LOS ANGELES — Would minor league players be paid more if they could negotiate freely with every team?
Not necessarily, Major League Baseball warned Congress on Friday. Instead, players could lose job opportunities and communities could lose minor league teams, the league said in a 17-page letter to the committee exploring whether to strip baseball of its antitrust exemption.
"Without the exemption, Minor League Baseball could develop in a manner contrary to the public's interest," Commissioner Rob Manfred wrote to the Senate Judiciary Committee.
