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MLB Teams Pledge $30M to Help Ballpark Workers During Coronavirus Hiatus

All 30 MLB teams are committing $1 million each to their respective ballpark employees "who would not have been paid due to the coronavirus crisis causing the postponement of the baseball season until at least mid-May," according to ESPN's Jeff Passan.

"Motivated by desire to help some of the most valuable members of the baseball community, each club has committed $1 million," MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred confirmed in a statement to Passan.

Manfred's statement continued:

"The individual clubs will be announcing more details surrounding this support effort in their local communities.