minor league
noun
: a league of professional clubs in a sport other than the recognized major leagues
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ServiceMaster’s origins were in onetime minor league baseball player Marion E. Wade’s 1929 founding of a mothproofing business.
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Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 7 June 2025
This is a considerably better outcome then winding up back in the Marlins’ minor league system.
—Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
More Justin Berl/Getty Images Mayers was released from his minor league contract by the Blue Jays on Aug. 2, 2024, and did not land a contract for the 2025 season with an affiliated team.
—Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025
She is believed to be the first woman to pitch for a major league farm club under the current minor league system.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2025
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Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 7 June 2025
This is a considerably better outcome then winding up back in the Marlins’ minor league system.
—Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
More Justin Berl/Getty Images Mayers was released from his minor league contract by the Blue Jays on Aug. 2, 2024, and did not land a contract for the 2025 season with an affiliated team.
—Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025
She is believed to be the first woman to pitch for a major league farm club under the current minor league system.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2025
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“Minor league.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/minor%20league. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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