Opinion - There's NOT ENOUGH teams in professional American sports

[Atamasama]

I posted about Minor League baseball players and the pittance they get paid a few years ago.

@Atamasama

@madsircool

The MLBPA doesn’t represent minor league players.

That’s correct, actually minor league players have no union at all, period.

https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2018/6/5/17251534/mlb-draft-minor-league-baseball-union-phpa

@Atamasama

Just to add, so you know how little you make in the Minor Leagues… The highest-paid players in MiLB get about $2,150 a month. That’s at the top. They only get paid during the season which lasts 5 months. That means that the best-paid players make $10,750 a year. The poverty level in the United States in 2018 is $12,140 for a single person household. Again, the best players are in poverty unless they have other income. The lowest-paid players are making about half as much.

So you’re not playing MiLB unless you really love to play or are hoping to someday get into the MLB so you can live off of your salary.

You can’t make a living playing Minor League baseball.