With the coronavirus pandemic leaving the major league baseball season in question, minor league players find themselves in serious limbo, too.
MLB pledged interim support for minor leaguers Thursday, promising “a lump sum equal to the allowances that would have been paid through April 8th,” the scheduled end of MiLB spring training. But there’s still the question of how minor leaguers are going to get by during the sure-to-be shortened regular season, for which they have no guaranteed income.
“A lot of guys have families they need to provide for, and even for those who don’t, it’s hard when there is no salary at this point in time,” said D’Evelyn graduate Grant Witherspoon, an outfielder in the Rays’ system.