MLB · 1B · Arizona Diamondbacks
Pavin Smith
B/T L/L · 6' 2" · 208 lb · born Jupiter, FL, USA · age 30 · draft 2017 rd 1 · played 1B 40, DH 40 · MLB debut 2020-09-12
248 plate appearances scored this season His season card →
Scout’s note
Jupiter, Florida's Pavin Smith, a 2017 first-round pick, has played 488 big-league games at first base with a .242 average and 48 home runs, and his last 14 MLB days show a .263 mark with an .807 OPS — a quietly useful stretch.
Note written · FVR scout (GLM-5.2)
We wrote about Smith here — The Buzz September 20, 2026
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 final).
- 2026 salary
- $2.25M
- Tax hit
- $2.25M
- Service time
- 4 yr 15 d
- Options left
- 0 / 3
The deal 1 year $2.3M (2026)
On the sheet: 1 y/$2.25M (26) · agent Excel
After this season, as the sheet has it
| Season | 2027 | 2028 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash | 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, Arizona Diamondbacks.
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
- $2.25M
- Guaranteed
- $2.25M
- Term
- 1 yr
- His class
- Arb
What the sheet prices each season at
| Season | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salary | Arb 2 | 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 Pavin Smith
The scouting press, in their own words
Let the Fall Campus tours begin. 📍Claude Smith Field @PrepBaseballGA || @MercerBaseball #MUCampusTour26 https://t.co/czGsQMazf2
Umpire favor
+1.2 net runs over 15 graded games — the zone was kind to the umpire on balance.
The line
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