MLB · P · Iowa Cubs (CHC)
Shelby Miller
B/T R/R · 6' 3" · 225 lb · born Round Rock, TX, USA · age 35 · draft 2009 rd 1 · played P 9 · MLB debut 2012-09-05
Last 14 days (through 2026-09-03): 5 G · 3.2 IP · 4.91 ERA · 7 SO · 2.18 WHIP
Injured 60-Day · Right Elbow UCL Injury (roster status, as of )
33 batters faced scored this season His season card →
Scout’s note
Shelby Miller, a 35-year-old right-hander from Round Rock taken in the first round of 2009, has 789 career strikeouts across 302 big-league games. His last five outings came at AAA, where he struck out seven — a long-tenured arm grinding in the minors.
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, as of .
- 2026 salary
- $1.00M
- Tax hit
- $1.25M
- Service time
- 10 yr 16 d
- Guaranteed
- $3M
The deal 2 years $2.5M (2026–2027) — $1.3M 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/$2.5M (26-27) · agent Excel · 2 / 3 options left
After this season, as the sheet has it
| Season | 2027 | 2028 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash | $1.5M | Free agent |
| Tax hit | $1.3M | — |
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
- $1.25M
- Guaranteed
- $2.50M
- Term
- 2 yrs
What the sheet prices each season at
| Season | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salary | $1.0M | $1.3M | $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.
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 Shelby Miller
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The Bureau on Shelby Miller
The scouting press, in their own words
Ryan Miller ('30,IA)⬇️ Keeps hands still, uses toe tap for timing. Stays through middle for sharp LD 1B. #DSMFall | @IowaSticks 👤https://t.co/YPI05uD8tU https://t.co/3wv4P3IkRF
The line
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