MIAMI – The Miami Marlins won a pay arbitration lawsuit with Jacob Stallings on Saturday and the veteran catcher will earn $ 2.45 million this season instead of the 3.1 million he requested.
The decision gave the teams a 9-3 advantage, with only two cases remaining for next week’s hearing, including New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge and Atlanta Braves left-hander Max Fried.
Richard McNeil, Gary Clandellen and Frederick Horowitz decided on the stallings one day after hearing arguments.
Stallings, who traded in Miami in December, hit .246 for the Pittsburgh Pirates last year, scoring career-best eight homers and 53 RBIs and earning 1.3 million. He entered on Saturday with an average of .199, two homers and 21 RBI.
Excited about the off-season trade, Stallings was thrilled to join the Marlins, who were 28-34 before heading to the New York Mets on Saturday.
After the deal, Stallings said, “I never thought I would be the center of business today.” He said, ‘When you’re playing, you’re just worried about getting a job and getting a job.’ And it really caught my attention.
“Just trying to keep the job, stay in the big leagues and reach my potential, and just try to be good and I try to be as good as I can. So that’s really my focus and my whole journey has always been. “
No data or evidence after March 1 is accepted in comparison to the contract and salary. The time was set when Major League Baseball and the players’ union agreed to end the lockdown.
Atlanta outfielder Adam Duvall (, 9,275,000), Braves’ third baseman Austin Riley (3.95 million), Atlanta reliever Luke Jackson (6 3.6 million), St. Louis outfielder Tyler O’Neill ($ 3.4 million). . Lopez (2.55 million), Miami right-hander Pablo Lopez (2.45 million), Milwaukee right-hander Adrian Hauser ($ 2,425,000) and Cincinnati pitcher Lucas Sims ($ 1.2 million).
The winners were Atlanta shortstop Dansby Swanson ($ 10 million), Seattle second baseman / outfielder Adam Frazier ($ 8 million) and Kansas City outfielder Andrew Benitendi ($ 8.5 million).
Arbitration hearings usually take place in the first three weeks of February, but are delayed by lockdowns.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.