re: Kramer Robertson had the chance to go with Mulkey to Omaha and declined. He explains why.

They certainly can. If it’s your first time in AAA, you’ll still be on a small contract but there are lots of avenues to make more:

Here are some ways players can make additional money outside of their AAA salary:

When players are added to the 40-man roster, they get an automatic pay bump up to $46,000 a year.

Players on their second contract get a bump up to $93,000 for being added to the 40-man roster.

Minor league baseball contracts are also negotiable once a player has enough experience with a particular club. For instance, if a player is not good enough to be added to the 40-man roster and the team wants to keep them around, they can agree with the club for a fixed monthly salary.

Minor league baseball pay is very secretive from club to the club after the minimum levels. Teams don’t broadcast their pay structures publicly, and it is very complex once you start digging into it.

Top prospects also receive huge signing bonuses, which help offset the low pay of the minor leagues. Here is the bonus per slot value that each player is assigned to get in the most recent draft.