Last with Oakland Athletics · LF · No longer on a 40-man roster
Yoenis Cespedes has an estimated 9 years of major league service time — 9.000 in the notation clubs use, from 1548 days credited on a major league roster.
| Season | Club | Days | Running total | How this season is known |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Oakland Athletics | 172 | 1.000 | From transactions |
| 2013 | Oakland Athletics | 172 | 2.000 | From transactions |
| 2014 | Boston Red Sox, Oakland Athletics | 172 | 3.000 | From transactions |
| 2015 | Detroit Tigers, New York Mets | 172 | 4.000 | From transactions |
| 2016 | New York Mets | 172 | 5.000 | From transactions |
| 2017 | New York Mets | 172 | 6.000 | From transactions |
| 2018 | New York Mets | 172 | 7.000 | From transactions |
| 2019 | New York Mets | 172 | 8.000 | From transactions |
| 2020 | New York Mets | 172 | 9.000 | From transactions |
172 days credit a full year, so a season adds at most 1.000 no matter how long a player is on a roster. 3.000 years reaches salary arbitration and 6.000 reaches free agency —
what every threshold unlocks.
This figure is an estimate reconstructed from public roster
transaction records. It is not an official MLB or MLBPA figure — those are
not published. See the
methodology.
Last updated 2026-10-12.
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