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Mary Clarke

Minor league baseball players are reportedly set to get a huge pay raise with historic CBA and fans are thrilled

This has been a long time coming for minor league baseball players.

On Wednesday, ESPN’s Jeff Passan reported that there is a tentative deal in place between MLB and the MLBPA for the first-ever collective bargaining agreement for minor league players. Currently, the deal has been ratified by player leaders, but will have to go through MLB owners and players before a deal is fully in place.

Should the deal go through, however, minor league baseball players will receive at least two times their current pay across all levels. Historically, minor leaguers have been criminally underpaid, and this historic deal would be a great first step towards giving living wages to players in AAA and below.

What a way to start off a new baseball season! While the deal isn’t without caveats — as the Domestic Reserve List would decrease from 180 to 165 per team if the deal goes through — baseball fans were happy to see minor leaguers get a well-deserved pay bump.

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