MLB · P (listed) · Los Angeles Angels
Robert Stephenson
B/T R/R · 6' 3" · 205 lb · born Martinez, CA, USA · age 33 · draft 2011 rd 1 · MLB debut 2016-04-07
Injured 60-Day · Right elbow inflammation. (roster status, as of )
Scout’s note
Robert Stephenson is a 33-year-old right-hander from Martinez, California, a first-round pick in 2011 who reached the majors by 2016. Across 283 big-league games he has struck out 416 hitters — a reliever who has always missed bats.
Note written · FVR scout (GLM-5.2)
What he’s paid
Free agent after this seasonA market fact, not an engine read: what a club decided about him, on the season before this one. Figures from Cot’s.
- 2026 salary
- $2.50M
- Tax hit
- $2.50M
- Service time
- 9 yr 49 d
- Guaranteed
- $33M
The deal 3 years $33M (2024–2026) — $11.0M 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: 3 yr/$33M (24-26)+27 cond opt · agent Apex · 0 / 3 options left
Regime read from his service time, not from the sheet — it does not project him past this season. Super Two eligibility is the top 22% of a class and can move this line in a way service time alone cannot see.
Cash and the tax hit are two different rulebooks and are never subtracted from one another — see the payroll board for his club, Los Angeles Angels.
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
- $11.0M
- Guaranteed
- $33.0M
- Term
- 3 yrs
What the sheet prices each season at
| Season | 2026 | 2027 |
|---|---|---|
| Salary | $11.0M | $2.5M |
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 line
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