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patdog

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In 2026, the current pension benefits (at age 62) are as follows:
43 days of MLB service time = $7,250 pear
1 year of MLB service = $29,000 per year
5 years of MLB service = $145,000 per year
10 years of MLB service = $290,000 per year
Plus with 4 years of service you get free medical & health benefits for life.
 
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patdog said:
In 2026, the current pension benefits (at age 62) are as follows:
43 days of MLB service time = $7,250 pear
1 year of MLB service = $29,000 per year
5 years of MLB service = $145,000 per year
10 years of MLB service = $290,000 per year
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Does your parenthetical clause mean that former MLB players don’t receive retirement benefits until age 62?

patdog said:
Plus with 4 years of service you get free medical & health benefits for life.
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Now this is huge
 
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maroontide06

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patdog said:
In 2026, the current pension benefits (at age 62) are as follows:
43 days of MLB service time = $7,250 pear
1 year of MLB service = $29,000 per year
5 years of MLB service = $145,000 per year
10 years of MLB service = $290,000 per year
Plus with 4 years of service you get free medical & health benefits for life.
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Does this apply to just regular MLB employees as well or is it just for players? If this doesn't apply to regular MLB employees, what kind of retirement/pension would they get?
 
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patdog

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maroontide06 said:
Does this apply to just regular MLB employees as well or is it just for players? If this doesn't apply to regular MLB employees, what kind of retirement/pension would they get?
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I'm sure just the players. I bet regular employees probably get decent retirement plan but nothing like this.
 
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patdog said:
In 2026, the current pension benefits (at age 62) are as follows:
43 days of MLB service time = $7,250 pear
1 year of MLB service = $29,000 per year
5 years of MLB service = $145,000 per year
10 years of MLB service = $290,000 per year
Plus with 4 years of service you get free medical & health benefits for life.
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I used to go to church with Seth Smith and I remember someone telling me he ended up something like a single digit number of games away from that 10-year mark
 
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If Coach hadn’t cut me because he was jealous of my talent, we would’ve won state, and I’d be well on my way to that 10-year MLB pension. What could’ve been.
 
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Irondawg

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Serious question - should MLB even offer a pension these days?

Maybe for long-time guys that kill their bodies and are backup catchers but most starters should have generational money and guys that get a cup of coffee seems odd to be able to cash in even a small amount for life. So maybe their should be a career earnings level with this.

I bet MLB employees get zero pention like 90% of non-unionized corporate America
 
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For a 10 year veteran of the MLB that retirement check probably goes into his wife's cookie jar for the grandkids birthday parties.
 
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