The Senate Judiciary Committee intends to hold a hearing on Major League Baseball’s antitrust exemption relating to the employment of players in the minor leagues. There are two categories of minor league players: those with major league contracts on 40-player rosters, who are represented by the Major League Baseball Players Association, and those with minor league contracts, who are not unionized:
CONTRACTS OF THE MAIN LEAGUE
Those with major league contracts who are in the minors on optional or direct assignments have a minimum salary this year of $57,200 for the six-month season if they play under a first major league contract, and $114,100 if they play under a second. major league contract or later. contract. The vast majority of players in this category play in Triple-A, many of them coming and going from the major leagues. If called up to the majors, the minimum salary is $700,000, which is equivalent to $3,846 for every day in the majors.
MINOR LEAGUE CONTRACTS
The minimum salary is $400 a week at the rookie level, $500 at Class A, $600 at Double-A and $700 at Triple-A. Major League Baseball says 63% of players on this year’s opening day minor league rosters had salaries above the minimum and players also receive health care, tuition assistance, room and board and per diem during the season. .
SIGNATURE ONOS
Among residents of the US and Canada, which are subject to the baseball draft, fans who sign initial minor league contracts receive signing bonuses, most of $20,000 or more. First-round picks last year received between $7,922,000 and $1.8 million, and players in the top 75 picks received at least $747,500. About 95 players received less than $20,000 each out of the roughly 740 draft-eligible players they signed.
Among residents of other nations, who are international amateur free agents, the 43 highest bonuses last year were $1 million or more. There were 370 players among the roughly 520 signers who received signing bonuses of $20,000 or more and about 150 who received less than $20,000.
How much money does Liga MX earn per player in Qatar 2022?
The World Cup is about to start in Qatar with the participation of 23 players who are active in the MX League, including Mexicans, Ecuadorians, a Costa Rican and a Brazilian, something that will leave money for the Mexican clubs, which will receive a stimulus from FIFA for lending to their players. This economic compensation that FIFA delivers to the clubs can vary between $180,000 per Group Phase and up to $370,000 if the player reaches the World Cup Final that is held in Qatar and begins on November 20. The Mexican National Team has 16 players from the Liga MX, including goalkeepers Guillermo Ochoa and Alfredo Talavera or striker Alexis Vega. Ecuador is the second team with the most players called up in the Mexican tournament, adding five. Although there could have been six, but they finally left out Byron Castillo, a defender who plays in León. Dani Alves with Brazil and Joel Campbell with the Costa Rican team complete the list of soccer players who are active in Mexican soccer and who will be in the World Cup in search of the FIFA Cup.
Different scenarios The money that teams can receive depends on how far each team advances. However, considering only the Group Phase, the Liga MX teams would receive 4 million 140 thousand dollars. This figure will be modified according to how they advance in the World Cup. For example, if El Tri reaches the Quarterfinals and plays the famous fifth game, the 16 players in the local tournament would contribute $4,480,000 to their clubs, according to the table established by FIFA.
The club that would benefit the most in any scenario is Rayados de Monterrey that contributes 5 players to the Tri. The Rayados already have a figure of 900 thousand dollars guaranteed just for the Group Phase, plus what can be accumulated depending on how far the Tri goes. And although all of Mexico would like to see El Tri in the Final, the only Liga MX player who has a chance of reaching this stage in Qatar is Dani Alves with the Brazilian National Team. So if the Scratch manages to access the seventh game then it would leave Pumas the not inconsiderable figure of 370 thousand dollars.
