ST. LOUIS (KMOX) - The - The St. Louis Cardinals will create a $1 million dollar fund for their game day employees, and will honor their daily per diem for the Cardinals minor league players.

The announcement was made Tuesday afternoon on KMOX by Cardinals Chairman Bill DeWitt Jr., you can hear from him in the audio at the top of this page.

The Cardinals also told KMOX, MLB teams are each going to donate $1 million to pay its respective game day staff, however the Cardinals will also pay minor leaguer players the per diem they would’ve got everyday in camp.

As announced on KMOX by team chairman Bill DeWitt, Jr. just now to @claibsonline. Both DeWitt and president of baseball operations John Mozeliak will be on “Countown to Opening Day” (6-8p) tomorrow to discuss further. #stlcards https://t.co/fvqyJ3gqUC — Tom Ackerman (@Ackerman1120) March 17, 2020

On Monday, the St. Louis Blues announced the organization is creating the Blues Employee Assistance Fund to to play game‑night workers at Enterprise Center during the NHL season pause. The fund will provide support to several hundred employees who report directly to and are paid by the Blues organization on game nights. Blues ownership led by Tom Stillman, Blues players led by captain Alex Pietrangelo, and local donors, led by a $100,000 donation from Blues season ticket holder Andy Frisella, worked together late last week and over the weekend to establish the fund. MLB will not open the 2020 regular season until at least the middle of May, to follow guidelines from U.S. health officials during the coronavirus pandemic. Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred made the announcement following a conference call with executives of the 30 teams on Monday. MLB says it is committed to playing as many games as possible when the season begins.

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