minor leaguer
noun
: a player in the minor leagues
He was a minor leaguer before he was drafted into the majors.
—sometimes used figurativelyThe police decided he was a minor leaguer in the drug trafficking world.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday also filed an insider trading civil lawsuit against the trio and a fourth former minor leaguer.
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Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2024
The position isn’t foreign to Betts, who grew up playing shortstop before the Boston Red Sox moved him to the outfield as a minor leaguer more than a decade ago.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024
His father, Cal Sr., spent decades with the Orioles — rising from minor leaguer to manager — and his brother Bill played second base for the Orioles.
—Jeff Barker, Baltimore Sun, 31 Jan. 2024
Both were friends of Tom Hutchison, a Yale infielder in the early 1990s and later minor leaguer whom Vincent helped get a post-playing job with the New York Mets.
—Ronald Blum, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2024
Povich, Baltimore’s 10th-best prospect, was the biggest minor leaguer in the Jorge López trade last summer, with the Orioles shipping their All-Star closer to the Minnesota Twins for the young southpaw and three other pitchers.
—Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 27 July 2023
In the end, Hazen agreed to trade a 17-year-old minor leaguer to New York for him.
—Jorge Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2023
He was taught how to throw a curveball by his sixth-grade teacher, Henry Roper, who was a former minor leaguer.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2023
That began a long association with the Dodgers, with only a brief interruption to pitch for the Kansas City A’s in 1956 and as a minor leaguer with the New York Yankees in 1956 and 1957 before being reacquired by the Dodgers in 1957.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2023
Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2024
The position isn’t foreign to Betts, who grew up playing shortstop before the Boston Red Sox moved him to the outfield as a minor leaguer more than a decade ago.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024
His father, Cal Sr., spent decades with the Orioles — rising from minor leaguer to manager — and his brother Bill played second base for the Orioles.
—Jeff Barker, Baltimore Sun, 31 Jan. 2024
Both were friends of Tom Hutchison, a Yale infielder in the early 1990s and later minor leaguer whom Vincent helped get a post-playing job with the New York Mets.
—Ronald Blum, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2024
Povich, Baltimore’s 10th-best prospect, was the biggest minor leaguer in the Jorge López trade last summer, with the Orioles shipping their All-Star closer to the Minnesota Twins for the young southpaw and three other pitchers.
—Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 27 July 2023
In the end, Hazen agreed to trade a 17-year-old minor leaguer to New York for him.
—Jorge Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2023
He was taught how to throw a curveball by his sixth-grade teacher, Henry Roper, who was a former minor leaguer.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2023
That began a long association with the Dodgers, with only a brief interruption to pitch for the Kansas City A’s in 1956 and as a minor leaguer with the New York Yankees in 1956 and 1957 before being reacquired by the Dodgers in 1957.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2023
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“Minor leaguer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/minor%20leaguer. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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