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February 26th, 2008 admin Leave a comment Go to comments

If a player in an organization’s AAA club is called up to start in a MLB game…?

does that player earn the MLB minimum salary? How does it work? Does the player get a prorated salary for however many games he plays in the majors or does he still get paid his minor league contract salary?
I’m asking because my friend is making his MLB debut tomorrow night against the Mets. Check out J.D. Martin for the Nationals if you get a chance.
Just because you asked…I couldn’t call JD and ask because he was on a flight to Washington DC after getting the call. Plus, I don’t want to bother him with something this stupid right before he makes his debut…he has enough on his mind right now. Check him out if you get a chance.

Once you play a certain number of games at the major league level they have to give you a major league contract which means major league salary. If you are just called up for a few games then you are still making minor league money. But when you first get called up to the majors the money isn’t really what is going through your mind.

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