Ken Waldichuk

Athletics, Starting Pitcher
Age: 27y-2m-23d (Jan 08, 1998)
Exp: 2.035 Years
Country: US
College: St. Mary's College (CA)
Drafted: Round 5 (#165 overall), 2019
Agent(s): Apex Baseball
2025 Payroll Salary

$800,000

2025 Cash

$800,000

Career Earnings

$2,702,764

2025-2025 Pre-Arbitration (CURRENT)

Ken Waldichuk signed a 1 year, $800,000 contract with the Athletics, including $800,000 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $800,000. In 2025, Waldichuk will earn a base salary of $800,000, while carrying a total salary of $800,000.
Contract Terms:
1 yr(s) / $800,000
Average Salary:
$800,000
Signing Bonus:
N/A
Free Agent:
2029 / UFA
Year Age Status PayrollAnnual Luxury Tax Tax % League Tax Cash Annual Cash Cumulative
2025 27
Estimate
$800,000 $800,000 - $800,000 $800,000
2026 28
ARB 1
2027 29
ARB 2
2028 30
ARB 3
2029 31
UFA
Year Age Service Status Base Salary Incentives Likely Incentives Unlikely Payroll Salary Luxury Tax
2025 27 2.035
Estimate
$800,000 - - $800,000 $800,000
2026 28 --
ARB 1
2027 29 --
ARB 2
2028 30 --
ARB 3
2029 31 --
UFA
Year Age Status Base Salary Cash Total Cash Cumulative Cash Remaining AYC Cumulative AYC Remaining
2025 27
Estimate
$800,000 $800,000 $800,000 - $800,000 $800,000
Source: MLB contract specifics generally collected from verified reports.

2024-2024 Pre-Arbitration

Contract Terms:
1 yr(s) / $745,000
Average Salary:
$745,000
Signing Bonus:
N/A
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2023-2023 Pre-Arbitration

Contract Terms:
1 yr(s) / $720,000
Average Salary:
$720,000
Signing Bonus:
N/A
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2022-2022 Pre-Arbitration

Contract Terms:
1 yr(s) / $700,000
Average Salary:
$700,000
Signing Bonus:
N/A
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2019-2019 Signing Bonus

Contract Terms:
1 yr(s) / $307,000
Average Salary:
$307,000
Signing Bonus:
N/A
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Seasons

2.035 Years

Career Earnings thru 2025

$2,702,764

Earnings w/ Different Teams

2 teams

Earnings Per Year

Year Age Team(s) Service Status Cash Total Cash Cumulative Awards
2019 21
-
Signing Bonus
$307,000
$307,000
2022 24
0
Active
$130,764
$437,764
2023 25
0.035
Active
$720,000
$1,157,764
2024 26
1.035
Injured
$745,000
$1,902,764
2025 27
2.035
Injured / estimate
$800,000
$2,702,764
Total      
$2,702,764
$2,702,764
Total
$2,702,764

Earnings Per Team

Years Team Base Signing Incentives Cash Cumulative
1 - $307,000 - $307,000
4 $2,395,764 - - $2,395,764
Year Team(s) Age Base Signing Incentives Cash Total Cash Cumulative
2019
21
$307,000
$307,000
$307,000
2022
24
$130,764
$130,764
$437,764
2023
25
$720,000
$720,000
$1,157,764
2024
26
$745,000
$745,000
$1,902,764
2025
27
$800,000
$800,000
$2,702,764
Total
$2,395,764
$307,000
$2,702,764
$2,702,764
Total
$2,395,764
$307,000
$2,702,764

Earnings Per Team

Years Team Base Signing Incentives Cash Cumulative
1 - $307,000 - $307,000
4 $2,395,764 - - $2,395,764

Injuries

Year Dates Reason
2025 ATH Mar 27, 2025 - TBD Elbow (Tommy John)
2024 OAK Mar 28, 2024 - Sep 29, 2024 Elbow
  • Mar 01, 2024 Signed a 1 year $745,000 contract with Oakland (OAK)
  • Mar 01, 2023 Signed a 1 year $720,000 contract with Oakland (OAK)
  • Sep 01, 2022 Contract purchased by Oakland (OAK)
  • Aug 01, 2022 Traded to Oakland (OAK) from New York (NYY) with JP Sears , Luis Medina and Cooper Bowman for Frankie Montas and Lou Trivino
  • Jun 07, 2019 Signed a contract with New York (NYY)
  • Jun 04, 2019 Drafted by New York (NYY): Round 5 (#165 overall)
Year Team GP GS H R ER BB K HR W L SV IP ERA WHIP WAR
2024 OAK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.00 0.00
2023 OAK 34 22 149 93 84 71 132 24 4 9 1 141.0 5.36 1.56 -0.02
2022 OAK 7 7 32 19 19 10 33 5 2 2 0 34.7 4.93 1.21 0.14
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