MLB · 1B · Detroit Tigers
Spencer Torkelson
B/T R/R · 6' 1" · 220 lb · born Petaluma, CA, USA · age 27 · draft 2020 rd 1 · played 1B 134, DH 1 · MLB debut 2022-04-08
Last 14 days (through 2026-09-03): 11 G · .172 AVG · 1 HR · 2 RBI · .712 OPS
532 plate appearances scored this season His season card →
On the record · career milestones this season
100 career home runs — Wed, Jul 29 · day game vs. Baltimore Orioles The scorecard →
500 career hits — Wed, Jul 29 · day game vs. Baltimore Orioles The scorecard → · The write-up →
The card rack
FlagshipSpencer Torkelson [Gold] #352 · 2026 Topps Series 2 · 121 recent sales 7N ▲0%
Live on eBay now · asking, not sold · as of 2026-09-04 · paid links
The rookieSpencer Torkelson #HA-30 · 2022 Topps Update Home Field Advantage · 138 recent sales 7N ▲0.6%
Live on eBay now · asking, not sold · as of 2026-09-04 · paid links
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Scout’s note
Spencer Torkelson, Detroit's 2020 first-rounder out of Petaluma, California, has 100 home runs in 635 career games at first base. His last 11 games have been his best stretch in a while — a .386 average and six walks against eleven strikeouts.
Note written · FVR scout (GLM-5.2)
We wrote about Torkelson here — The Overnight: 500 career hits (July 29, 2026) · 100 career home runs (July 29, 2026)
Where he stands
throughAgainst the 382 qualified major-league hitters — 100+ balls in play this season, the same field the boards are chosen out of. Right is better on every row.
- EV95105.647
- Deserved (xVal)0.42480
- Got (aVal)0.41283
- Luck gap (park-adjusted)flipped-0.00348
today · 30 days ago, against the 341 men who qualified then · the tick is the midpoint · the number at the right is the percentile, the number beside it the measurement itself.
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
- $4.08M
- Tax hit
- $4.08M
- Service time
- 3 yr 76 d
- Options left
- 1 / 3
The deal 1 year $4.1M (2026)
On the sheet: 1 y/$4.075M (26) · agent Boras Corp.
After this season, as the sheet has it
| Season | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cash | Arb 2 | 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, Detroit Tigers.
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
- $4.08M
- Guaranteed
- $4.08M
- Term
- 1 yr
- His class
- Arb
What the sheet prices each season at
| Season | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salary | Arb 1 | 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.
Collect Spencer Torkelson
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Not financial advice. We take positions only after publication — never before. Misses stay on the record.
Umpire favor
+0.6 net runs over 65 graded games — the zone was kind to the umpire on balance.
The line
Bio & season lines: MLB StatsAPI · refreshed nightly · abbreviations →