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[Station 13]

question, what do these guys get paid when they are playing in the minors? is there a minimum salary for minor league players?

I am planning to start a thread about minor leagues unless there is already one out there with some information..

 

I think the minors salaries is 75K/yr. Pretty awesome for thousands of guys that will never play in the majors.

[kapsis21]

I think the minors salaries is 75K/yr. Pretty awesome for thousands of guys that will never play in the majors.

 

the best part about it is they love doing what they are doing.. in sports there is no 2 ways about it. in corporate world we hear it a lot i hate my job..

never from a sportsman..

[Laser Show]

I'm lefthanded, maybe I should learn how to throw a knuckleball sidearm.

[kapsis21]

I'm lefthanded' date=' maybe I should learn how to throw a knuckleball sidearm.[/quote']

 

me too... i think you need to give that a try.. not too many knucklers esp left handed around..

[SoxSport]

Byrd $6.5 2012' date=' FA 2013[/quote']

 

 

They got Byrd practically for "nothing." Epstein paid 80% of his salary.

[a700hitter]

Nava is just not MLB caliber. If we see him again on the Red Sox MLB 25 man roster, it will be some evidence that the FO is not making a big effort to get the 2012 team to the post season.

^ I overstated the FO effort. There was no effort.

[jung]

I think the minors salaries is 75K/yr. Pretty awesome for thousands of guys that will never play in the majors.

 

The min. for minor league players is $78,250.00, slightly more than $75k but that is for guys on the 40 man roster but not on the 25 man roster. The rest make very little. The rest are lucky to make a couple thousand per month unless under contract or having a big signing bonus. They don't make squat and have nobody to represent them. The Players Association while negotiating terms in the CBA that effect minor league players do not represent minor league players. They actually get hosed pretty badly from a pay perspective unless as mentioned earlier they are on the 40 man roster.

[SoxSport]

Imagine. The Pawsox winning the IL title with most of their best players in Boston. Their manager should get a serious look for the Red Sox next year.

[a700hitter]

Imagine. The Pawsox winning the IL title with most of their best players in Boston. Their manager should get a serious look for the Red Sox next year.

I was thinking the same thing. There was little talent at Pawtucket all season long, but especially at the end.

[jung]

Well as has often been mentioned in baseball a Manager has one major function, to get the team to coalesce as a unit...to make a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts......that combined with the way the Manager handles the pitchers is just about the whole job.

 

However I should point out that the more the FO hands off a team of highly paid, long term contract, independently minded ball players, the less chance the Manager has in blending them into a whole. The FO must as one of its functions, keep the numbers of long term contract players at a minimum or have a highly respected player willing to accept a leadership role riding herd on the other big ticket players.

 

Just because a Manager at the AAA level is able to get his team to coalesce effectively is no guarantee that he can do it at the ML level. If anything it might hamper him at the ML level depending on the team the FO puts together for him. If for example the FO is embarking on a youth movement, bringing up numbers of the players from the AAA team, then bringing that Manager along with them might make a good deal of sense or If that Manager was at one time, a leader as a player and is respected for it, that might work.

 

I thought it interesting that the Sox PR machine is starting to spin out the story that V has earned the respect of some of the players through all the strife and turmoil of this year. Don't know if they are sending up a trial balloon or not. Who can tell with this bunch.

 

Nothing would surprise me anymore. They might end up bringing the football coach over from England to Manage the Sox and send V over there to manage the football team. Certainly would be keeping within the spirit of their usual nonsense. They could claim that they hired the right guys all along but just stuck them with the wrong teams at first.....congratulating themselves the whole way for having figured it out in the end.

[Palodios]

The min. for minor league players is $78,250.00, slightly more than $75k but that is for guys on the 40 man roster but not on the 25 man roster. The rest make very little. The rest are lucky to make a couple thousand per month unless under contract or having a big signing bonus. They don't make squat and have nobody to represent them. The Players Association while negotiating terms in the CBA that effect minor league players do not represent minor league players. They actually get hosed pretty badly from a pay perspective unless as mentioned earlier they are on the 40 man roster.

 

I read something about this yesterday. Alex Wilson, who is doing fairly well in AAA, and will likely see time as a 7th inning guy next year, is not on the 40 man roster. He won't be added until next year.

 

Apparently he said that he's going to have to be stocking shelves at Lowes this summer for minimum wage to pay the bills. Seriously, this team needs to learn how to take care of its own.

[rjortiz]

Alex Wilson had a $500,000 signing bonus. He must have pissed that money away pretty fast.

[Palodios]

Alex Wilson had a $500,000 signing bonus. He must have pissed that money away pretty fast.

 

Don't get ahead of yourself. Basically, he went pro, likely paid huge taxes and agent fees, put a down payment on a house, and has lived off 50 grand a year. Real big spender.

[rjortiz]

Don't get ahead of yourself. Basically, he went pro, likely paid huge taxes and agent fees, put a down payment on a house, and has lived off 50 grand a year. Real big spender.

 

Do you have any evidence that this happened, or is this just your speculation?

[Palodios]

Do you have any evidence that this happened, or is this just your speculation?

 

Taxes and agent fees would probably take 30-40%. The down payment could cost anywhere from 20-100 thousand. Divide the rest by three years. I'm not sure what evidence you're looking for.

[Palodios]

Taxes and agent fees would probably take 30-40%. He said he bought a house-- the down payment could cost anywhere from 20-100 thousand. Divide the rest by three years. I'm not sure what evidence you're looking for.

[mvp 78]

If he did that, he needs a financial planner. Paying $100k as a downpayment would be kinda dumb if you think you'll be "struggling" to get by on a $78k salary.

 

Man, he must be getting food stamps if that's all he makes, amiright...

[Behindenemylines]

How is this thread titled outfield, but since it got on to the subject of AAA I too want to thank the Paw Sox for at least some winning ball this season. They won with many of their players in Boston, but beat Charlotte who also has many of their players in Chicago helping the White Sox in their playoff chase. The rosters were filled in with AA players and speaks well for the Sox.

[Palodios]

If he did that, he needs a financial planner. Paying $100k as a downpayment would be kinda dumb if you think you'll be "struggling" to get by on a $78k salary.

 

Man, he must be getting food stamps if that's all he makes, amiright...

 

He was probably an 18 year old kid with no credit... a 20% downpayment is pretty standardfare. The fact that people are arguing about this is downright silly, is everyone here living in third world countries or something?

 

And I have no idea where the 78k came from. The reports I've read say its 2k a month, before taxes, which is pennies in the big picture.

[jung]

It is up a few posts in the thread. $78,250 is the league min for players on the 40 man roster but not the 25 man roster. Some folks initially thought it was the min. for minor league players, I am assuming they might have thought it the min. for AAA minor leaguers. That is not the case. Guys not on the 40 man roster make like $2,150 per month in season.

[Palodios]

It is up a few posts in the thread. $78,250 is the league min for players on the 40 man roster but not the 25 man roster. Some folks initially thought it was the min. for minor league players, I am assuming they might have thought it the min. for AAA minor leaguers. That is not the case. Guys not on the 40 man roster make like $2,150 per month in season.

 

But he ISN'T on the 40 man roster.

[jung]

But he ISN'T on the 40 man roster.

 

Correct Pal. Although I think somebody made a general comment about minor leaguers making something like $75K which was the original error I believe. Then some folks ran with that and started applying that figure to specific cases. Unless guys have a contract or a signing bonus that results in a different deal, they are making pretty close to nothing unless they ARE on the 40 man roster which this specific guy is not.

[mvp 78]

How could anyone live on $78k? Might as well work at McDonalds for that small paycheck, amiright...

[mvp 78]

Also, he was drafted after college, not age 18.