minor league
noun
: a league of professional clubs in a sport other than the recognized major leagues
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The 29-year-old Brooks signed a minor league deal with the hometown Padres and hit .314/.359/.629 with two homers and seven RBIs in 18 Cactus League games.
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Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2025
Five of the Milwaukee Brewers top 3o minor league prospects will be on the roster when the Nashville Sounds kick off the Triple-A season Friday night against Jacksonville at First Horizon Park in Downtown Nashville.
Jacob Misiorowski highlights that group.
—Andrew Wagner, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
The group still owns the Salt Lake Bees, a minor league baseball team, as well as the Bees’ next stadium in South Jordan, Utah.
—Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Red Sox fans might remember Koss, whom Boston acquired in late 2020 in a trade that sent minor league pitcher Yoan Aybar to the Colorado Rockies.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
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Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2025
Five of the Milwaukee Brewers top 3o minor league prospects will be on the roster when the Nashville Sounds kick off the Triple-A season Friday night against Jacksonville at First Horizon Park in Downtown Nashville.
Jacob Misiorowski highlights that group.
—Andrew Wagner, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
The group still owns the Salt Lake Bees, a minor league baseball team, as well as the Bees’ next stadium in South Jordan, Utah.
—Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Red Sox fans might remember Koss, whom Boston acquired in late 2020 in a trade that sent minor league pitcher Yoan Aybar to the Colorado Rockies.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
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“Minor league.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/minor%20league. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
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