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Matt Brash
B/T R/R · 6' 1" · 173 lb · born Kingston, ON, Canada · age 28 · draft 2019 rd 4 · played P 22 · MLB debut 2022-04-12
Injured 60-Day · Right lat strain. (roster status, as of )
65 batters faced scored this season His season card →
Scout’s note
Matt Brash, a right-hander from Kingston, Ontario, drafted in the fourth round in 2019, has struck out 242 in 190 big-league relief appearances. No recent line to cite — he's been off the game log the last two weeks.
Note written · FVR scout (GLM-5.2)
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
- $1.55M
- Tax hit
- $1.55M
- Service time
- 3 yr 121 d
- Options left
- 2 / 3
The deal 1 year $1.6M (2026)
On the sheet: 1 y/$1.55M (26) · agent Wasserman
After this season, as the sheet has it
| Season | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cash | 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, Seattle Mariners.
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
- $1.55M
- Guaranteed
- $1.55M
- Term
- 1 yr
- His class
- Arb
What the sheet prices each season at
| Season | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salary | 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.
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The Bureau on Matt Brash
The scouting press, in their own words
The Mariners haven't been the same since Matt Brash went on the injured list. On June 8, when he made his most recent appearance, the Mariners led the AL West by 2 games. Since then, they are 25-36, the 2nd worst record in MLB. The good news? Brash could return this year.
Umpire favor
+0.4 net runs over 8 graded games — the zone was kind to the umpire on balance.
The line
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