Three Royals players earned extra money under the MLB pre-arbitration pool set up under the new labor deal. Bobby Witt Jr. earned an extra $836,848, Cole Ragans earned $381,333, and Maikel Garcia earned $307,221 under the compensation system based on MLB’s WAR formula.
That compensation is in addition to their base salary, meaning Witt’s total compensation for 2023 was $1,582,598 and Ragans earned $1,105,478. Maikel Garcia’s 2023 salary is not published, but he likely made the MLB minimum wage of $720,000 in 2023, meaning his total salary was $1,027,221.
Witt had a breakout season, finishing seventh in MVP voting with a 5.