Major League Baseball has faced increased scrutiny in recent years regarding the relatively poor wages paid to minor league players.
Speaking at the All-Star Game in Los Angeles on Tuesday, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred disputed the notion that prospects don’t receive fair pay. But his response was met with fierce blowback.
“I kind of reject the premise of the question, that minor league players are not paid a living wage,” Manfred told reporters, per Baseball America. “I think that we’ve made real strides in the last few years in terms of what minor league players are paid. Even putting to one side the signing bonuses that many of them have received, they’ve received housing, which is obviously another form of compensation. So I just reject the premise of the question.”
