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Matt Shaw snubbed as 3 Cubs teammates cash in thanks to a forgotten CBA perk

Shoutout to Brett over at Bleacher Nation for catching the recent AP report on this year's pre-arbitration bonus pool list. He, as usual, did a great job hitting the major points: Pete Crow-Armstrong ($1.2 million), Cade Horton ($858 K) and Michael Busch ($483K) all received end-of-season bonuses for their efforts this year as pre-arbitration-eligible players.

Here's some more explanation on how the dollar amounts are calculated from the AP report:

The allocation of the 2025 Major League Baseball pre-arbitration bonus pool, as determined by the collective bargaining agreement. An eligible player gets $2.