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Major League Baseball and its players’ union have informed teams that they must have a Spanish translator ahead of the 2016 season, a league spokesman confirmed to BuzzFeed News.
Clubs had employed Spanish translators at-will, but prior to Tuesday, MLB had no formal, consistent policy in place.
Latino players made up 29.3% of opening day rosters last year, according to the 2015 Racial and Gender Report Card: Major League Baseball, which is prepared by the University of Central Florida’s Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport.
In many clubhouses, players act as translators for each another.