A Bowie Baysox pitcher faced a skeptical federal judge in California over whether he can lead a class action against Major League Baseball alleging that 22 individual franchises pay minor leaguers so little that they live in poverty during spring training.
Cody Sedlock, who pitches for a minor league team affiliated with the Baltimore Orioles, hopes to lead a class of players accusing MLB and the teams of not paying minor leaguers their salaries during spring training and paying no wages for other significant periods of work.
Magistrate Judge Joseph C. Spero of the U.S. District Court for the Northern ...
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