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Current Contract
James Karinchak signed a 1 year / $1,900,000 contract with the Cleveland Guardians, including $1,900,000 guaranteed, and an annual average salary of $1,900,000. In 2024, Karinchak will earn a base salary of $1,900,000, while carrying a total salary of $1,900,000.
2024-2024 Arbitration
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $1,900,000 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $1,900,000 Free Agent: 2027 / UFA Year Age Service Status Base Salary Luxury Tax Salary Payroll Salary Adjusted Salary Yearly Cash 2024 28 3.099 ARB 2 $1,900,000 $1,900,000 $1,900,000 $1,900,000 $1,900,000($1,900,000) 2025 29 ARB 3 2026 30 ARB 4 2027 31 UFA Sources: MLB contract specifics generally collected from Baseball Prospectus & Rotoworld.
Previous Contracts
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2023-2023 Arbitration
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $1,500,000 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $1,500,000 Free Agent: 2027 / UFA 2022-2022 Pre-Arbitration
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $714,500 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $714,500 Free Agent: 2021-2021 Pre-Arbitration
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $585,000 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $585,000 Free Agent: 2020-2020 Pre-Arbitration
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $563,500 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $563,500 Free Agent: 2019-2019 Pre-Arbitration
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $555,000 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $555,000 Free Agent: 2017-2017Signing Bonus
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $138,300 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $138,300 Free Agent: -
Estimated Career Earnings
Year Team Awards Salary Signing Bonus Incentive Total Cash 2017 - $138,300 - $138,300 2019 $50,728 - - $50,728 2020 $208,704 - - $208,703 2021 $478,040 - - $478,040 2022 $710,606 - - $710,606 2023 $1,500,000 - - $1,500,000 Est. Earnings
(5 seasons)$2,948,078 $138,300 - $3,086,377 2024 $1,900,000 - - $1,900,000 $4,848,078 $138,300 - $4,986,377 Seasons Team Salary Signing Bonus Incentive Total Cash 3 seasons $737,472 $138,300 - $875,771 2 seasons $2,210,606 - - $2,210,606 * denotes deferred payment -
Transactions
Jan 11 2024Signed a 1 year $1.9 million contract with Cleveland (CLE), avoiding arbitrationSep 18 2023Recalled from the Minors by Cleveland (CLE)Sep 2 2023Optioned to the Minors by Cleveland (CLE)Jan 13 2023Signed a 1 year $1.5 million contract with Cleveland (CLE), avoiding arbitrationJul 3 2022Promoted from the Minors by Cleveland (CLE)Jul 2 2022Demoted to the Minors by Cleveland (CLE)Mar 1 2022Signed a 1 year $714,500 contract with Cleveland (CLE)Mar 1 2021Signed a 1 year $585,000 contract with Cleveland (CLE)Sep 13 2019Contract purchased by Cleveland (CLE)Jun 21 2017Signed a contract with Cleveland (CLE)Jun 18 2017Drafted by Cleveland (CLE): Round 9 (#282 overall) -
Injuries
A look at the injuries for James Karinchak, and the financial implications.
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2024 Player Rankings
A visual look at how James Karinchak ranks across the league, conference, division, and team.
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Statistics
Season Team Games IP H R ER BB K HR W L S ERA WHIP WAR 2023 CLE 44 39.0 24 18 14 28 52 6 2 5 0 3.23 1.333 0.15 2022 CLE 38 39.0 22 9 9 21 62 2 2 0 3 2.08 1.103 1.34 2021 CLE 60 55.1 35 27 25 32 78 9 7 4 11 4.07 1.211 0.98 2020 CLE 27 27.0 14 9 8 16 53 1 1 2 1 2.67 1.111 0.55 2019 CLE 5 5.1 3 1 1 1 8 0 0 0 0 1.69 0.75 0.13 Totals 174 165.2 98 64 57 98 253 18 12 11 15 3.10 1.183 3.15