
Jack Flaherty
Detroit TigersP
Age: 30
Bats/Throws: R/R
6'4" / 225
DOB: 10/15/1995
(30 years, 11 months, 26 days)
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Contract History
2 yr, $35M (2025-26), 2026 player option
Valley charge raises base AAV for 2025, lowers for 2026.
Since Flaherty's contract originally called for $20M in 2025 and $10M for his 2026 player option, his option year was less than 80% of the base salary for the one guaranteed year. As such, the $10M difference between the two years is assigned entirely to 2025, raising the AAV of that year to $27.5M (half of the total $35M guarantee, plus the difference). Because Flaherty ultimately opted in, the Tigers were effectively overcharged for 2025, meaning the $10 million difference is credited to Flaherty's 2026 AAV, lowering it from $17.5M to $7.5M, the inverse of 2025. The escalators for 2026 games started are then added to both his $10M base salary and his $7.5M AAV.
| Season | Base Salary | Prorated Signing Bonus | AAV | Potential Buyout | Earned Incentives | Pre-Arb Bonus | Total Earned | Total CBT Hit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $20,000,000 | $5,000,000 | $27,500,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $25,000,000 | $27,500,000 |
| 2026 | $10,000,000 | $0 | $7,500,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $10,000,000 | $7,500,000 |
| 2027 | FREE AGENT | |||||||
| Total | $30,000,000 | $5,000,000 | $35,000,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $35,000,000 | $35,000,000 |
| Season | Base Salary | Prorated Signing Bonus | AAV | Potential Buyout | Earned Incentives | Pre-Arb Bonus | Total Earned | Total CBT Hit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $20,000,000 | $5,000,000 | $27,500,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $25,000,000 | $27,500,000 |
| 2026 | $10,000,000 | $0 | $7,500,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $10,000,000 | $7,500,000 |
| 2027 | FREE AGENT | |||||||
| Total | $30,000,000 | $5,000,000 | $35,000,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $35,000,000 | $35,000,000 |
AVAILABLE INCENTIVES
| Season | Incentives |
|---|---|
| 2026 | $10,000,000 if 15 GS in 2025 |
Bold = EarnedStrikethrough = Not EarnedPlain = PendingItalics = Buyout Escalator
Player OptionClub OptionVesting OptionMutual OptionFree AgentEstimated Value
1 yr, $14M (2024)
| Season | Base Salary | Prorated Signing Bonus | AAV | Potential Buyout | Earned Incentives | Pre-Arb Bonus | Total Earned | Total CBT Hit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $14,000,000 | $0 | $14,000,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $14,000,000 | $14,000,000 |
| 2025 | FREE AGENT | |||||||
| Season | Base Salary | Prorated Signing Bonus | AAV | Potential Buyout | Earned Incentives | Pre-Arb Bonus | Total Earned | Total CBT Hit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $14,000,000 | $0 | $14,000,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $14,000,000 | $14,000,000 |
| 2025 | FREE AGENT | |||||||
Player OptionClub OptionVesting OptionMutual OptionFree AgentEstimated Value
1 yr, $5.4M (2023)
| Season | Base Salary | Prorated Signing Bonus | AAV | Potential Buyout | Earned Incentives | Pre-Arb Bonus | Total Earned | Total CBT Hit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $5,400,000 | $0 | $5,400,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $5,400,000 | $5,400,000 |
| 2024 | FREE AGENT | |||||||
| Season | Base Salary | Prorated Signing Bonus | AAV | Potential Buyout | Earned Incentives | Pre-Arb Bonus | Total Earned | Total CBT Hit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $5,400,000 | $0 | $5,400,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $5,400,000 | $5,400,000 |
| 2024 | FREE AGENT | |||||||
Player OptionClub OptionVesting OptionMutual OptionFree AgentEstimated Value
1 yr, $5M (2022)
| Season | Base Salary | Prorated Signing Bonus | AAV | Potential Buyout | Earned Incentives | Pre-Arb Bonus | Total Earned | Total CBT Hit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $5,000,000 | $0 | $5,000,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 |
| 2023 | ARB 3 | |||||||
| 2024 | FREE AGENT | |||||||
| Season | Base Salary | Prorated Signing Bonus | AAV | Potential Buyout | Earned Incentives | Pre-Arb Bonus | Total Earned | Total CBT Hit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $5,000,000 | $0 | $5,000,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 |
| 2023 | ARB 3 | |||||||
| 2024 | FREE AGENT | |||||||
Player OptionClub OptionVesting OptionMutual OptionFree AgentEstimated Value
1 yr, $3.9M (2021)
| Season | Base Salary | Prorated Signing Bonus | AAV | Potential Buyout | Earned Incentives | Pre-Arb Bonus | Total Earned | Total CBT Hit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $3,900,000 | $0 | $3,900,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $3,900,000 | $3,900,000 |
| 2022 | ARB 2 | |||||||
| 2023 | ARB 3 | |||||||
| 2024 | FREE AGENT | |||||||
| Season | Base Salary | Prorated Signing Bonus | AAV | Potential Buyout | Earned Incentives | Pre-Arb Bonus | Total Earned | Total CBT Hit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $3,900,000 | $0 | $3,900,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $3,900,000 | $3,900,000 |
| 2022 | ARB 2 | |||||||
| 2023 | ARB 3 | |||||||
| 2024 | FREE AGENT | |||||||
Player OptionClub OptionVesting OptionMutual OptionFree AgentEstimated Value
1 yr, $604.5k (2020)
| Season | Base Salary | Prorated Signing Bonus | AAV | Potential Buyout | Earned Incentives | Pre-Arb Bonus | Total Earned | Total CBT Hit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $604,500 | $0 | $604,500 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $604,500 | $604,500 |
| 2021 | ARB 1 | |||||||
| 2022 | ARB 2 | |||||||
| 2023 | ARB 3 | |||||||
| 2024 | FREE AGENT | |||||||
| Season | Base Salary | Prorated Signing Bonus | AAV | Potential Buyout | Earned Incentives | Pre-Arb Bonus | Total Earned | Total CBT Hit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $604,500 | $0 | $604,500 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $604,500 | $604,500 |
| 2021 | ARB 1 | |||||||
| 2022 | ARB 2 | |||||||
| 2023 | ARB 3 | |||||||
| 2024 | FREE AGENT | |||||||
Player OptionClub OptionVesting OptionMutual OptionFree AgentEstimated Value
CONTRACT INFORMATION NOTES
- Total Earned is calculated as the sum of Base Salary, Prorated Signing Bonus, Pre-Arb Bonus, and Earned Incentives for each season.
- Total CBT Hit is calculated as the sum of AAV and Earned Incentives for each season. Earned pre-arbitration bonuses do not count against the CBT, as each team contributes 1/30th of the leaguewide bonus pool. Only that equal, prorated amount counts against the CBT, regardless of how much or little the team's players earn in pre-arb bonuses.
- Signing bonuses are always allocated pro rata across guaranteed years, regardless of when the signing bonus is actually paid out.
- Signing bonuses, even if a portion of the signing bonus is due after a player is traded, are always paid by the signing team.
- When a player is traded, the AAV is recalculated based as the remaining base salary owed to the player divided by the remaining years on the contract. Since signing bonuses are always paid by the original team, they're not included in the recalculation.
- When an option is exercised, the player doesn't receive the Potential Buyout, so that value is struckthrough and not included in the totals row. However, buyout is still included in the AAV of the original contract years in the above table, even if not paid. The team(s) the player played for receive a CBT credit to account for the difference, on the Other Payments (Luxury Tax) table of the main payroll page.

