minor league
noun
: a league of professional clubs in a sport other than the recognized major leagues
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Management provided the coaching staff with a series of options at forward, from Europe, via trade, minor league graduations, and a recent free-agent addition in Roslovic, who needs to play a feature role due to the nature of his contract (described here by Daniel Nugent-Bowman at The Athletic).
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Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
But the shutdown of minor league baseball during the COVID pandemic, and then Tommy John surgery, wiped out his 2020 and 2021 seasons — dealing a serious blow to Mata's development.
—Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Information-gathering for the big-league club, as well as its minor league teams, also trails most other franchises.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 16 Oct. 2025
Infielder Jack Penney ’21 and pitchers Jonathan Santucci ’21 and Thomas White ’23 won minor league titles with their respective organizations in the 2025 MILB season.
—Jack Murray, Boston Herald, 16 Oct. 2025
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Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
But the shutdown of minor league baseball during the COVID pandemic, and then Tommy John surgery, wiped out his 2020 and 2021 seasons — dealing a serious blow to Mata's development.
—Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Information-gathering for the big-league club, as well as its minor league teams, also trails most other franchises.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 16 Oct. 2025
Infielder Jack Penney ’21 and pitchers Jonathan Santucci ’21 and Thomas White ’23 won minor league titles with their respective organizations in the 2025 MILB season.
—Jack Murray, Boston Herald, 16 Oct. 2025
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“Minor league.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/minor%20league. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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