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Finally Gregor Blanco Jersey , a team steps up at least somewhat.Yahoo Red Sox NewsYahoo Red Sox Team PageYahoo Red Sox ReportYahoo Red Sox Depth ChartYahoo Red Sox TransactionsYahoo Red Sox PhotosOdds About Masthead Community Guidelines StubHub LB RoundupMLB Roundup 3/18: Blue Jays to increase minor-league pay scaleFinally, a team steps up at least somewhat.EDTShareTweetShareShareMLB Roundup 3/18: Blue Jays to increase minor-league pay scaleBob DeChiara-USA TODAY SportsBlue Jays increase minor-league payAmong all of the frustrations with the CBA, the slow winter and the general attitude towards winning (or lack thereof) being shown from many clubs around the majors, still the biggest knock against them has been the way they pay minor leaguers. This is a true injustice in baseball, with the league spending absurd amounts of money to lobby Congress and local legislatures in order to protect their right to pay these players less than a living wage. Many will point to the biggest names who receive huge signing bonuses, which fine. Someone who gets a couple million dollars out of college can probably afford to live for less than minimum wage. That being said, A) they still shouldn’t have to, as teams should be required to pay the minimum wage. That seems straightforward. More importantly, a lot more players make significantly less than that on their signing bonus http://www.giantsfanproshop.com/authentic-evan-longoria-jersey , with a good number of them making around $10,000. Trying to live on less than the minimum wage for a four-year minor-league career simply isn’t possible for some of these guys. Even putting aside the moral need to increase the pay (which shouldn’t need to be done, of course), it makes sense from a business perspective to increase pay. Better compensated minor leaguers lead to healthier and happier minor leaguers, and in turn it means players more likely to make it to the big leagues.The issue has been that no team has been willing to step out of line with the rest of the league. There’s nothing in the rules stating that teams have to pay their minor leaguers so poorly, but nobody has bucked the trend. On Sunday, the Blue Jays announced they are taking a small step in the right direction. Ben Cherington’s new team has announced they’ll increase pay for all minor leaguers by 50 percent. Now, this is not a huge jump and a lot of players will still be making less than a living wage. More needs to be done. Still, this is an unprecedented step Duane Kuiper Jersey , and hopefully it will be the decision that needed to be made before the floodgates open. Something tells me the league office will fight teams trying to do more than this, but all it takes is one team realizing what needs to be done. Good on the Blue Jays for at least getting the movement started in the right direction. Pablo Sandoval's season has come to an early end.Bob Nightengale ofUSA TodaySports reported on Thursday that the San Francisco Giants infielder will undergo hamstring surgery and miss the rest of the year.According to NBC Sports Bay Area'sAlex Pavlovic, an MRI showed a "significant tear."Per Nightengale, Giants skipper Bruce Bochy said that the injury will be "tough to overcome."While the two-time All-Star isn't the player he was during his first stint in the Bay Area, he was still putting together a decent season. The 31-year-old was hitting .248/.310/.417 with nine home runs, 10 doubles and 40 RBI in 92 games.Sandoval's bat has always been his top asset, but his versatility in the field has been crucial this season. He has played all around the infield in 2018, including third, second http://www.giantsfanproshop.com/authentic-evan-longoria-jersey , first and even pitcher.The right-hander now owns a career 0.00 ERA.That versatility earned high praise, as noted by The Athletic's Andrew Baggarly:Andrew Baggarly extrabaggsPablo Sandoval requires hamstring surgery and is out for the season. hey all hurt but Pablo was so valuable in all the roles he had this season.his is just the latest injury the Giants have had to deal with. Madison Bumgarner and Jeff Samardzija have each spent time on the disabled list, and two-time All-Star Johnny Cueto is out for the season afterundergoingTommy John surgery on Thursday. First baseman Brandon Belt (hyperextended right knee) is also currently on the DL.If and when Belt returns, the team will be able to work around Sandoval's injury a little better. For now, though, the team will likely use either Buster Posey or Austin Slater (a .290 hitter in 63 career games) at first.At 55-54, San Francisco is five games back in both the National League West and in the Wild Card race.