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MLB Announces “Interim Support” Plan To Pay Minor League Players

By Mark Polishuk | March 19, 2020 at 2:08pm CDT

Major League Baseball has announced a plan that will see minor league players receive some form of financial help while the baseball world is in limbo due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  As per the media release…

Each player who is under a Minor League Uniform Player Contract will receive a lump sum equal to the allowances that would have been paid through April 8th.  The exceptions to this plan are non-40-man-roster players who are already receiving Major League allowances; players who are currently receiving housing, food or other services from Clubs; and players who were not participating in, or expected to participate in, Minor League Spring Training.   MLB remains in communication with Clubs on the development of an industry-wide plan for Minor League player compensation from April 9th through the beginning of the coming season.

The announcement also called this plan an “initial step,” as “MLB intends to continue working with all 30 Clubs to identify additional ways to support those players as a result of the delayed 2020 season.”  In essence, the league now has a couple more weeks to figure out a longer-term answer to the problem of paying minor league players, amidst the countless other issues that must be addressed during this prolonged shutdown.

While some teams (including the Rays, Mets, and Dodgers) have already made arrangements to provide their minor leaguers with a stipend, this news from the league formalizes such payments across all 30 farm systems, covering hundreds of minor league players.  It will undoubtedly bring comfort to these athletes, the vast majority of whom didn’t receive any sort of notable signing bonus and have been earning less-than-minimum wage salaries during their playing careers.

The financial difficulties faced by minor league players was a subject of controversy well before the coronavirus outbreak, of course, though the timing of the league-wide shutdown right in the midst of Spring Training (when minor leaguers enjoyed the bonus of lodgings and meal money provided by their organizations) made the situation particularly troublesome.  Some clubs like the Diamondbacks have continued to provide these amenities to minor leaguers during the shutdown — as the Arizona Republic’s Nick Piecoro notes, D’Backs prospects thus won’t be subject to the league-wide policy.

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  1. thor would look better in red

    2 years ago

    this is as close to indentured servitude as anything else in the country

    Reply
    • johnsilver

      2 years ago

      IOW.. The amount currently being worked upon by the president for every and Mnuchin for every US citizen is more than MiLB players will receive regardless.

      Reply
      • Four4fore

        2 years ago

        Wouldn’t it be great if this was the 1st step to increasing pay in MiLB, every change starts with recognizing the issue.

        Reply
        • nymetsking

          2 years ago

          didn’t they say they ere already working on it?

      • Vizionaire

        2 years ago

        espn reports it to be around $100-400 a week. below u.s. poverty level.

        Reply
      • Mo4ever

        2 years ago

        @johnsilver

        “for every and Mnuchin”

        What??

        Reply
        • Gasu1

          2 years ago

          He couldn’t bring himself to say “Mnuchin and Pelosi”, so he ended up crapping all over himself mid-sentence.

  2. D0m

    2 years ago

    I want some pay 2. I want my $1k check but someone in the house say nono.

    Reply
    • clepto

      2 years ago

      Was this person an english teacher?

      Reply
      • D0m

        2 years ago

        This is some of my best grammar on this site

        Reply
        • jorge78

          2 years ago

          Self awareness dude!
          Try it…..

    • nymetsking

      2 years ago

      But first you must pass the written exam.

      Reply
  3. You know what this is called? Intimidation.

    2 years ago

    How about supporting them when there’s not a pandemic, too?

    Reply
  4. bobo5555

    2 years ago

    I want to get my Trumpler Corona Coins

    Reply
  5. jorge78

    2 years ago

    Well it’s a start…..

    Reply
  6. JerryBird

    2 years ago

    Why is it always the owners who need to pay? Can’t some of the million dollar MLB players divvy up a little, too? If asked, they would probably cry to their union. My neighbor just got a pink slip directly because of the corona virus. Who does he hold his hand out to? Minor league players can do the same as my neighbor, look for another freakin’ job! Being a jock does not make them above that.

    Reply
  7. TellItGoodbye

    2 years ago

    Sorry, but minor league players, in fact, ALL professional athletes, are pretty much LAST on my list of people I’m currently worried about.

    Reply
    • Badfinger

      2 years ago

      The fact that you have a list is worrisome.

      Reply

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