minor league
noun
: a league of professional clubs in a sport other than the recognized major leagues
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Jackson Ferris to start Sunday’s game Left-hander Jackson Ferris, the Dodgers’ minor league pitcher of the year in 2024, will start Sunday’s game against the San Diego Padres at the Peoria Sports Complex.
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Anthony Solorzano, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
Player leadership – 72 major and minor league members of the executive board – voted unanimously on Wednesday to make Meyer, previously the deputy director and lead labor negotiator, the interim executive director.
—Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 19 Feb. 2026
The Rangers selected Collyer in the 12th round of the 2019 draft, gave him a $585,000 bonus to woo him away from a Clemson scholarship and re-signed him to a minor league deal this winter when his first contract expired.
—Shawn McFarland, Dallas Morning News, 19 Feb. 2026
If that doesn’t happen right away, Chivilli has a minor league option and just a year of service time.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 19 Feb. 2026
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Anthony Solorzano, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
Player leadership – 72 major and minor league members of the executive board – voted unanimously on Wednesday to make Meyer, previously the deputy director and lead labor negotiator, the interim executive director.
—Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 19 Feb. 2026
The Rangers selected Collyer in the 12th round of the 2019 draft, gave him a $585,000 bonus to woo him away from a Clemson scholarship and re-signed him to a minor league deal this winter when his first contract expired.
—Shawn McFarland, Dallas Morning News, 19 Feb. 2026
If that doesn’t happen right away, Chivilli has a minor league option and just a year of service time.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 19 Feb. 2026
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“Minor league.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/minor%20league. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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