The opportunity wouldn't be available if we had to give a guy a major league salary.

Free agency works in baseball, where the average major league salary is almost $580,000.

The average league salary is more than $1 million.

For the first time since the start of free agency, the average major league salary declined.

He will pay dues to the players association and work for the league average salary of $1.4 million.

The major league median salary is $350,000, up from $300,000 at the comparable time last season but still below the 1994 figure of $500,000.

The figures show that the major league average salary rose by $100,000 for the first time, soaring from $497,254 to $597,537.

The minimum minor league salary is increased from $22,700 to $25,000.

That means he has to win a job with the Reds to get his $500,000 major league salary.

The minimum major league salary was raised from $68,000 to $100,000.