Pretty interesting video on how much players get paid in the minors. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2Itmf_I8-w
Pretty interesting video on how much players get paid in the minors. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2Itmf_I8-w
ochoa30 (01-26-2021)
This is a great video and his situation is not unique - most of them live that same life.
To me, as someone who once worked in the industry and knew the odds of making it, it speaks volumes to two things - one; they should be paid more (and clubs should be more involved in their housing) and two; gutting a huge chunk of the filler is not a bad thing. For all of the painful effects of shrinking the minor leagues there are also pluses.
And for what it's worth, former major leaguer Matt Antonelli has a youtube site, he talks about a lot of this stuff regularly.
Here is one --->
RED VAN HOT (01-26-2021)
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