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Major League Baseball agreed to pay each minor
leaguer $400 for May as teams coped with the financial losses
caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Price's gesture comes amid a report from ESPN's Jeff Passan, who
reported Thursday that teams released "hundreds" of minor
leaguers. The minor league baseball season widely has been
expected to be canceled as Major League Baseball attempts to
figure out how to play a partial 2020 season.
In April, Rangers designated hitter Shin-Soo Choo made a $1,000
donation to each of the minor-league players in Texas' farm
system.
Choo, 37, spent three seasons in the minors before he broke into
the big leagues.
"I came here with nothing, but baseball has given me a lot
since," Choo told Naver Sports of South Korea. "Minor league
players are the future of our organization. I just hope that
they can fight through and overcome this difficult time."
The Dodgers acquired Price, the 2012 American League Cy Young
Award winner, along with outfielder Mookie Betts in a trade with
the Red Sox in December. He has three years remaining on a
seven-year, $217 million deal he signed with Boston in 2015.
--Field Level Media
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