Minor League Baseball player Tyler Cyr posted his pay stub on Twitter to show how much a minor league player makes for a summer of work in baseball. According to his pay stub, Cyr made a gross salary of $10,275 for his service with the Double-A Richmond Flying Squirrels and the Triple-A Sacramento River Cats. “First off, I am extremely grateful for where I am in my career and even more grateful to be part of a first class organization such as the Giants. They go out of their way when it comes to the a lot of things…”
Then he posted his final pay stub after a season in which the River Cats won the Triple A title with a 4-0 win in a one-game championship game over Columbus. That was back on September 17. Then it was time for the players to find something else to pay the bills.
Cyr, a 10th round pick in 2015 out of Embry-Riddle University, says he has worked a variety of jobs during the offseason so he doesn’t touch his signing bonus. According to a MLB.com post on 2015 bonuses, Cyr received $100,000 from the Giants upon agreeing to sign. Since then he says he’s paid money to play baseball. There hasn’t been a profit.
Here’s a final pay stub of a TRIPLE-A national champion 🤯🤯🤯🤯 pic.twitter.com/3yoK5TuLgE
— Tyler Cyr (@tycyr93) October 7, 2019
I was drafted in 2015. Every season since , I have PAID to play baseball. This year I paid -$487.64 (which is the highest of my career previously 2016 -$94, 2017 -$112, 2018 +$1250 rehabbed an injury)
— Tyler Cyr (@tycyr93) October 7, 2019
Sure you want to invest thousands upon thousands for your son to chase that baseball dream via travel ball? Tyler is 26 and he’s in a spot where financially it would make more sense to go get a day job compared to keeping this whole baseball dream rolling along. He’s pitched in exactly ONE Triple-A game and he’ll be 27 in May.
My family is the best ever!!!! If I needed money I could easily call them & they would support me (I HAVE TOO MUCH PRIDE TO DO THAT 🤷🏻♂️) instead I’ve worked during the off season to be smart so that my signing bonus wouldn’t get touched.
— Tyler Cyr (@tycyr93) October 7, 2019
