There’s more reason than ever for Juan Carlos Oviedo to make his way back to the United States and a major league pitching mound. Actually, there are six million reasons.

The Marlins and Oviedo — the pitcher formerly known as Leo Nuñez — agreed on Tuesday to a contract that would pay him $6 million next season.

But Oviedo will never see a nickel of it if he is unable to leave the Dominican Republic, return to the United States and play baseball. Oviedo continues to work through the legal hurdles to allow for his return, perhaps in time for Opening Day in April.

“We’re hopeful for that,” said Oviedo’s agent, Andy Mota.

Oviedo was forced to return to the Dominican late last September after it was discovered he had been playing under an assumed name — Nuñez — throughout his professional career.

The Marlins placed Oviedo on their restricted list.

Oviedo, like three other Marlins players, was eligible for salary arbitration, and Major League Baseball instructed the Marlins to treat him no differently than any of the others.

But the team won’t pay Oviedo until he’s activated from the restricted list, and they won’t do that until he’s back in the United States throwing a baseball.

Oviedo has acknowledged using false documents to sign a professional baseball contract, is cooperating with investigators in his home country and has applied for a new visa.

Even if Oviedo is successful in returning to the majors, he won’t be returning to the job he left behind, at least not with the Marlins. The Marlins recently signed Heath Bell to a three-year deal to take over the closer’s role. If the Marlins don’t trade Oviedo, which is a possibility, he would be used as a late-inning setup man for Bell.

The Marlins also avoided arbitration with another of their relievers, Edward Mujica. They signed Mujica for $1.625 million.

But they failed to reach deals with their two other arbitration-eligible players, Anibal Sanchez and Emilio Bonifacio. As a result, an independent panel of arbitrators will determine each player’s salary following hearings in February.

Each of the two players and the Marlins exchanged salary figures. Sanchez asked for $8 million, and the Marlins proposed $6.9 million; Bonifacio asked for $2.2 million, and the Marlins responded with $1.95 million.