For Paul Skenes, winning the 2025 National League Cy Young Award came with an extra incentive.
The Pittsburgh Pirates ace, who won the award for the NL's best pitcher in just his first full major league season, was also awarded a $2.5 million cash bonus from the Pre-Arbitration Bonus Pool –– a $50 million bonus program established by Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association in the 2022 CBA to give more money to young players who have not yet qualified for salary arbitration.
Good for Skenes. He deserves every bit of that $2.