SF Giants Triple-A Champion Reveals Final Pay Stub and it's Absurdly Low
By Parker White
If you aren't a first round pick that garners a huge signing bonus, being a minor league baseball player is pretty tough, especially financially.
Right-handed pitcher Tyler Cyr, a former 10th round pick, pitched brilliantly for Triple-A Sacramento of the San Francisco Giants organization, who ended up winning the PCL championship. You might think he made some pretty decent money, especially since they won the whole thing. You'd be wrong. Check out his final pay stub:
Here’s a final pay stub of a TRIPLE-A national champion ???? pic.twitter.com/3yoK5TuLgE
— Tyler Cyr (@tycyr93) October 7, 2019
Once you take out his social security, medicare and state taxes, Cyr didn't make any money. Actually, he had to pay to play baseball... again.
I was drafted in 2015. Every season since , I have PAID to play baseball. This year I paid -$487.64 (which is the highest of my career previously 2016 -$94, 2017 -$112, 2018 +$1250 rehabbed an injury)
— Tyler Cyr (@tycyr93) October 7, 2019
Cyr realizes how fortunate he is to chase his dream. Not everyone can do that and they have it a lot tougher. But the only way he can make money to live is work a couple offseason jobs. Oh, and he has to make sure he's in shape to play baseball.
Safe to say I’ve had it a lot easier than some people I know. But at the same time it’s embarrassing this is what has to happen in order to make smart money choices. I am also backed by a @ERAUBaseball education which helps a lot.
— Tyler Cyr (@tycyr93) October 7, 2019
Major League Baseball is a multi-billion dollar industry. I'm not saying players in the minor leagues need to make millions of dollars, but there's no reason they can't be paid a living wage.
Be better, MLB.