Jameson Taillon
Chicago Cubs
Starting Pitcher (SP )
Age: 31-321d
Exp: 6.11 Years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Current Contract
Jameson Taillon signed a 4 year / $68,000,000 contract with the Chicago Cubs, including $68,000,000 guaranteed, and an annual average salary of $17,000,000. In 2023, Taillon will earn a base salary of $14,000,000, while carrying a total salary of $14,000,000.
2023-2026 Free Agent
Contract: 4 yr(s) / $68,000,000 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $17,000,000 Free Agent: 2027 / UFA Year Age Service Status Base Salary Luxury Tax Salary Payroll Salary Adjusted Salary Yearly Cash 2023 31 6.110 $14,000,000 $17,000,000 $14,000,000 $14,000,000 $14,000,000($14,000,000) 2024 32 $18,000,000 $17,000,000 $18,000,000 $18,000,000 $18,000,000($32,000,000) 2025 33 $18,000,000 $17,000,000 $18,000,000 $18,000,000 $18,000,000($50,000,000) 2026 34 $18,000,000 $17,000,000 $18,000,000 $18,000,000 $18,000,000($68,000,000) 2027 35 UFA Contract Notes:- 10-team no trade clause annually
- Team can defer $10M of 2026 salary if he suffers a right elbow injury in 2025
Sources: MLB contract specifics generally collected from Baseball Prospectus & Rotoworld.
Previous Contracts
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2022-2022 Arbitration
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $5,800,000 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $5,800,000 Free Agent: 
2021-2021 Arbitration
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $2,250,000 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $2,250,000 Free Agent:
2020-2020 Arbitration
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $2,250,000 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $2,250,000 Free Agent:
2019-2019 Pre-Arbitration
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $587,500 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $587,500 Free Agent:
2018-2018 Pre-Arbitration
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $571,000 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $571,000 Free Agent:
2017-2017 Pre-Arbitration
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $555,500 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $555,500 Free Agent:
2016-2016 Pre-Arbitration
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $507,500 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $507,500 Free Agent:
2015-2015 Pre-Arbitration
Contract: 1 yr(s) / - Signing Bonus - Average Salary - Free Agent:
2010-2010Signing Bonus
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $6,500,000 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $6,500,000 Free Agent: -
Estimated Career Earnings
Year Team Awards Salary Signing Bonus Incentive Total Cash 2010
- $6,500,000 - $6,500,000 2016
$302,257 - - $302,257 2017
$555,500 - - $555,500 2018
$571,000 - - $571,000 2019
$587,500 - - $587,500 2020
$833,333 - - $833,333 2021
$2,250,000 - - $2,250,000 2022
$5,800,000 - - $5,800,000 2023
$14,000,000 - - $14,000,000 Est. Earnings
(8 seasons)$24,899,590 $6,500,000 - $31,399,590 2024 $18,000,000 - - $18,000,000 2025 $18,000,000 - - $18,000,000 2026 $18,000,000 - - $18,000,000 $78,899,590 $6,500,000 - $85,399,590 Seasons Team Salary Signing Bonus Incentive Total Cash 5 seasons $2,849,590 $6,500,000 - $9,349,590 2 seasons $8,050,000 - - $8,050,000 1 seasons $14,000,000 - - $14,000,000 * denotes deferred payment -
Transactions
Dec 7 2022Signed a 4 year $68 million contract with Chicago (CHC)Mar 22 2022Signed a 1 year $5.8 million contract with New York (NYY), avoiding arbitrationJan 24 2021Traded to New York (NYY) from Pittsburgh (PIT) for Miguel Yajure, Roansy Contreras, Maikol Escotto and Canaan Smith-NjigbaDec 2 2020Signed a 1 year $2.25 million contract with Pittsburgh (PIT), avoiding arbitrationJan 10 2020Signed a 1 year $2.25 million contract with Pittsburgh (PIT), avoiding arbitrationMar 5 2019Signed a 1 year $587,500 contract with Pittsburgh (PIT)Mar 24 2018Signed a 1 year $571,000 contract with Pittsburgh (PIT)Feb 24 2017Signed a 1 year $555,500 contract with Pittsburgh (PIT)Mar 4 2016Signed a 1 year $507,500 contract with Pittsburgh (PIT)Mar 4 2015Signed a 1 year contract with Pittsbugh (PIT)Aug 16 2010Signed a contract with Pittsburgh (PIT)Jun 7 2010Drafted by Pittsburgh (PIT): Round 1 (#2 overall) -
Injuries
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2023 Player Rankings
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Statistics
Season Team GP GS IP H R ER BB K HR W L S ERA WHIP WAR 2023 CHC 28 28 144.1 150 94 81 39 134 26 8 10 0 5.05 1.309 -0.51 2022 NYY 32 32 177.1 168 78 77 32 151 26 13 5 0 3.91 1.128 1.36 2021 NYY 29 29 144.1 130 73 69 44 140 24 8 6 0 4.30 1.206 2.24 2019 PIT 7 7 37.1 34 24 17 8 30 4 2 3 0 4.10 1.125 0.23 2018 PIT 32 32 191.0 179 69 68 46 179 20 14 10 0 3.20 1.178 4.77 2017 PIT 25 25 133.2 152 69 66 46 125 11 8 7 0 4.44 1.481 1.23 2016 PIT 18 18 104.0 100 40 40 17 85 13 5 4 0 3.46 1.125 2.41 Totals 171 171 932.0 913 447 418 232 844 124 58 45 0 4.04 1.229 11.73 -
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