Minor league baseball players overwhelmingly ratify first labor agreement with MLB
The Major League Baseball Players Association announced it had overwhelmingly approved the first-ever collective bargaining agreement for minor league players. The historic deal will begin this season and run through the 2027-28 campaign.
Minor league players will receive new benefits that include significant pay increases, improved transportation policies and improved medical rights. Players also will have access to a new 401(k) retirement plan, extended health coverage and name, image and likeness rights.
“The agreement represents a giant step forward in treating Minor League players as the elite professional athletes that they are,” MLBPA executive director Tony Clark said in a statement. “It’s a historic day for the players, their families and the entire player fraternity.”
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