Miami Marlins players Kyle Stowers, Xavier Edwards, Otto Lopez, Jakob Marsee, Janson Junk and Eury Pérez combined to receive nearly $2 million from the MLB pre-arbitration bonus pool, per the Associated Press. Players can become eligible for bonuses based on where they finish in the voting for major awards (MVP, Cy Young, Rookie of the Year and All-MLB). However, each of the six Marlins were paid according to a proprietary wins above replacement formula.
This is the second straight year that Edwards and Lopez have earned pre-arb bonuses.
Marsee spent the first four months of the 2025 season in the minor leagues, yet was so valuable as an all-around player down the stretch that he made up for lost time. He winds up collecting more money from the bonus pool than he did in salary during his partial season on the Marlins roster.
Ronny Henriquez and Heriberto Hernández are among the other young Marlins who fell just barely below the bonus pool cut-off.
Courtesy of Spotrac, we can combine these bonuses with each player’s cash earnings at the major league level to approximate their overall income for 2025:
Kyle Stowers, $1,317,218
Xavier Edwards, $1,158,237
Otto Lopez, $1,067,012
Eury Pérez, $982,753
Janson Junk, $779,784
Jakob Marsee, $523,282
Ten members of the Milwaukee Brewers received bonuses, making them the only team better represented than the Marlins. The pool was divided among 101 total players.
Edwards, Lopez, Pérez and Stowers will be eligible for arbitration beginning in 2027, so they’ll have only one more opportunity next year to be included in the pool. Junk and Marsee won’t be arb-eligible until 2028 at the earliest.