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In March, Major League Baseball agreed to pay minor league players $400 per week while the sport is shut down amid the coronavirus pandemic. That provision is set to expire at the end of May. , the Athletics will not be paying their minor leaguers starting on June 1.Several teams are doing the right thing, continuing to pay their minor leaguers $400 per week through at least the end of June. Per The Athletic’s and , the Rangers and White Sox will each tack on another month of pay. earlier that the Padres will pay their players through the end of August. Craig also cited a Baseball America report from this morning, which mentioned that the Marlins will also pay their players through the end of August.Frankly, if the Marlins can find a way to continue paying their minor league players, then every team should be able to do the same. The Marlins are widely believed to be the least profitable among the 30 major league clubs. Here’s hoping the rest of the league follows the Rangers’, White Sox’s, Padres’, and Marlins’ lead as opposed to the Athletics’.*Update: The Braves will pay their minor leaguers through June, . The Mariners will pay theirs through the end of the 2020 season, .TORONTO – pitched six shutout innings to win for the fifth time in six decisions, drove in two runs and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-2 in a doubleheader opener Tuesday to stop a three-game losing streak.Yandy Diaz had three hits and scored twice as the Rays (79-61) leapfrogged Toronto (79-62) and moved a half-game ahead of the Blue Jays. Tampa Bay tied Seattle (79-61) for the first of the three AL wild cards.Springs (8-4) allowed three hits, all singles, extending his scoreless innings streak to 16 2/3. He struck out five and walked two.“I felt good,” Springs said. “From early on, I felt like all three pitches were working, able to attack the strike zone early, keep the pitch count down.” allowed two runs in 1 2/3 innings, and got four outs for his seventh save in as many chances.Toronto put runners at first and second with one out in the ninth but Fairbanks struck out Vladirmir Guerrero Jr. and retired on a groundout that ended an 11-pitch at-bat.“That was a pretty epic battle,” Rays manager Kevin Cash said. “I’m glad that we got the ground ball.”Bichette, whose two-run homer in the eighth inning helped Toronto win 3-2 Monday, went 2 for 5 and scored a run.All-Star right-hander , scheduled to start for Toronto, was scratched with a stomach illness. Instead, the Blue Jays opened with right-hander before turning to right-hander , who was called up from Triple-A Buffalo on Tuesday as the 29th man.Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Manoah was well enough to start Game 2.“He’s feeling fine,” Schneider said between games. “I expect a normal outing for him.”Rays right-hander was added as the 29th man for the doubleheader and was to start Game 2.Tampa Bay opened the scoring against Merryweather when Arozarena beat out a double-play grounder as Diaz scored.The Rays added three more against White in the third. Arozarena hit into a run-scoring forceout, hit a sacrifice fly and, running on the pitch, Arozarena scored from first on ‘s ground single to left, taking advantage of some inattention and a high throw from left fielder Teoscar Hernandez.“Sometimes he’s his own third-base coach, and manager, and he’s invisible,” Cash said of Arozarena.Schneider said the Blue Jays need to be better prepared to react to Tampa Bay’s aggressive style.“That’s how they play and you have to try to stay ahead of it,” Schneider said. “Hopefully people learn from it and it doesn’t happen again.”Fairbanks, who watched Arozarena’s dash on the weight room TV, called it “incredible.”“He will turn nothing into something and when it happens, it’s fascinating to watch,” Fairbanks said.Making his first start this season, Merryweather (0-3) gave up one run and two hits in one inning. White allowed three runs and seven hits in six innings, matching his longest outing of 2022.Toronto didn’t advance a runner to scoring position until the fifth, when and walked, but stranded both with a popout.Kirk and Chapman drove in runs against Armstrong as the Blue Jays halved the deficit in the eighth, but Fairbanks came on and retired Jansen to end the rally.“Pete came in and picked us up in a big way,” Cash said.ROSTER MOVESRays: Tampa Bay returned RHP Cooper Criswell to Triple-A Durham and recalled LHP Josh Fleming from the taxi squad.STRUGGLING WITH SOUTHPAWSThe Blue Jays are 11-18 when their opponent starts a left-handed pitcher.TRAINER’S ROOMRays: 2B (back) was held out of the starting lineup for the second straight game.UP NEXTRHP (7-4, 3.03) starts for Toronto Wednesday night. RHP (10-4, 2.57) goes for the Rays.Powered by

In March, Major League Baseball agreed to pay minor league players $400 per week while the sport is shut down amid the coronavirus pandemic. That provision is set to expire at the end of May. , the Athletics will not be paying their minor leaguers starting on June 1.Several teams are doing the right thing, continuing to pay their minor leaguers $400 per week through at least the end of June. Per The Athletic’s and , the Rangers and White Sox will each tack on another month of pay. earlier that the Padres will pay their players through the end of August. Craig also cited a Baseball America...

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