Minor League CBA Deal in Place

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Huge pay increase coming for all minor leaguers:

 

But on the flip side, 450 minor league spots are gone:

 

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Does the MLB roster count towards that limit?  If so it feels like with inevitable injury rehabs and such that the MiLB rosters start getting a little lean to stay in those lines.

[Hrubes20]

51 minutes ago, Transmogrified Tiger said:

Does the MLB roster count towards that limit?  If so it feels like with inevitable injury rehabs and such that the MiLB rosters start getting a little lean to stay in those lines.

Fairly certain this only applies to minor leaguers.

But at least some of the minor leaguers will get a pay raise, even if it’s at the expense of some others getting cut. Owners have been trying to cut the Domestic Reserve List anyway so the pay increase feels like a win.

[WrigleyField 22]

How do independent minor leagues, including international leagues compare in regards to pay? 

[craig]

On 3/29/2023 at 11:45 PM, WrigleyField 22 said:

How do independent minor leagues, including international leagues compare in regards to pay? 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Association_of_Professional_Baseball

Not sure about others, but the American Association is one of the best Indy Leagues in the US.  As of 2008, they had $100K salary cap per team.  Not sure if that's been raised since.  If not, that would be an average of $4K per player per season.  They raised their minimum monthly salary within the last few years from $800 to $1200.  

So yeah, it will be a HUGE salary bump when guys playing for an American Indy League to get signed into a big-league organization.  

[craig]

I think this sets up minor leaguers with an awesome financial situation.  The financial status of minor-league baseball players, even 3rd-day draftees with little probability of ever making it rich in the majors, is still way better than the vast majority of Americans in their 20's.  

I have four kids in their 20's, two of them in graduate school and one recently completed.  Pre-pharmacist, had to pay four years of college tuition, then four years of expensive pharmacy doctorate program.  Seminary, 4 years college, then 3 years in seminary.  Ph.D. track in biochemistry, 4 years undergrad + 4-5 years Ph.D.  As a teaching assistant or research assistant, Ph.D. candidate in biochemistry gets paid in the $20-28K range as a TA or RA, basically what a minor-league baseball player gets paid.  In all cases, those candidates are also responsible for their own room and board, with no housing provided and no meal money granted.  

Of course, the Ph.D. candidate, Pharm.D candidate, and M.Div candidates got no signing bonus.  In the 2022 draft, 15 of the 19 Cub signees got $125K or better.  The other four were $100K (20th round), $80K (18th), $50K (17th); the only other guy below $80K was Nick Hull, the $25K senior sign (7th round) who'll turn 24 this summer.   

Minor-leaguers have it REALLY good compared to Americans their age.