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Phil Maton
B/T R/R · 6' 2" · 206 lb · born Paducah, KY, USA · age 33 · draft 2015 rd 20 · played P 33 · MLB debut 2017-06-11
Injured 60-Day · Right knee tendinitis. (roster status, as of )
136 batters faced scored this season His season card →
Scout’s note
A 20th-round pick from Paducah, Kentucky, Maton has appeared in 509 major-league games and struck out 570 hitters — a bullpen career that lasted because he kept getting swings and misses.
Note written · FVR scout (GLM-5.2)
What he’s paid
Under contractA market fact, not an engine read: what a club decided about him, on the season before this one. Figures from Cot’s.
- 2026 salary
- $6.00M
- Tax hit
- $7.25M
- Service time
- 9 yr 47 d
- Guaranteed
- $15M
The deal 2 years $14.5M (2026–2027), club option for 2028 — $7.3M a year on average, worked out by us rather than stated on the sheet, and not the same thing as the tax hit above
On the sheet: 2 y/$14.5M (26-27)+28 cl opt · agent Paragon Spts · 0 / 3 options left
After this season, as the sheet has it
| Season | 2028 |
|---|---|
| Cash | $3.0M |
| Tax hit | Option |
Cash and the tax hit are two different rulebooks and are never subtracted from one another — see the payroll board for his club, Chicago Cubs.
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
- $7.3M
- Guaranteed
- $14.5M
- Term
- 2 yrs
What the sheet prices each season at
| Season | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salary | $5.5M | $6.0M | $8.5M |
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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The Bureau on Phil Maton
The scouting press, in their own words
#Cubs roster moves today... @WatchMarquee -Jameson Taillon activated from the IL. He will start tonight, likely not at full capacity in terms of pitch count. -Aaron Civale added to the 26-man roster -Phil Maton back on the IL with knee tendinitis -Drew Pomeranz DFA'd
Umpire favor
+0.5 net runs over 11 graded games — the zone was kind to the umpire on balance.
The line
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