In A Pandemic, The Paupers Of Professional Baseball Are Getting Help
With sports leagues on hiatus due to the coronavirus, most athletes are still getting paid. But not all. Minor League Baseball players have no guaranteed pay when they're not playing regular season.
You won't hear a lot of sympathy these days for professional athletes who can't play their games because of the coronavirus outbreak. Technically, they're out of work. But most are also getting paid handsomely, although not as handsomely as they usually are.
Major League Baseball players will be OK after the pandemic prompted a recent agreement between the players union and owners.
Surprisingly, Minor League players will be relatively OK, too.
All kinds of help
Minor Leaguers are the paupers of major professional team sports in this country, many making below poverty wages of around $7,500 a year. They are paid only during their season and when the outbreak delayedthis season, the situation appeared
