Agent Says Adidas Paid Junior Caminero More Than Rays' $760,000 Salary as MLB Nears Dec. 1 Lockout
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Updated · Fox News · Nov 12
Agent Says Adidas Paid Junior Caminero More Than Rays' $760,000 Salary as MLB Nears Dec. 1 Lockout
2 articles · Updated · Fox News · Nov 12
Summary
$760,000 was all Junior Caminero earned from Tampa Bay this season, and agent Rafael Nieves said on X that Adidas paid the Rays slugger even more.
Nieves used the comparison to attack owners ahead of Dec. 1 labor talks, as MLB players push for higher minimum salaries and resist a proposed salary cap.
Caminero is still pre-arbitration and due the league minimum again next year, though he already has 94 homers in 366 career games and was an AL MVP finalist after a .276/.360/.524 season.
Tampa Bay's $110 million payroll ranked 29th in MLB, underscoring the broader pay gap for young stars as baseball faces its first salary-cap fight since the 1994 strike.