Marlins reach settlements with all of their arbitration-eligible players

[Ely Sussman]

After taking three players to arbitration hearings in 2024, negotiations went much smoother for the Marlins this time around.

The Miami Marlins entered Thursday with one of their smallest and cheapest classes of arbitration-eligible players in recent memory. Numerous trades made over the past year left them with only five players under club control who have enough MLB service time to qualify and weren't already under contract: Anthony Bender, Edward Cabrera, Nick Fortes, Braxton Garrett and Jesús Sánchez.

The Marlins announced that all five of them have reached settlements on their 2025 salaries, totaling $11.26 million, according to the Associated Press. This is the first time since 2021 that Miami has successfully avoided arbitration hearings.

 

Anthony Bender

• Second year of arbitration eligibility (three years and 153 days of MLB service time)
• Made $770,000 in 2024
• Settled at $1.42 million for 2025 (had been projected for $1.4 million, per MLB Trade Rumors)
• Under club control through 2027

 

Edward Cabrera

• First year of arbitration eligibility (2.147)
• Made $761,000 in 2024
• Settled at $1.95 million for 2025 (projected for $2.2 million)
• Under club control through 2028

 

Nick Fortes

• First year of arbitration eligibility (2.149)
• Made $759,000 in 2024
• Settled at $1.86 million for 2025 (projected for $1.6 million)
• Under club control through 2028

 

Braxton Garrett

• First year of arbitration eligibility (2.168)
• Made $764,000 in 2024
• Settled at $1.53 million for 2025 (projected for $1.8 million)
• Under club control through 2028

 

Jesús Sánchez

• Second year of arbitration eligibility (3.118)
• Made $2.1 million in 2024
• Settled at $4.5 million for 2025 (projected for $3.2 million)
• Under club control through 2027

 

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[rurrusuno]

No surprise here. We didn’t have any stars that were arbitration eligible so the club had the upper hand with those players that didn’t get traded.

[Leo Armbrister]

A lot of players are going to have to overperform if the Marlins are going to avoid losinng 100 games again in 2025.

[THOMAS JOSEPH]

Well done. Even if many think 2025 is a total writeoff, it's a significant foundational year for the many young hitters, a broad rebound year for the starters, earning jobs, and coalescing the team.