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Marlins MIA

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President of baseball ops: Peter Bendix · GM: Gabe Kapler

Overview

WINDOW ↗ rising
cheap & winning · year 2 in this regime · payroll 0.37× league · TAB +17.5
+17.5TAB — talent above budget
+16.8WAB — realized wins (TAB + luck)
4.0depth — 2+ WAR regulars7th/30
-2.1dead WAR — sub-replacement drag4th/30
46%dead money %20th/30
0.531win %10th/30
39.6roster fWAR6th/30
+204surplus $M (value vs cost)1st/30
$59Mpayroll $M28th/30luxury tax $51M

Roster

CFJakob Marsee 65GEsteury Ruiz 7GJavier Sanoja 1G
LFHeriberto Hernández 40GKyle Stowers 29GEsteury Ruiz 11G
RFOwen Caissie 55GEsteury Ruiz 19GKyle Stowers 18G
SSOtto Lopez 69GJavier Sanoja 4GLeo Jiménez 1G
2BXavier Edwards 68GLeo Jiménez 7GJavier Sanoja 3G
3BJavier Sanoja 44GGraham Pauley 30GLeo Jiménez 13G
1BConnor Norby 40GLiam Hicks 18GChristopher Morel 14G
STARTERSSandy Alcantara 2.5WARMax Meyer 2.3WAREury Pérez 1.2WARJanson Junk 1.0WAR
CJoe Mack 30GLiam Hicks 29GAgustín Ramírez 17G
DHLiam Hicks 23GAgustín Ramírez 13GConnor Norby 12G
BULLPEN★ Pete Fairbanks 8svMichael Petersen 9hAndrew Nardi 8hAnthony Bender 7hCalvin Faucher 6hJohn King 3hLake Bachar 1hTyler Phillips 0h
CJoe Mack 30 · Liam Hicks 29 · Agustín Ramírez 17
1BConnor Norby 40 · Liam Hicks 18 · Christopher Morel 14
2BXavier Edwards 68 · Leo Jiménez 7 · Javier Sanoja 3
3BJavier Sanoja 44 · Graham Pauley 30 · Leo Jiménez 13
SSOtto Lopez 69 · Javier Sanoja 4 · Leo Jiménez 1
LFHeriberto Hernández 40 · Kyle Stowers 29 · Esteury Ruiz 11
CFJakob Marsee 65 · Esteury Ruiz 7 · Javier Sanoja 1
RFOwen Caissie 55 · Esteury Ruiz 19 · Kyle Stowers 18
DHLiam Hicks 23 · Agustín Ramírez 13 · Connor Norby 12
SPSandy Alcantara 2.5 · Max Meyer 2.3 · Eury Pérez 1.2 · Janson Junk 1.0
BP★ Pete Fairbanks 8 · Michael Petersen 9 · Andrew Nardi 8 · Anthony Bender 7 · Calvin Faucher 6 · John King 3 · Lake Bachar 1 · Tyler Phillips 0

Each position lists its starter then backups by games (so platoons & bench show). Starters (mound) & bullpen (left, foul territory) are ranked by WAR; ★ marks the closer (most save chances). MLB Stats API.

2026 roster — value & surplus

PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Otto Lopez 27 pre-arb 967.2 0.8 +46.8
Xavier Edwards 26 pre-arb 984.6 0.8 +29.5
Sandy Alcantara 30 FA-elig 214.1 17.3 +9.6
Max Meyer 27 pre-arb 193.9 1.0 +24.5
Liam Hicks 27 pre-arb 862.5 0.8 +15.7
Joe Mack 23 – 542.1 0.6 +13.4
Eury Pérez 23 pre-arb 162.0 0.8 +12.3
Kyle Stowers 28 pre-arb 731.8 0.8 +11.1
Esteury Ruiz 27 pre-arb 581.7 0.8 +10.7
Janson Junk 30 pre-arb 121.7 0.8 +10.2
Heriberto Hernández 26 pre-arb 681.5 0.7 +9.2
Anthony Bender 31 arb 351.4 2.8 +6.5
Michael Petersen 32 pre-arb 401.4 0.8 +8.2
Javier Sanoja 23 pre-arb 801.3 0.8 +7.9
Griffin Conine 28 pre-arb 311.2 0.8 +7.4
Calvin Faucher 30 pre-arb 410.9 1.8 +3.8
Lake Bachar 31 pre-arb 330.8 0.8 +4.6
Tyler Phillips 28 pre-arb 250.6 0.8 +3.2
Ryan Gusto 27 pre-arb 90.5 0.0 +3.0
Cade Gibson 28 pre-arb 180.4 0.6 +2.2
John King 31 arb 400.4 1.5 +1.1
Jakob Marsee 25 pre-arb 950.3 0.8 +1.5
Connor Norby 26 pre-arb 650.3 0.8 +1.2
Dax Fulton 24 – 30.2 – –
William Kempner 25 – 90.1 0.0 +0.9
Chris Paddack↔ CIN 30 – 70.1 0.3 +0.6
Brian Navarreto 31 – 60.1 – –
Deyvison De Los Santos 23 – 30.0 0.1 +0.1
Josh Ekness 24 – 60.0 0.1 +0.0
Zach Brzykcy 26 – 10.0 0.0 +0.0
Agustín Ramírez 24 pre-arb 31-0.0 0.2 -0.3
Braxton Garrett 28 arb 2-0.1 1.5 -1.9
Andrew Nardi 27 arb 25-0.1 0.8 -1.2
Tyler Zuber 31 – 14-0.1 0.5 -0.9
Austin Slater↔ NYM 33 – 12-0.1 0.3 -0.7
Rece Hinds↔ CIN 25 pre-arb 1-0.1 0.1 -0.7
Pete Fairbanks 32 FA-elig 32-0.1 13.0 -13.9
Robby Snelling 22 – 1-0.1 0.6 -1.5
Josh White 25 – 1-0.2 0.8 -2.3
Owen Caissie 23 pre-arb 80-0.4 0.8 -3.4
Graham Pauley 25 pre-arb 36-0.5 0.7 -3.8
Leo Jiménez 25 – 42-0.5 – –
Christopher Morel 27 arb 22-1.3 2.0 -10.7

Key additions (new vs 2025)

PlayerfWAR
Esteury Ruiz1.0
John King0.2
Chris Paddack0.1
Deyvison De Los Santos0.0
Zach Brzykcy0.0
Braxton Garrett-0.0

Key subtractions (gone from 2025)

Player2025 fWAR
Edward Cabrera2.0
Jesús Sánchez1.1
Cal Quantrill0.8
Nick Fortes0.6
Derek Hill0.5
Joey Wiemer0.4

Current & Historical Payroll

2026 payroll
$59.1M
luxury tax $51M
2027 guaranteed
$21.0M

What the front office was committed to as of 2026, 2026–2032. Guaranteed $ are contract commitments signed by 2026; arbitration & free-agent years are projected from service time. Hover a figure for its luxury-tax (CBT) & actual-cash values.

current $ guaranteed $ arbitration (proj) pre-arb (proj) free agent club option player option mutual option vesting option

Summary — luxury-tax (CBT) basis

2026202720282029203020312032
Tax threshold$244M$247M$250M$253M$256M$259M$262M
Guaranteed contracts$28M$21M
Proj. arbitration$5M
Proj. pre-arbitration$18M
Player benefits$18M$18M
Total CBT payroll$69M$39M
Tax space+$175M+$208M
Est. tax bill——

Luxury-tax (CBT) basis: contract AAV + ~$18M benefits/bonus-pool — distinct from the base-salary payroll above. Threshold is the CBA line. Tier-1 payor rates on the overage. Forward years show only guaranteed deals (arb/pre-arb not yet set). Figures are estimates.

Guaranteed / signed (4)

PlayerAgeSvc2026202720282029203020312032
Sandy Alcantara307.100$17.3M$21.0MCLUBFREE AGENT
Pete Fairbanks326.057$13.0MFREE AGENT
Chris Paddack307.000$286kFREE AGENT
Austin Slater337.147$254kFREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (6)

PlayerAgeSvc2026202720282029203020312032
Anthony Bender314.153$2.8MARB 3FREE AGENT
Christopher Morel273.117$2.0MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Braxton Garrett283.168$1.5MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
John King314.148$1.5MARB 3FREE AGENT
Andrew Nardi273.053$800kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tyler Zuber313.104$492kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (27)

PlayerAgeSvc2026202720282029203020312032
Calvin Faucher302.156$1.8MARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Max Meyer272.166$980kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Otto Lopez272.109$810kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kyle Stowers282.012$804kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Xavier Edwards262.034$804kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Eury Pérez232.113$800kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Janson Junk301.045$798kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Connor Norby261.057$794kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tyler Phillips281.048$794kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Michael Petersen320.086$792kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Javier Sanoja231.023$792kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Esteury Ruiz272.064$792kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Lake Bachar311.021$792kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Liam Hicks271.000$790kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jakob Marsee250.059$786kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Griffin Conine281.035$786kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Owen Caissie230.034$782kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Heriberto Hernández260.122$746kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Graham Pauley251.005$730kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Cade Gibson280.135$559kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Agustín Ramírez240.161$174kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Deyvison De Los Santos23–$66k
Rece Hinds250.089$60kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ryan Gusto270.167$13kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Zach Brzykcy261.029$4kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brian Navarreto311.033—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Leo Jiménez25–—

Graphs

Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Marlins 2026; the black line = the league-average player at each slot that season. Staying above the line deep into the roster is the depth edge; dropping below it = holes & dead weight.

What each regime is worth — every settled team-season since 1985

RegimeSeasonsWin %Playoff %Pennant %WS %
WINDOW 28152.131.05.01.1
CONTEND 30056.964.719.710.3
FORCED-SPEND 25648.09.81.61.6
REBUILD 32143.31.20.30.3
Rosternomics — quantifying front-office skill, attribution-clean. Follow @rosternomics on X. Decision-makers on record back to 1933; resource-controlled metrics (WAR & payroll) cover 1985–2026.
Data: FanGraphs (WAR), Baseball-Reference & the Chadwick Bureau register (rosters, IDs), the Lahman Database, Baseball America prospect rankings (via The Baseball Cube), and public payroll records. Transaction and trade data was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet. Executive birth/death data via Wikidata (CC0); bios are original. Emoji graphics by OpenMoji (CC BY-SA 4.0).
All figures are franchise-level outcomes credited to the decision-maker in the acquisition year — not solely attributable to one executive.