Because minor league players only receive their paltry salaries during the regular season, many feared baseball’s shutdown would keep them without paychecks for weeks or months to come. But in a welcome departure from a trend toward scaling back the minors to save money, MLB has made recent moves to ensure these players do receive some form of payment.
The league last week decided to pay out a lump sum of the spring allowances minor leaguers would have earned, and now comes a report that those players will receive weekly paychecks moving forward. As first mentioned by JJ Cooper of Baseball America, and subsequently confirmed by ESPN’s Jeff Passan, all minor league players will receive $400 per week from their parent clubs through at least May 31.