Kenta Maeda
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Detroit Tigers, Relief Pitcher
Age: 36-158d (Apr 11, 1988)
Exp: 8 Years
Country: JP
Agent(s): Adam Katz (Wasserman)
2024 Payroll Salary
$14,000,000
2024 Cash
$14,000,000
Career Earnings
$66,414,704
2024-2025 free-agent-xxb (CURRENT)
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Contract Terms:
2 yr(s) / $24,000,000
Average Salary:
$12,000,000
Signing Bonus:
N/A
Free Agent:
2026 / UFA
Year | Age | PayrollAnnual | Luxury Tax | Tax % League Tax | Cash Annual | Cash Cumulative | |
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2024 |
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36 | $14,000,000 | $12,000,000 | 5.06% | $14,000,000 | $14,000,000 |
2025 |
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37 | $10,000,000 | $12,000,000 | 4.98% | $10,000,000 | $24,000,000 |
2026 |
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38 |
UFA |
Year | Age | Service | Base Salary | Incentives Likely | Incentives Unlikely | Payroll Salary | Luxury Tax | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2024 |
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36 | 8.000 | $14,000,000 | - | - | $14,000,000 | $12,000,000 |
2025 |
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37 | - | $10,000,000 | - | - | $10,000,000 | $12,000,000 |
2026 |
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38 | -- |
UFA |
Year | Age | Base Salary | Cash Total | Cash Cumulative | AYC Cumulative | AYC Remaining | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2024 |
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36 | $14,000,000 | $14,000,000 | $14,000,000 | $14,000,000 | $12,000,000 |
2025 |
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37 | $10,000,000 | $10,000,000 | $24,000,000 | $12,000,000 | $10,000,000 |
Source:
MLB contract specifics generally collected from verified reports.
2016-2023 foreign-professional
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Contract Terms:
8 yr(s) / $25,000,000
Average Salary:
$3,125,000
Signing Bonus:
$1,000,000
Free Agent:
2024 / UFA
Career Earnings thru 2024
$66,414,704
Career Earnings w/ Different Teams
3 teams
Earnings Per Year
Year | Age | Team(s) | Status | Cash Total | Cash Cumulative | Awards |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2016 | 28 |
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Active
|
$11,250,000 |
$11,250,000 |
|
2017 | 29 |
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Active
|
$7,250,000 |
$18,500,000 |
|
2018 | 30 |
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Active
|
$6,000,000 |
$24,500,000 |
|
2019 | 31 |
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Active
|
$8,400,000 |
$32,900,000 |
|
2020 | 32 |
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Retained
Active
|
$5,621,500 $2,393,704 |
$38,521,500 $40,915,204 |
All MLB (2nd) |
2021 | 33 |
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Injured
Retained
|
$4,936,000 $563,500 |
$45,851,204 $46,414,704 |
|
2022 | 34 |
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Injured
|
$3,000,000 |
$49,414,704 |
|
2023 | 35 |
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Active
|
$3,000,000 |
$52,414,704 |
|
2024 | 36 |
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Active
|
$14,000,000 |
$66,414,704 |
|
Total |
$66,414,704 |
$66,414,704 |
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2025 | 37 |
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Active
|
$10,000,000 |
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Total |
$76,414,704 |
Year | Team(s) | Age | Base | Signing | Incentives | Cash Total | Cash Cumulative |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2016 |
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28 |
$3,000,000
|
$1,000,000 |
$7,250,000 |
$11,250,000 |
$11,250,000 |
2017 |
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29 |
$3,000,000
|
$4,250,000 |
$7,250,000 |
$18,500,000 |
|
2018 |
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30 |
$3,000,000
|
$3,000,000 |
$6,000,000 |
$24,500,000 |
|
2019 |
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31 |
$3,000,000
|
$5,400,000 |
$8,400,000 |
$32,900,000 |
|
2020 |
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32 |
$2,436,500 $208,704
|
$3,185,000 $2,185,000 |
$5,621,500 $2,393,704 |
$38,521,500 $40,915,204 |
|
2021 |
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33 |
$2,436,000 $563,500
|
$2,500,000 |
$4,936,000 $563,500 |
$45,851,204 $46,414,704 |
|
2022 |
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34 |
$3,000,000
|
$3,000,000 |
$49,414,704 |
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2023 |
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35 |
$3,000,000
|
$3,000,000 |
$52,414,704 |
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2024 |
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36 |
$14,000,000
|
$14,000,000 |
$66,414,704 |
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Total |
$37,644,704 |
$1,000,000 |
$27,770,000 |
$66,414,704 |
$66,414,704 |
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2025 |
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37 |
$10,000,000
|
$10,000,000 |
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Total |
$47,644,704 |
$1,000,000 |
$27,770,000 |
$76,414,704 |
Earnings Per Team
Years | Team | Base | Signing | Incentives | Cash Cumulative |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
6 |
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$15,000,000 | $1,000,000 | $23,085,000 | $39,085,000 |
4 |
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$8,644,704 | - | $4,685,000 | $13,329,704 |
1 |
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$14,000,000 | - | - | $14,000,000 |
Injuries
Year | Dates | Reason | |
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2017 |
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May 11, 2017 - May 25, 2017 | Hamstring |
2018 |
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May 30, 2018 - Jun 13, 2018 | Hip |
2019 |
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May 17, 2019 - May 26, 2019 | Thigh |
2021 |
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May 23, 2021 - Jun 14, 2021 | Groin |
2021 |
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Aug 22, 2021 - Oct 03, 2021 | Arm |
2022 |
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Apr 04, 2022 - Oct 05, 2022 | Elbow (Tommy John) |
2023 |
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Apr 28, 2023 - Jun 23, 2023 | Arm |
2024 |
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May 08, 2024 - May 24, 2024 | Illness |
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Nov 26, 2023 Signed a contract with Detroit (DET)
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Feb 09, 2020 Traded to Minnesota (MIN) from Los Angeles (LAD) with $10M and Jair Camargo for Brusdar Graterol, 2020 2nd round pick and Luke Raley|20140
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Jan 02, 2016 Signed an 8 year $25 million contract with Los Angeles (LAD)
Year | Team | GP | GS | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | W | L | SV | IP | ERA | WHIP | WAR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2024 | DET | 25 | 16 | 114 | 72 | 68 | 29 | 82 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 101.3 | 6.04 | 1.41 | -1.39 |
2023 | MIN | 21 | 20 | 94 | 50 | 49 | 28 | 117 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 104.3 | 4.23 | 1.17 | 1.08 |
2021 | MIN | 23 | 21 | 106 | 60 | 55 | 32 | 113 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 106.3 | 4.66 | 1.30 | 0.04 |
2020 | MIN | 11 | 11 | 40 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 80 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 66.7 | 2.70 | 0.75 | 1.60 |
2019 | LAD | 41 | 26 | 114 | 70 | 69 | 51 | 169 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 153.7 | 4.04 | 1.07 | 0.50 |
2018 | LAD | 41 | 20 | 115 | 58 | 53 | 43 | 153 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 125.3 | 3.81 | 1.26 | -0.25 |
2017 | LAD | 30 | 25 | 121 | 68 | 63 | 34 | 140 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 134.3 | 4.22 | 1.15 | 0.53 |
2016 | LAD | 35 | 32 | 150 | 72 | 68 | 50 | 179 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 175.7 | 3.48 | 1.14 | 2.83 |