The Marlins lost their second arbitration case of the year:

Emilio Bonifacio became the second player to defeat the Miami Marlins in salary arbitration this year.

Bonifacio was awarded a $2.2 million salary by a three-person panel on Wednesday rather than the Marlins’ offer of $1.95 million. Arbitrators Steven Wolf, Mark Burstein and Sylvia Skratek made the decision a day after hearing arguments.

I consider the Marlins front office one of the better ones in baseball, so I’m somewhat surprised that lost both cases. I’m also a bit surprised there wasn’t a settlement in the case, since the two sides were very close, $250,000 apart. I wonder if the team is under a bit of budget pressure after their off-season spending, and is trying to keep the rest of the salaries as low as possible.