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Associated Press
Jul 11, 2025, 03:58 PM ET
NEW YORK -- Chicago Cubs halfway fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong is projected to person the largest magnitude from this season's $50 cardinal pre-arbitration bonus excavation based connected his regular-season statistics.
Crow-Armstrong is connected way to get $1,091,102, according to WAR calculations done July 8 that Major League Baseball sent to teams, players and agents successful a memo Friday that was obtained by The Associated Press.
Pittsburgh pitcher Paul Skenes is 2nd astatine $961,256, followed by Washington outfielder James Wood ($863,835), Arizona outfielder Corbin Carroll ($798,397), Houston pitcher Hunter Brown ($786,838), Philadelphia pitcher Cristopher Sánchez ($764,854), Cincinnati shortstop Elly De La Cruz ($717,479), Boston catcher Carlos Narváez ($703,007), Red Sox outfielder Ceddanne Rafaela ($685,366) and Detroit outfielder Riley Greene ($665,470).
Crow-Armstrong, Skenes, Wood, Carroll, Brown, De La Cruz and Greene person been picked for Tuesday's All-Star Game.
A full of 100 players volition person the payments, established arsenic portion of the 2022 corporate bargaining statement and aimed to get much wealth to players without capable work clip for wage arbitration eligibility. The cutoff for 2025 was 2 years, 132 days of large league service.
Players who signed arsenic overseas professionals are excluded.
Most young players person salaries conscionable supra this year's large league minimum of $760,000. Crow-Armstrong has a $771,000 wage this year, Skenes $875,000 and Wood $764,400 and Brown $807,400.
Carroll is successful the 3rd play of an $111 million, eight-year contract.
As portion of the labour agreement, a management-union committee was established that determined the WAR formula, utilized to allocate the bonuses aft awards. The statement calls for an interim study to beryllium distributed the week earlier the All-Star Game.
Distribution for awards was $9.85 cardinal past year, down from $11.25 cardinal successful 2022 and $9.25 cardinal successful 2023.
A subordinate earns $2.5 cardinal for winning an MVP oregon Cy Young Award, $1.75 cardinal for finishing second, $1.5 cardinal for third, $1 cardinal for 4th oregon fifth, oregon for making the all-MLB archetypal team. A subordinate besides gets $750,000 for winning Rookie of the Year, $500,000 for second, $350,000 for third, $250,000 for 4th oregon $150,000 for fifth, oregon $500,000 for making the all-MLB 2nd team.
Kansas City shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. topped past year's pre-arbitration bonus excavation astatine $3,077,595 and Skenes was 2nd astatine $2,152,057 contempt not making his large league debut until May 11. Baltimore shortstop Gunnar Henderson was 3rd astatine $2,007,178.
