Last with St. Louis Cardinals · P · No longer on a 40-man roster
Adam Ottavino has an estimated 13 years and 104 days of major league service time — 13.104 in the notation clubs use, from 2340 days credited on a major league roster.
| Season | Club | Days | Running total | How this season is known |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | St. Louis Cardinals | 117 | 0.117 | From transactions |
| 2011 | St. Louis Cardinals | 0 | 0.117 | From transactions |
| 2012 | Colorado Rockies | 141 | 1.086 | From transactions |
| 2013 | Colorado Rockies | 172 | 2.086 | Carried forward |
| 2014 | Colorado Rockies | 172 | 3.086 | Carried forward |
| 2015 | Colorado Rockies | 172 | 4.086 | From transactions |
| 2016 | Colorado Rockies | 172 | 5.086 | From transactions |
| 2017 | Colorado Rockies | 172 | 6.086 | From transactions |
| 2018 | Colorado Rockies | 172 | 7.086 | From transactions |
| 2019 | New York Yankees | 172 | 8.086 | From transactions |
| 2020 | New York Yankees | 172 | 9.086 | Carried forward |
| 2021 | Boston Red Sox | 172 | 10.086 | From transactions |
| 2022 | New York Mets | 172 | 11.086 | From transactions |
| 2023 | New York Mets | 172 | 12.086 | From transactions |
| 2024 | New York Mets | 172 | 13.086 | From transactions |
| 2025 | New York Yankees | 18 | 13.104 | 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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