Reliever Grant Dayton will notice one glaring absence this season after he reports to the Braves: his twice-a-month salary.
He is among 11 major leaguers whose prorated pay for the abbreviated 60-game season amounts to less than the $286,500 advance already received by the 32-year-old left-hander.
“It’s going to be weird not getting a paycheck,” he said Friday, “but we already got paid.”
Former Braves pitcher Matt Wisler, now with the Twins, won’t get any more money either due to a $268,519 advance.
After opening day was postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic, Major League Baseball and the players’ association agreed March 26 to a deal that called for teams to advance $170 million in salaries over the first 60 days of the season.