The Miami Marlins opened the 2025 MLB offseason with plans shaped by the club’s payroll issues, yet the early stretch of the Marlins offseason negotiations has already exposed a major hurdle. Extension talks with outfielder Kyle Stowers have stopped after sources identified a valuation gap of roughly $50 million. Those stalled discussions, reported earlier this week, underscore how far the sides remain from what was seen as a long-term commitment for the team’s lone All-Star in 2025.

At the start of those conversations, the talks focused on four key factors involving Stowers’s breakout season — his four years of team control, his leverage compared with the contract benchmarks he reached, and the Marlins payroll issues tied to CBA spending rules. Stowers produced a 4.0 fWAR year, hit 2

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