LadyStanley
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Cockroaches, car camping, poverty wages: Why are minor-leaguers living in squalor?
Paywall. Baseball restructuring did not fix housing issues and pandemic concerns exasperated the situation.
Minor league players have issues finding reasonable cost places to live in home areas, and may have to worry about multiple leases if they change leagues. With rent occupancy high, finding a place is hard to start. Some may be living out of cars, and vulnerable to be broken into while on the road.
Some MLB teams providing housing for Minor leaguers, but not all. Others getting airbnb places. Some guys going into debt to pay rent.
Players stressed over housing.
Paywall. Baseball restructuring did not fix housing issues and pandemic concerns exasperated the situation.
Minor league players have issues finding reasonable cost places to live in home areas, and may have to worry about multiple leases if they change leagues. With rent occupancy high, finding a place is hard to start. Some may be living out of cars, and vulnerable to be broken into while on the road.
Some MLB teams providing housing for Minor leaguers, but not all. Others getting airbnb places. Some guys going into debt to pay rent.
Players stressed over housing.