Cubs employees will be "taking pay cuts and have been guaranteed employment through at least the end of June," according to sources cited by ESPN's Jeff Passan. A majority of the cuts "will be for 15% or less" (TWITTER.com, 5/20). In Chicago, Paul Sullivan reported employees in the baseball operations and business operations departments and those with uniform employee contracts -- which "includes manager David Ross and his coaches, scouts, minor-league managers and coaches and other non-playing personnel -- are all affected by the salary reductions." A source said that the percentage of the cuts vary, with "higher-salaried employees receiving cuts of up to 35%" (CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 5/21). THE ATHLETIC's Patrick Mooney reported "roughly two-thirds of Cubs employees" will see a pay reduction of 15% or less. The Cubs reductions come after the Reds last week announced that they "will institute pay cuts as well as furloughs that involve less than" 25% of the franchise's employees. The Angels also have "begun informing baseball operations employees that furloughs will be enacted after June 1." The Marlins "will furlough 90-100 baseball operations employees on June 1" (THEATHLETIC.com, 5/20).
