minor league
noun
: a league of professional clubs in a sport other than the recognized major leagues
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Still, this is a valuable opportunity for Rodríguez, especially with Gil earning a minor league demotion after a clunker on Sunday.
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Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 28 Apr. 2026
The former New York Giants quarterback made a career in the NFL, but was an MLB prospect early in his career and even played in minor league games in the Colorado Rockies’ organization and appeared in a New York Yankees spring training game.
—Ryan Gaydos Outkick, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2026
They will be staged at Rockefeller Center in Manhattan, the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens, Brooklyn Bridge Park in Brooklyn, a shopping center near Yankee Stadium in the Bronx and a minor league baseball stadium in Staten Island.
—ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
Over the years, the former bank data processing center near Hartford’s minor league ballpark deservedly earned the moniker of bunker-like fortress — but never more so than now when the city wants to tear it down for redevelopment.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 24 Apr. 2026
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Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 28 Apr. 2026
The former New York Giants quarterback made a career in the NFL, but was an MLB prospect early in his career and even played in minor league games in the Colorado Rockies’ organization and appeared in a New York Yankees spring training game.
—Ryan Gaydos Outkick, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2026
They will be staged at Rockefeller Center in Manhattan, the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens, Brooklyn Bridge Park in Brooklyn, a shopping center near Yankee Stadium in the Bronx and a minor league baseball stadium in Staten Island.
—ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
Over the years, the former bank data processing center near Hartford’s minor league ballpark deservedly earned the moniker of bunker-like fortress — but never more so than now when the city wants to tear it down for redevelopment.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 24 Apr. 2026
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“Minor league.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/minor%20league. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
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