minor league
noun
: a league of professional clubs in a sport other than the recognized major leagues
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Many minor league players elected free agency, including Rodolfo Castro.
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Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Nov. 2025
Signed a minor league deal with the Padres in January but suffered a torn capsule and strained subscapula in his right shoulder, related to the torn rotator cuff sustained a year earlier.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Nov. 2025
Held annually during the MLB Winter Meetings, the Rule 5 Draft serves as a mechanism to keep clubs from hoarding big league ready players in their minor league system.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 6 Nov. 2025
Not in any explicit way—my father wasn’t the cranky, alcoholic ex-minor league baseball player who drove around Los Angeles with his pool cleaning equipment in the back of his Cadillac convertible played by Matthau.
—Literary Hub, 4 Nov. 2025
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Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Nov. 2025
Signed a minor league deal with the Padres in January but suffered a torn capsule and strained subscapula in his right shoulder, related to the torn rotator cuff sustained a year earlier.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Nov. 2025
Held annually during the MLB Winter Meetings, the Rule 5 Draft serves as a mechanism to keep clubs from hoarding big league ready players in their minor league system.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 6 Nov. 2025
Not in any explicit way—my father wasn’t the cranky, alcoholic ex-minor league baseball player who drove around Los Angeles with his pool cleaning equipment in the back of his Cadillac convertible played by Matthau.
—Literary Hub, 4 Nov. 2025
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“Minor league.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/minor%20league. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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