It has been fairly per week for Bobby Witt Jr. He bought married final weekend, and now he’ll have some more money to get his marriage off to a very good monetary footing.
Witt was the best earner beneath baseball’s pre-arbitration bonus pool, a measure to reward gamers of their first few years of service time. Bobby earned $3,077,595, topping Pittsburgh’s Paul Skenes who earned $2,152,057 in a season the place he gained Rookie of the Yr.
Witt was not the one younger Royals participant to earn some more money. Pitcher Cole Ragans earned $1,638,013, fifth-most amongst gamers. Catcher Freddy Fermin was awarded $232,819.
The award system started in 2022 as a approach to compensate participant who weren’t but eligible for arbitration. Every staff contributes $1.67 million right into a pool that totals $50 million. Awards are allotted as described by the Related Press:
An eligible participant will get $2.5 million for profitable a MVP or Cy Younger Award, $1.75 million for second within the voting, $1.5 million for third, $1 million for fourth, fifth or all-MLB first staff, $750,000 for Rookie of the Yr, $500,000 for second in Rookie of the Yr voting or all-MLB second staff.
The remaining cash is cut up among the many high 100 pre-arbitration gamers, as decided by a formulation that includes each Fangraphs and Baseball-Reference WAR.
Witt completed third in MVP voting, incomes him $1.5 million of his bonus. He receives his bonus along with his $2 million wage he earned as a part of his 11-year, $288 million contract.
