MLB & MiLB Base Salary Pay

[TeeJoe]

Recently, there was some good discussion here about MLB pay for free agents.

Well, here's an article about the need to restructure MiLB pay. I'm in agreement with the article that the guys grinding it out in the minors should be compensated more...
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/carter-stewart-atlanta-braves-japan-mlb-035223869.html

[das]

Recently, there was some good discussion here about MLB pay for free agents.

Well, here's an article about the need to restructure MiLB pay. I'm in agreement with the article that the guys grinding it out in the minors should be compensated more...
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/carter-stewart-atlanta-braves-japan-mlb-035223869.html

Alternately, high-performing draftees can circumvent the entire process by signing with a Japanese team for more $$ than the typical signing bonus then flip to an international free agent at 25 years old.  I love this hack of the existing bureaucracy.
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/26797380/pitcher-skips-mlb-draft-japan-deal

[BUWebguy]

Alternately, high-performing draftees can circumvent the entire process by signing with a Japanese team for more $$ than the typical signing bonus then flip to an international free agent at 25 years old.  I love this hack of the existing bureaucracy.
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/26797380/pitcher-skips-mlb-draft-japan-deal

On the flip side of this, this 30 for 30 podcast episode about how Hideo Nomo broke out of Japan to come to the U.S. is pretty interesting:
https://30for30podcasts.com/episodes/the-loophole/