minor league
noun
: a league of professional clubs in a sport other than the recognized major leagues
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The 10th overall pick out of Gonzaga in 2022 missed the entire 2024 minor league season recovering from Tommy John surgery on his right elbow.
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Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025
More Sam Hodde/Getty Images Bowman joined the Orioles organization in August 2024 on a minor league deal.
—Noah Camras, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
Still, minor league baseball has a disadvantage on name recognition, said Patrick Rishe, executive director of the sports business program at Washington University in St. Louis.
—Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2025
The data is slightly misleading this season given how the Athletics and Rays are playing regular season home ball games in minor league ballparks with seating capacities of less than 15,000 for fans.
—Wayne G. McDonnell, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
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Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025
More Sam Hodde/Getty Images Bowman joined the Orioles organization in August 2024 on a minor league deal.
—Noah Camras, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
Still, minor league baseball has a disadvantage on name recognition, said Patrick Rishe, executive director of the sports business program at Washington University in St. Louis.
—Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2025
The data is slightly misleading this season given how the Athletics and Rays are playing regular season home ball games in minor league ballparks with seating capacities of less than 15,000 for fans.
—Wayne G. McDonnell, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
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“Minor league.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/minor%20league. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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