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Current Contract
Carson Kelly signed a 1 year / $720,000 contract with the Detroit Tigers, including $720,000 guaranteed, and an annual average salary of $720,000. In 2024, Kelly will earn a base salary of $3,500,000, while carrying a total salary of $3,500,000.
2023-2024
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $720,000 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $720,000 Free Agent: 2025 / UFA Year Age Service Status Base Salary Luxury Tax Salary Payroll Salary Adjusted Salary Yearly Cash 2023 28 4.161 ARB 3 $720,000 $166,453 $720,000 $166,453 $166,453($166,453) 2024 29 5.161 ARB 4 Club Exercised$3,500,000 $3,500,000 $3,500,000 $3,500,000 $3,500,000($3,666,453) 2025 30 UFA Contract Notes:- 2024 Incentives
$125,000 for each 95, 100, 105, 110 games as catcher
Sources: MLB contract specifics generally collected from Baseball Prospectus & Rotoworld.
Previous Contracts
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2023-2023 Arbitration
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $4,275,000 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $4,275,000 Free Agent: 2025 / UFA 2023-2023Retained
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $4,275,000 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $4,275,000 Free Agent: 2022-2022 Arbitration
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $3,325,000 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $3,325,000 Free Agent: 2021-2021 Arbitration
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $1,700,000 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $1,700,000 Free Agent: 2020-2020 Pre-Arbitration
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $581,700 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $581,700 Free Agent: 2019-2019 Pre-Arbitration
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $560,000 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $560,000 Free Agent: 2018-2018 Pre-Arbitration
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $545,000 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $545,000 Free Agent: 2017-2017 Pre-Arbitration
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $535,000 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $535,000 Free Agent: 2016-2016 Pre-Arbitration
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $507,500 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $507,500 Free Agent: 2012-2012Signing Bonus
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $1,600,000 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $1,600,000 Free Agent: - 2024 Incentives
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Estimated Career Earnings
Year Team Awards Salary Signing Bonus Incentive Total Cash 2012 - $1,600,000 - $1,600,000 2016 $80,417 - - $80,417 2017 $535,000 - - $535,000 2018 $175,800 - - $175,800 2019 $560,000 - - $560,000 2020 $215,444 - - $215,444 2021 $1,700,000 - - $1,700,000 2022 $3,325,000 - - $3,325,000 2023 $4,275,000 - - $4,275,000 2023 $166,453 - - $166,453 Est. Earnings
(8 seasons)$11,033,114 $1,600,000 - $12,633,114 2024 $3,500,000 - - $3,500,000 $14,533,114 $1,600,000 - $16,133,114 Seasons Team Salary Signing Bonus Incentive Total Cash 3 seasons $791,217 $1,600,000 - $2,391,217 4 seasons $10,075,444 - - $10,075,444 1 seasons $166,453 - - $166,453 * denotes deferred payment -
Transactions
Nov 6 2023Detroit (DET) exercised a $3.5 million option for 2024Aug 19 2023Signed a contract with Detroit (DET)Aug 16 2023Released by Arizona (ARI)Aug 13 2023Designated for Assignment by Arizona (ARI)Jan 13 2023Signed a 1 year $4.275 million contract with Arizona (ARI), avoiding arbitrationMar 22 2022Signed a 1 year $3.325 million contract with Arizona (ARI), avoiding arbitrationJan 15 2021Signed a 1 year $1.7 million contract with Arizona (ARI), avoiding arbitrationMar 5 2020Signed a 1 year $581,700 contract with Arizona (ARI)Mar 5 2019Signed a 1 year $560,000 contract with Arizona (ARI)Dec 5 2018Traded to Arizona (ARI) from St. Louis (STL) with Luke Weaver|17703, Andy Young and 2019 1st round pick for Paul GoldschmidtSep 4 2016Contract purchased by St. Louis (STL)Jun 10 2012Signed a contract with St. Louis (STL)Jun 5 2012Drafted by St. Louis (STL): Round 2 (#86 overall) -
Injuries
A look at the injuries for Carson Kelly, and the financial implications.
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2024 Player Rankings
A visual look at how Carson Kelly ranks across the league, conference, division, and team.
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Statistics
Season Team GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WAR 2023 DET 52 44 136 13 28 5 0 2 13 14 1 40 .206 .278 .287 .565 -0.08 2022 ARI 104 88 317 40 67 18 0 7 35 29 2 71 .211 .282 .334 .616 1.2 2021 ARI 98 80 304 41 73 11 1 13 46 44 0 74 .240 .344 .411 .755 2.14 2020 ARI 39 34 122 11 27 5 0 5 19 6 0 29 .221 .264 .385 .649 -0.32 2019 ARI 111 85 314 46 77 19 0 18 47 48 0 79 .245 .348 .478 .826 1.67 2018 STL 19 11 35 1 4 0 0 0 3 3 0 7 .114 .205 .114 .319 -0.42 2017 STL 34 14 69 5 12 3 0 0 6 5 0 11 .174 .240 .217 .457 -0.43 2016 STL 10 2 13 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 .154 .214 .231 .445 -0.01 Totals 467 358 1,310 158 290 62 1 45 170 149 3 313 0.221 0.306 0.373 0.680 3.75