While the average major league salary is above $4 million annually, players with minor league contracts earn as little as $400 a week.

Portland gets home runs from David Hamilton and Wilyer Abreu as it caps its homestand with another victory.

Jhailyn Ortiz hits a grand slam as Reading beats Portland, 8-0.

Portland moves back to the top of the Eastern League’s Northeast Division standings by defeating the Fightin Phils.

Wilyer Abreu, who came to Boston from Houston in the Christian Vazquez trade, cuts hair during the offseason.

Portland falls out of first place in the Eastern League’s Northeast Division after a second straight loss.

Caleb Manuel shoots a second-round 73 and misses the cut by two strokes.

Once a power-hitting outfield prospect, the 26-year-old Gettys is succeeding as a relief pitcher with Portland.

Rob Refsnyder hits two home runs in support of Brayan Bello, and Portland survives a late Richmond comeback.

Bryan Mata pitches six scoreless innings and Nick Northcut drives in three runs in a 5-2 victory.