The world of baseball produces some of the greatest contract discrepancies in all of sports. At the top end of the sport are the Shohei Ohtanis and Juan Sotos who each agreed to contracts north of $700 million. However, alongside them on the diamond at any given point are a number of players earning the league minimum salary, which in 2025 was $760k. Much farther below that mark are the salaries that minor leaguers bring in each year, which can be as low as $19,800 in Rookie ball.
The Players Union has long searched for solutions to the pay discrepancy, and during negotiations for the current collective bargaining agreement, they found one that at least lessens the issue.