Minor league housing

[MurphDogg]

New article in the Sun today about the Orioles approach to housing their minor leaguers.

Glad to see the Orioles are seemingly doing right by their players, and not cutting corners.

“At this point it seems clear that different major league organizations are going to be handling minor league housing differently this season,” said Marino, whose organization notes that the median annual salary for a minor league player is $12,000, just below the federal poverty level. “Some teams are giving every player their own bedroom and making accommodations for players with spouses and families. Other teams are taking shortcuts and failing to solve the minor league housing problem by either putting two players in the same bedroom, using hotel rooms and host families or failing to make accommodations for families with spouses and families.”

[interloper]

Yeah this is great to see. 

[Frobby]

Great to see from two standpoints.  First, MLB is finally doing what it should have done years ago.    Second, the Orioles appear to be implementing this in a first-class way that will really help the players to focus on their jobs.   Given how the O’s seem to be cutting corners in other respects, it’s good to see them doing this one right.