The Los Angeles Dodgers formally announced plans to provide financial relief to employees who are unable to work at Dodger Stadium because Major League Baseball remains shut down by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
They already had taken measures to pay Minor League players their Spring Training allowance and stipend, which only a handful of other MLB clubs had also committed to. MLB and the MLB Players Association remain in discussions over compensation for 40-man roster players.
At minimum, MLB doesn’t figure to resume games until the middle of May. Commissioner Rob Manfred pushed back Opening Day for a second time in accordance with a suggestion from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that mass gatherings of 50 or more people be cancelled for eight weeks (from March 15).