks and are never subtracted from one another — see the payroll board for his club, New York Mets.
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
- $24.0M
- Guaranteed
- $175.0M
- Term
- 7 yrs
What the sheet prices each season at
| Season | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salary | $26.0M | $26.0M | $20.0M |
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 Marcus Semien
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Not financial advice. We take positions only after publication — never before. Misses stay on the record.
Umpire favor
+2.8 net runs over 43 graded games — the zone was kind to him on balance.
The line
Bio & season lines: MLB StatsAPI · refreshed nightly · abbreviations →