Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred fully anticipates that baseball will return this year but we’re still without a timeline for when the season will begin amid a global health crisis. That leaves employees of many franchises worrying about their next paycheck but the Boston Red Sox have alleviated some of those concerns for their organization.
According to ESPN’s Jeff Passan, Manfred plans to suspend the Uniform Employee Contracts on May 1, allowing teams to stop paying employees due to the loss of revenue during the absence of games. However, more than half of major league teams have pledged to continue paying their baseball operations staffs through at least the end of May.