Minor-league baseball players have reached a tentative agreement with Major League Baseball.
The five-year deal will double the pay of minor-league players and provide other benefits. The agreement will go to a ratification vote by players on Thursday and to MLB owners for a vote in the coming days.
Minor-league baseball players joined a union last year called the MLB Players Association.
- Major League Baseball recognized the union, making the MLBPA the bargaining agent for minor-league players.
- Under the agreement, players will see their minimum season salaries more than double this year, with incremental increases codified over the duration of the CBA.
- At the lowest levels of the minors, player salaries will increase from $4,800 per year to $19,800.
- At Triple-A, the highest level before the major leagues, salaries will increase from $17,500 to $35,800.
- Also under the new agreement, players will get paid for most of the year, including spring training, and will be paid for all but six weeks of the year.
- Previously, they weren't paid for spring training despite putting in full days preparing for the regular season.
