The relatively low pay offered to many minor league players continues to be a talking point among MLB fans. Jack Labosky, a Tampa Bay Rays prospect, found a unique way to stretch his budget.
Labosky was a 22nd-round pick in the 2018 draft and received a $3,000 signing bonus. According to the Associated Press (via ESPN.com), the 22-year-old right-hander purchased a school bus that he and his girlfriend will live in during the 2019 season.
"It's a little hippie," Labosky said. "Personally, I don't consider myself, like my grandma says, the flower children of the '60s, living in buses, stuff like that.