Ten days after Oakland Athletics owner John Fisher announced he was ending weekly stipends to minor league players in his team's organization while baseball remains on hiatus, the franchise is reversing course.
“I’ve listened to our fans and others, and there is no question that this is the right thing to do,” Fisher said via Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle. “We clearly got this decision wrong. These players represent our future and we will immediately begin paying our minor-league players. I take responsibility and I’m making it right.”
Fisher, who Forbes estimates is worth $2.