The arbitration process is a horribly flawed process. The Phillies have a long policy of doing almost anything to avoid going to arbitration with their players and they have been successful at doing that for two years straight now. The Phillies came to one-year contract deals with their seven remaining arbitration eligible players. They has previously signed catchers Rafael Marchan and Garrett Stubbs to contracts back in November.
The process causes teams to basically argue why their players are not as good as other players in the majors in order to win the arbitration case and pay the player less money. Players and their agents generally try to show how their stats compare to other players who are making more money, so teams have to work to prove why their players are not as good as others.
Back on November 21st, Marchan, 26, signed a one-year, $860-thousand contract and Stubbs, 32, signed a split contract that will pay him $925-thousand if he is on the MLB roster and $575-thousand if he is on a minor league roster.
The largest deal that got done today went to Jesus Luzardo who signed a one-year, $11-million deal. Alec Bohm signed for a $10.2-million deal. Both Luzardo and Bohm are in the final year of arbitration and are eligible for free agency following the 2026 season. Edmundo Sosa is also a free agent after the 2026 season and he signed for $4.4-million.
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Closer Jhoan Duran, who was acquired from the Minnesota Twins last summer, signed a one-year $7.2-million contract. Second baseman Bryson Stott will receive $5.9-million and Brandon Marsh will be paid $3.0-million. All three of those players are eligible for free agency after the 2027 season. Finally, left-hander Tanner Banks, who had somewhat of a breakout season with the Phillies in 2025, signed his one-year deal for $1.2-million. Banks is not eligible for free agency until after the 2028 season.
In terms of raises, Luzardo got the highest raise at $4.375-million from last season after setting career highs in wins (15) and innings pitched (183.2), and matching his career-high in starts (32). Luzardo finished with an ERA under four for the fourth time in seven MLB seasons at 3.92. Duran, who saved 16 games with the Twins prior to being traded, saved another 16 with the Phillies to set a career-high with 32 total saves, was given a $3.375-million raise over what he signed for prior to last season with Minnesota.
Stott saw his salary go up by $2.7-million and Bohm received a $2.5-million raise, which was short of what most estimates had him getting through arbitration. Sosa had a strong season filling in at various spots on the infield to cover injuries to Trea Turner and Bohm who were both on the IL at separate times in 2025. Sosa set career highs in home runs (11), RBI (39), and batting average (.276) in 89 games last season, and saw his salary bump up by $1.4-million. Like Bohm there were some analysts who saw him getting slightly more money.
Banks went up by $414,500 while Marchan received a $79,500 raise. Both Stubbs and Marsh signed for the same amount they made last season according to Cot’s Contracts. Stubbs has a split contract that provides for different pay days whether he is on the major league or minor league roster. Last season in the minors he received $575,000 for his time at Triple-A Lehigh Valley and he will see that raise to $700,000 in 2026.
Marsh is a good example of why teams don’t want to go to arbitration with players. The Phillies would have pointed out that in 39 less at-bats this season than he had in 2024, he hit five less home runs, drove in 17 less runs, and stole 12 less bases. His agents would have pointed out that he raised his average by 31-points to .280, raised his OBP by 14-points to .342, and raised his slugging percentage by 24-points to .443 thanks to tying a career-high with 25 doubles. In the end, the Phillies and Marsh called it a wash and he will receive the same pay in 2026 that he received for the 2025 season.
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