Last with Kansas City Royals · P · No longer on a 40-man roster
Andrés Machado has an estimated 3 years and 89 days of major league service time — 3.089 in the notation clubs use, from 605 days credited on a major league roster.
| Season | Club | Days | Running total | How this season is known |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Kansas City Royals | 31 | 0.031 | From transactions |
| 2018 | Kansas City Royals | 1 | 0.032 | From transactions |
| 2019 | Kansas City Royals | 172 | 1.032 | From transactions |
| 2020 | Kansas City Royals | 0 | 1.032 | Carried forward |
| 2021 | Washington Nationals | 158 | 2.018 | From transactions |
| 2022 | Washington Nationals | 137 | 2.155 | From transactions |
| 2023 | Washington Nationals | 106 | 3.089 | 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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