Sandy has gotten smacked in his last 2 starts.
Do it when they're sitting in the dugout, no need to talk to them when they're on the fieldPlayers understandably were hesitant to do in-game interviews with announcers during regular-season game action because they want to focus on getting their jobs done. However, MLB and the MLBPA came up with a plan to pay the players that began with dipping its toe in with some experimentation in 2020. Let’s take a look:
1. Players, like an Aaron Judge or Martin Maldonado receive $10,000 to do an in-game interview, according to sources. The money does not come from ESPN or Fox, TBS, Apple or Peacock.
2. The MLBPA and MLB recognized they need to entice players to do the in-game talk-back, so the money comes out of the earmarked joint funds that MLB and the players association share. It’s a pretty good deal for talking to Karl Ravech and company over the course of a half inning, for, say, like 10 minutes, which works out to an average of $1K a minute.
3. It’s important on a couple of levels. First and foremost, it is nice for the national games to have wrinkles to make them feel different. That is helpful. Second, it gives MLB stars a chance to show their personality.
They scared to drop us lol.