Ryan Roberts lived in clubhouse after AAA demotion!

[corpusse]

http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Ryan-Roberts-lived-in-Reno-s-clubhouse-during-mi?urn=mlb-267942

Not sure if this is funny or sad.  If he really couldn't afford an apartment or hotel you'd think one of his teammates or even these cleaning guys would let him crash with them. 

[Rounding 3rd]

Fomer Jay, homered for us at Yankee staduim once.

How much would a bit part player like Roberts earn at the least in a year, like 700k? That'd surely be enough to get your own apartment and such.

[Blacksheep]

I think league base salary is near $400,000 a year, surely he could afford to live somewhere else, I make $365,000 less and I can lol. That is, unless he wastes all his money on junk.

[Hankdillon]

I think league base salary is near $400,000 a year, surely he could afford to live somewhere else, I make $365,000 less and I can lol. That is, unless he wastes all his money on junk.

It said in the article that he did it to save a few bucks, since they have a home in Pheonix where his wife and kid are. I'm sure that place is more commensurate with someone making his salary.

[djfreebodyremix]

400k, 500k doesn't sound like a lot when talking about baseball players. but if you knew someone who made 500k, you would consider him filthy rich

[corpusse]

400k, 500k doesn't sound like a lot when talking about baseball players. but if you knew someone who made 500k, you would consider him filthy rich

This is true but it's important to remember Roberts was optioned to Reno so he was not collecting major league pay for about 2 months which is close to a 3rd of the season.  I'm not sure what he'd make in AAA as a player on the 40man but it would be significantly less.  Considering he has a young family and is a fringe player at best saving the money he'd spend on an apartment / hotel might have actually been important to him.   His window to earn this kind of money is very small so it's probably a good thing he is saving some money.  Still you'd think he could do better then the clubhouse.

[Darryl]

Still plenty to live comfortably on.

[kwijibo]

The article didn't make it sound entirely like a money thing. I think it was more a "I don't know how long I'll be here, and given that I'd only use an apartment/hotel 10% of the time, why pay for it?" thing.

[gosensgo101]

400k, 500k doesn't sound like a lot when talking about baseball players. but if you knew someone who made 500k, you would consider him filthy rich

Roberts is only going to make 500k for a few years though.