MLB · 2B · Athletics
Michael Stefanic
B/T R/R · 5' 9" · 180 lb · born Boise, ID, USA · age 30 · played 2B 46, 3B 32, DH 27, LF 11, +2 more · MLB debut 2022-07-03
Last 14 days (through 2026-10-07): 3 G · 1.000 AVG · 0 HR · 2 RBI · 2.000 OPS
105 plate appearances scored this season His season card →
Scout’s note
Michael Stefanic, a 30-year-old second baseman from Boise, has a career .233 average and zero home runs in 115 games. His last seven MLB games went hitless with three strikeouts — a glove the Athletics carry for the field, not the line.
Note written · FVR scout (GLM-5.2)
What he’s paid
Pre-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
- —est
- Service time
- 1 yr 137 d
- Options left
- 0 / 3
After this season, as the sheet has it
| Season | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | 2031 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash | Arb 1 | Arb 2 | Arb 3 | Arb 4 |
| 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, Athletics.
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
- $0.90M
- Guaranteed
- $0.90M
- Term
- 1 yr
- His class
- MiFA
What the sheet prices each season at
| Season | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | 2031 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salary | Minimum | Minimum | Arb 1 | Arb 2 | Arb 3 | Arb 4 |
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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Umpire favor
+0.3 net runs over 3 graded games — the zone was kind to the umpire on balance.
The line
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