# Minor Leaguers: When are they asked to quit?

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**Created:** [June 13, 2007, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-leaguers-when-are-they-asked-to-quit/407811 "2007-06-13T04:00:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mangosteen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-leaguers-when-are-they-asked-to-quit/407811/1 "2007-06-13T04:00:43Z")

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At what point do minor league baseball players who don’t quite make to the Majors quit? Or are they asked to leave?

My sister had a classmate who made it all the way to AAA, but left when he turned 25. We don’t know if he just quit or was asked to leave.

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**Author:** ![Cyberhwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@Cyberhwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyberhwk)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-leaguers-when-are-they-asked-to-quit/407811/2 "2007-06-13T08:31:28Z")

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[QUOTE=Mangosteen]  
At what point do minor league baseball players who don’t quite make to the Majors quit? Or are they asked to leave?  
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From what I’ve seen, usually their contract is just not renewed. While some players in MLB are offered multi-year, multi-million dollar contracts, most minor league players are usually just signed for a season or two to a dirt cheap contract that’s bought out with little trouble.

DAMN! [This link](http://www.canadiansbaseball.com/minor_league_101.php) says first year minor league baseball players make a **MAXIMUM** of $850 a month. :eek: