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Jacob deGrom

39 of 96 expected starts across the first three years of his $185M contract
Case open 57 career games missed
Estimated salary collected across every game missed, career-wide
$63,125,000
Sum of each season's base salary, prorated per game and multiplied by that season's games missed — from 2023 through 2025.
3 seasons tracked
57 of 96 expected games missed
$110,000,000 in base salary paid
= $63,125,000 earned inactive
Games played
39
of 96 possible
Games missed
57
59.4% of tracked span
Full seasons lost
0
played 0 games
Base salary, tracked span
$110,000,000
excludes bonuses, endorsements

Availability, tracked seasons

39 played (40.6%)
2023 57 expected games missed across 3 seasons 2025

The ledger, season by season

Base salary ÷ expected games that season × games missed that season. "Expected games" is the team's full schedule for position players, or a starting pitcher's typical rotation turns (~team games ÷ 5) — a healthy ace was never going to start 162 games either. Figures are approximate, sourced from public salary and game-log reporting.

Season Expected Played Missed Base salary Per game Collected inactive
2023
Elbow injury in April required a second Tommy John surgery
32 6 26 $30,000,000 $937,500 $24,375,000
2024
Spent nearly the entire season rehabbing, returned for 3 starts in September
32 3 29 $40,000,000 $1,250,000 $36,250,000
2025
Full, healthy comeback season - made all but one turn through the rotation
32 30 2 $40,000,000 $1,250,000 $2,500,000
Career total 96 39 57 $110,000,000 $63,125,000

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