Throughout the past couple of weeks we’ve seen a number of reports keeping track of teams that are making commitments to paying their employees during the COVID-19 pandemic. The majority of teams are making commitments to keep their employees through the end of May while they wait out the delay to the start of the 2020 season. The Texas Rangers were among the latest teams to address employment status as this delay continues.
On Tuesday, Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News reported that the Rangers were planning to continue paying their baseball operations staff through the end of May, a similar policy held by a number of other Major League teams.