Former Clipper Joins Lawsuit Over Minor League Pay

The minimum salary for a major-league baseball salary is $500,000. In minor league baseball, many players toil well below the federal poverty line. That’s why former Columbus Clipper Matt Lawson and several other minor leaguers are suing Major League Baseball and some individual clubs for what they call unlawfully-low wages. For WOSU’s sports podcast After the Score, Steve Brown and Thomas Bradley spoke with Sports Illustrated reporter Michael McCann about just how little minor leaguers make.