Aside from making millions playing baseball, one of the perks for big-league players this past season was the $105 a day in meal money players received while on the road. That's nearly $8,500 to spend on meals away from the home ballpark during the season.
Sound ridiculous? Major League Baseball and the players' union apparently thought it was and are dropping players' road-meal allowance from $105 to $30 per day as a part of baseball's new collective bargaining agreement, according to ESPN.
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The CBA has yet to be ratified and is subject to change, but ESPN says the agreement will have teams now provide pregame and postgame meals in the visitors' clubhouse as the per diem is decreasing.
Not all players are happy about the $75 daily pay cut.
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— Brett Anderson (@BrettAnderson35) December 5, 2016
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It's worth noting that the new labor agreement raises the MLB minimum salary from $507,500 in 2016 to $535,000 in 2017, escalating to $545,000 in 2018 and $555,000 in 2019.
The new CBA also requires dietitians and full-time chefs to be involved in the meal-planning process to improve clubhouse nutrition.