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Old 04-05-2019, 07:46 PM   #185
JPhillips
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Originally Posted by tarcone View Post
I was talking to a HS baseball coach. He had a player that made it to AAA. He was making $80k when he retired. Not bad IMO.

EDIT: That was the mid 2000s

He must have been a free agent at some point and was signed to a bigger contract. The first seven years are under team control and minor league pay is significantly less than that and is only paid for the months of games, not even Spring training.
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