Brendan McKay

Tampa Bay Rays, Starting Pitcher
Age: 29y-2m-4d (Dec 18, 1995)
Exp: 1.050 Years
Country: US
College: Louisville (KY)
Drafted: Round 1 (#4 overall), 2017
Agent(s): Apex Baseball
2023-2024 free-agent-restricted
Brendan McKay signed a 2 year contract with the Tampa Bay Rays.
Contract Terms:
2 yr(s)
Signing Bonus:
N/A
Year | Age | Status | PayrollAnnual | Luxury Tax | Tax % League Tax | Cash Annual | Cash Cumulative | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2023 |
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27 | - | - | - | - | - | |
2024 |
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28 | - | - | - | - | - | |
2025 |
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29 |
Year | Age | Service | Status | Base Salary | Incentives Likely | Incentives Unlikely | Payroll Salary | Luxury Tax | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2023 |
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27 | 1.050 | - | - | - | - | - | |
2024 |
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28 | 1.050 | - | - | - | - | - | |
2025 |
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29 | -- |
Year | Age | Status | Base Salary | Cash Total | Cash Cumulative | Cash Remaining | AYC Cumulative | AYC Remaining | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2023 |
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27 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
2024 |
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28 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Source:
MLB contract specifics generally collected from verified reports.
2022-2022 Pre-Arbitration
Contract Terms:
1 yr(s) / $701,200
Average Salary:
$701,200
Signing Bonus:
N/A
2021-2021 Pre-Arbitration
Contract Terms:
1 yr(s)
Signing Bonus:
N/A
2020-2020 Pre-Arbitration
Contract Terms:
1 yr(s) / $563,500
Average Salary:
$563,500
Signing Bonus:
N/A
2019-2019 Pre-Arbitration
Contract Terms:
1 yr(s) / $555,000
Average Salary:
$555,000
Signing Bonus:
N/A
2017-2017 Signing Bonus
Contract Terms:
1 yr(s) / $7,005,000
Average Salary:
$7,005,000
Signing Bonus:
N/A
Seasons
1.050 Years
Career Earnings thru 2025
$7,935,302
Earnings w/ Different Teams
1 team
Earnings Per Year
Year | Age | Team(s) | Service | Status | Cash Total | Cash Cumulative | Awards |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2017 | 21 |
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- |
Signing Bonus
|
$7,005,000 |
$7,005,000 |
|
2019 | 23 |
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0 |
Active
|
$173,072 |
$7,178,072 |
|
2020 | 24 |
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0.056 |
Reserve / minor-buried
|
$121,485 |
$7,299,557 |
|
2022 | 26 |
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0.056 |
Injured
|
$635,745 |
$7,935,302 |
|
Total |
$7,935,302 |
Earnings Per Team
Years | Team | Base | Signing | Incentives | Cash Cumulative |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
4 |
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$930,302 | $7,005,000 | - | $7,935,302 |
Year | Team(s) | Age | Base | Signing | Incentives | Cash Total | Cash Cumulative |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2017 |
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21 |
$7,005,000 |
$7,005,000 |
$7,005,000 |
||
2019 |
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23 |
$173,072
|
$173,072 |
$7,178,072 |
||
2020 |
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24 |
$121,485
|
$121,485 |
$7,299,557 |
||
2022 |
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26 |
$635,745
|
$635,745 |
$7,935,302 |
||
Total |
$930,302 |
$7,005,000 |
$7,935,302 |
Earnings Per Team
Years | Team | Base | Signing | Incentives | Cash Cumulative |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
4 |
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$930,302 | $7,005,000 | - | $7,935,302 |
Injuries
Year | Dates | Reason | |
---|---|---|---|
2022 |
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Sep 09, 2022 - Oct 05, 2022 | Elbow (Tommy John) |
2022 |
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Apr 04, 2022 - Aug 23, 2022 | Neck |
2020 |
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Aug 12, 2020 - Aug 30, 2020 | Shoulder |
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Dec 16, 2022 Signed a minor league contract with Tampa Bay (TB)
-
Nov 14, 2022 Released by Tampa Bay (TB)
-
Nov 10, 2022 Outrighted to the Minors by Tampa Bay (TB)
-
Sep 09, 2022 Promoted from the Minors by Tampa Bay (TB)
-
Aug 23, 2022 Demoted to the Minors by Tampa Bay (TB)
-
Apr 07, 2022 Promoted from the Minors by Tampa Bay (TB)
-
Mar 27, 2022 Optioned to the Minors by Tampa Bay (TB)
-
Mar 01, 2022 Signed a 1 year $701,200 contract with Tampa Bay (TB)
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Jun 26, 2017 Signed a contract with Tampa Bay (TB)
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Jun 15, 2017 Drafted by Tampa Bay (TB): Round 1 (#4 overall)
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Jul 15, 2014 Unsigned by San Diego (SD)
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Jun 10, 2014 Drafted by San Diego (SD): Round 34 (#1017 overall)
Year | Team | GP | GS | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | W | L | SV | IP | ERA | WHIP | WAR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2019 | TB | 18 | 12 | 53 | 32 | 28 | 16 | 56 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 49.0 | 5.14 | 1.41 | -0.16 |