farm team

noun

baseball
: a minor-league baseball team that is associated with a major-league team

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The highest-profile event among the more than 30 games and scrimmages scheduled for the Hastings rink is Friday evening, Jan. 23, when the Minnesota Wild’s top AHL minor league team, the Iowa Wild, faces the Milwaukee Admirals, who are the Nashville Predators’ farm team. Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 14 Jan. 2026 Sean Boyle, who made 23 starts for the New York Yankees' top farm team in 2025, but had yet to reach the majors in seven seasons in the organization, signed a minor league contract with the San Diego Padres. Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2025 The Mormon wives are quickly becoming a successful farm team for Disney’s other big unscripted hits. Peter White, Deadline, 13 Nov. 2025

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