Union head Tony Clark lauded the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday for giving minor league players a 50 per cent raise, and he hopes other clubs do the same.
Representatives from the players' association visited the Blue Jays spring training camp a day after The Athletic reported the team planned to boost pay for all minor leaguers, some making as little as $1,100 a month in recent seasons.
MLB has also pushed Arizona lawmakers to exempt minor league players from minimum wage laws there, a move that would affect hundreds of players who are not paid during spring training -- despite working as many as 12 hours per day -- and make only a few thousand dollars playing in the rookie-level Arizona League.
"Although we don't represent legally the minor league group, we will continue to do the things that we can do to support them moving forward despite that," Clark said.
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