'Bloodbath' of Marlins personnel changes; 2025 arbitration projections

Then let's roughly break down the Payroll for 2025:

17M for Sandy
17M for Avi García
Around 18M on the arbitration class (6 players) mentioned in this article
The rest of the active roster (18 players) is around 16M
The rest of the 40-man (14 players) say is 7M (exaggerating)

That yields a total of 75M. Say I am forgetting something and is 80M.

For reference, the teams with the lowest projected payrolls this season were OAK (63M), PIT (85M), and TB (89M). The Fish is the next-lowest with a 98M payroll in 2024.

Will this team spend 20M on free agents this season? Maybe 10M getting some bullpen arms? Perhaps only 5M? How about nothing?

2 hours ago, One Regend said:

They're not going to spend much. Maybe about 5m, but no more than that. We had an awful season, and even with Sandy Alcantara and Eury Perez returning, it isn't going to get any better. They may get a vet who's on the cusp of retirement, but that's honestly about it

Also, among the arbitration class, I can see them letting go of Nick Fortes and Edward Cabrera. Nick Fortes provided negative value and is only going up in arb money, while Edward Cabrera had endless opportunities to prove himself and failed each time, and he's also going up in arb years. They might also cut Jesus Sanchez. $3.2m for nothing more than a barely passable platoon bat is far too expensive.

Can it get any worse, though? As bad as this team looked, it is still way far from being the White Sox. The performance of this team depends way too much on their pitching staff, and now with Mel gone, it will be a bit more challenging to perform as expected from the group.

About the arbitration class: Fortes still has strong defensive metrics: Is top 10 in Blocks above average, middle of the pack in the rest of the defensive metrics, durable, young, and still very cheap. He is definitely worth 1,6M, but maybe not for a starting catcher. There is not a single FA Catcher this offseason for the Marlins to target, so they will most probably stick with him and once again, hope for the best.

I'm biased about Eddy Cabrera. I think he has tremendous stuff, but his mental game is still under development. With all the injuries this team had this season, I highly doubt they will let go of the pitcher who led this team in GS, IP, and SO (and also Losses and BBs), who BTW had a solid second half when he came back from the injury (July 7th- End of season): 15 GS, 75 IP, 4.32 ERA. Of those 15 starts, 3 were really ugly: 20 ER in 9.2 IP combined; the other 12 starts?: 65.1 IP with 2.20 ERA. Inconsistent? Yes, but I'd keep him in a heartbeat. 
His future might be in the bullpen, but even so, he should be a very valuable asset. I do think there is a fair chance he can be traded this winter IF the return is appealing.

Now Jeezy: He is a platoon bat but on the more frequent side. He is also a 97 OPS+ / 99 wRC+ player, which means pretty much an average player. The rest of the OFs on the roster are Stowers, Conine, Myers, Hill, and Mesa Jr... READ: A group of unproven hitters (1083 PA combined, Hill accounting for almost half of them) who are the same age or older than Jesús (except for Mesa Jr.) with the same or less upside. Getting rid of him should not be the way to go UNLESS a trade comes at your door and you cannot say no.