Santa Clara, CAIf Major League Baseball and its teams have their way, minor leaguers will be prohibited from mentioning their purported poor living conditions at a California wage trial, arguing that the evidence is irrelevant and could unfairly sway jurors.
Back in 2014, three minor league baseball players filed a class action in California federal court claiming that low-rank players are paid as little as $1,100 per month and highest ranks of the minor leagues received about $2,150 a month. For this pay, players work 50 hours or more each week during a five-month season and sometimes even nothing for postseason and off-season work that's considered mandatory – in other words, they were paid less than minimum wage and uncompensated for overtime.
The MLB said that minor leaguers are "chasing a dream," which justifies why players might voluntarily work longer hours. According to court documents, the purpose of the "chasing the dream" argument is not to claim the league is exempt from labor laws but to show "that players engaged in activities not because they were required to but because they were motivated to outhustle their peers in order to achieve a coveted spot on a Major League roster …"
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