According to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, Commissioner Rob Manfred will suspend Uniform Employee Contracts as of May 1 in order to give teams more flexibility to deal with non-playing personnel. That’s a really cold way of saying teams will be able to furlough or reduce the pay of their employees. Teams will not be required to make changes, of course, and some — the Braves, Phillies, and Giants — have already guaranteed pay through at least the end of May.
Rosenthal noted that MLB’s decision could help “clubs facing the most significant financial duress,” though a more cynical person could rephrase that as “clubs exercising the highest levels of greed.