Albert Pujols will pay the salaries of furloughed Los Angeles Angels employees in the Dominican Republic for the next five months, Maria Torres of the Los Angeles Times reports.
Pujols, a native of the Dominican Republic, will pay $180,000 to the employees. The Angels recently furloughed large portions of their minor league and development payroll, including “all area scouts in amateur and international departments, members of their player development staff and minor league coaches and coordinators.” Torres also reports that, according to a source, aproximently 90 per cent of the staff at the Angels’ Boca Chica academy in the Dominican Republic were furloughed.
Pujols spoke to Angels GM Billy Eppler to determine how much it would cost to pay the employees. The future Hall of Famer is in the ninth year of a 10-year, $240 million contract with the Angels and has earned an estimated $293,700,000 in salary over his 19-year career.
The MLB season has been shut down since March 12 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. While Major League Baseball and the players’ union continue to negotiate over a return to play for the majors, there has been no recent update on the fate of the 2020 minor league season.
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