Toronto Blue Jays minor league baseball player Steward Berroa, center, prepares to fly home along with his teammates from the Dominican Republic at the Tampa International Airport in Tampa, Florida on Sunday, March 15, 2020. Flight schedules for departures and arrivals remain normal during the coronavirus pandemic.(Octavio Jones/Tampa Bay Times via AP)
Octavio JonesST. LOUIS — It’s a story almost every minor-league baseball player can tell, through personal experience or observation, and it usually involves players pooling cash to buy austere ingredients for a shared meal or bunking together during the season, sometimes six to a flat.