Tracking arbitration-eligible Marlins leading up to 2026 salary exchange deadline

Thursday was the deadline for Major League Baseball teams to exchange salary figures with their arbitration-eligible players. The Miami Marlins avoided arbitration hearings with five of the six players in their 2026 class, with reliever Calvin Faucher as the lone exception.

It is customary for arb-eligible players to receive salary increases from the previous year, even if they struggled. However, because left-hander Braxton Garrett missed the entire 2025 campaign due to Tommy John surgery, he has settled for an identical salary this season.

Edward Cabrera would've been the highest earner in Miami's 2026 arbitration class, but he was recently dealt to the Chicago Cubs. Cabrera settled at $4.45 million with his new employer.

• RHP Anthony Bender
  • Third year of arbitration eligibility
  • Settled at $2.81 million
• RHP Calvin Faucher
  • First year of arbitration eligibility
  • Did not reach a settlement; Marlins filed at $1.8 million, Faucher filed at $2.05 million
• LHP Braxton Garrett
  • Second year of arbitration eligibility
  • Settled at $1.53 million
• LHP Ryan Weathers
  • First year of arbitration eligibility
  • Settled at $1.35 million
• RHP Max Meyer
  • First year of arbitration eligibility
  • Settled at $980,000
  LHP Andrew Nardi
  • First year of arbitration eligibility
  • Settled at $800,000

Faucher's hearing will take place in Arizona at some point between January 26 and February 13.