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Mick Abel
B/T R/R · 6' 5" · 190 lb · born Portland, OR, USA · age 25 · draft 2020 rd 1 · played P 6 · MLB debut 2025-05-18
Injured 60-Day · Right elbow inflammation. (roster status, as of )
93 batters faced scored this season His season card →
The card rack
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FlagshipMick Abel [Gold Border] #US127 · 2025 Topps Update · 44 recent sales 7N ▼0.5%
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The rookieMick Abel #90A-MA · 2025 Topps Update 1990 Autograph · 56 recent sales 7N ▼0.2%
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Scout’s note
Mick Abel, 25, from Portland, OR, is a 6'5" right-hander drafted in the first round in 2020. He has 14 big-league appearances and 62 career strikeouts — a first-round arm working through his early tenure in Minnesota.
Note written · FVR scout (GLM-5.2)
We wrote about Abel here — The Overnight: 7.0 IP, 0 ER, 10 K, 0 BB (April 14, 2026) · 6.0 IP, 0 ER, 6 K, 3 BB (April 9, 2026)
What he’s paid
Not statedA market fact, not an engine read: what a club decided about him, on the season before this one. Figures from Cot’s, as of .
- Service time
- 1 yr 50 d
- Options left
- 2 / 3
After this season, as the sheet has it
| Season | 2029 | 2030 | 2031 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cash | Arb 1 | Arb 2 | Arb 3 |
| 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, Minnesota Twins.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salary | 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.
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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Not financial advice. We take positions only after publication — never before. Misses stay on the record.
Umpire favor
-1.8 net runs over 4 graded games — the zone cost the umpire more than it gave, on balance.
The line
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