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Michael Grove
B/T R/R · 6' 3" · 200 lb · born Wheeling, WV, USA · age 29 · draft 2018 rd 2 · played P 21 · MLB debut 2022-05-15
Last 14 days (through 2026-08-31): 3 G · 3.2 IP · 4.91 ERA · 4 SO · 1.36 WHIP
Reassigned to Minors (roster status, as of )
62 batters faced scored this season His season card →
Scout’s note
Michael Grove, a right-hander from Wheeling, West Virginia, has 157 career MLB strikeouts in 67 games. He is currently at AAA, where over his last 14 days he posted just four strikeouts in three outings — a line that says the command is still catching up.
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
- $0.56M
- Tax hit
- $0.56M
- Service time
- 3 yr 31 d
- Options left
- 1 / 3
The deal 1 year (2026)
On the sheet: 1 y (26)
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, Tampa Bay Rays.
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
- $1.40M
- Guaranteed
- $1.40M
- Term
- 1 yr
What the sheet prices each season at
| Season | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salary | Arb 1 | 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.
Collect Michael Grove
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Umpire favor
+0.1 net runs over 1 graded game — an even shake from the zone this season.
Biggest swings: +0.1
The line
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