This past weekend, the Los Angeles Dodgers broke tradition and signed a journeyman position player, instead of a pitcher, to a minor league contract. According to his Twitter profile, Ty Kelly is now a member of the Dodgers organization.
The dollar amount of this payment is yet unknown, although it still represents a positive step taken by the league to support the players who might be affected most by baseball’s shutdown.Teams will have until the day before the beginning of the season to finalize those roster decisions.