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Tigers, MLB pledge financial support to minor-leaguers through early April

Thousands of minor-league baseball players will continue to be paid their allowance through the original scheduled start of their seasons, in early April, Major League Baseball announced Thursday.

A day earlier, Tigers CEO Christopher Ilitch announced the team would pay the minor-leaguers who were in spring camp in Lakeland, Fla., the rest of their spring-training allowances.

The Tigers said their decision was made "in keeping in line with our goal of supporting those hardest hit by cancellations and postponements.