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Robbie Ray
B/T L/L · 6' 2" · 220 lb · born Brentwood, TN, USA · age 34 · draft 2010 rd 12 · played P 52 · MLB debut 2014-05-06
Last 14 days (through 2026-08-30): 2 G · 11.1 IP · 2.38 ERA · 9 SO · 1.15 WHIP
622 batters faced scored this season His season card →
The Chase
1 W from 100 — our pace: ≈ September 18, 2026 Follow the chase →
The card rack
FlagshipRobbie Ray #ASG-47 · 2025 Topps Update All-Star Game · 14 recent sales 7N ▼0.1%
Live on eBay now · asking, not sold · as of 2026-09-04 · paid links
The rookieRobbie Ray #US-284 · 2014 Topps Update · 27 recent sales 7N ▲0%
Live on eBay now · asking, not sold · as of 2026-09-04 · paid links
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Scout’s note
Robbie Ray is a 34-year-old lefty from Brentwood, Tennessee, a 12th-round pick in 2010 who has fanned 1,856 in 291 big-league games. His last two MLB outings produced nine strikeouts — the arm still misses bats.
Note written · FVR scout (GLM-5.2)
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 salary
- $7.35M
- Tax hit
- $7.35M
- Service time
- 11 yr 7 d
- Guaranteed
- $115M
The deal 5 years $115M (2022–2026) — $23.0M 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: 5 y/$115M (22-26) · agent VC Sports · 1 / 3 options left
After this season, as the sheet has it
| Season | 2027 |
|---|---|
| Cash | Free agent |
| Tax hit | — |
Regime flagged: the sheet's out-year codes read arbitration and 11.007 reads free_agency. Kept the sheet's; Super Two and optional assignments move this line and the service boundary cannot see them.
Cash and the tax hit are two different rulebooks and are never subtracted from one another — see the payroll board for his club, San Diego Padres.
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
- $25.0M
- Guaranteed
- $115.0M
- Term
- 5 yrs
What the sheet prices each season at
| Season | 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary | $25.0M |
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.
Collect Robbie Ray
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Not financial advice. We take positions only after publication — never before. Misses stay on the record.
The Bureau on Robbie Ray
The scouting press, in their own words
The NL wild card race is heating up! I joined @MartyCaswell and @DSmithShow on the latest @FriarTerritory to discuss the Padres' recent surge, Ethan Salas' timeline, Casey Mize's and Robbie Ray's impact and much, much more. https://t.co/gWRPs1kUUJ
Clay Holmes, Robbie Ray, Brady Singer, maybe Mize the primary SP rentals still on the board, with the Brewers, Phillies, Braves, Red Sox among possible buyers. It's a buyers' market with the SP.
Umpire favor
+2.4 net runs over 22 graded games — the zone was kind to the umpire on balance.
The line
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