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Nolan McLean
B/T R/R · 6' 2" · 214 lb · born Willow Spring, NC, USA · age 25 · draft 2023 rd 3 · played P 31 · MLB debut 2025-08-16
747 batters faced scored this season His season card →
The card rack
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FlagshipNolan McLean [Red Rookie Variation] #85 · 2026 Bowman · 287 recent sales 7N ▲3.3%
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The rookieNolan McLean #WF-12 · 2026 Topps Finest World’s Finest · 186 recent sales 7N ▲0.7%
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Scout’s note
Nolan McLean, a right-hander from Willow Park, North Carolina, drafted in the third round in 2023, reached Queens in August and has fanned 251 in 39 major-league appearances. That is a man who misses bats, and the misses stay on the record.
Note written · FVR scout (GLM-5.2)
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 44 d
- Options left
- 3 / 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, 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
- $0.79M
- Guaranteed
- $0.79M
- 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.
The Wire
△ On the field: Nolan McLean's season appeared to turn once the mustache showed up; mustache vs. clean-shaven splits wanted.
X chatter, trailing 2 days · as of 2026-10-11 · newest post 2026-10-09 · summarized by Grok (xAI) · how this works →
Collect Nolan McLean
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The Bureau on Nolan McLean
The scouting press, in their own words
Along with Benge, McLean, Ewing and the rookies, this may wind up being a highlight of the Mets’ year. Only 21, Rojas looks like a star. https://t.co/Rs2qTTGSFf
With JJ out this is a Nolan McLean NL ROTY account now
Umpire favor
+2.8 net runs over 31 graded games — the zone was kind to the umpire on balance.
The line
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