the majors
noun
US, informal
: the major leagues of baseball
As a boy, he dreamed of playing in the majors.
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The Giants inked right-handers Tyler Mahle and Adrian Houser, but the team’s starting five current projects as one of the weaker units in the majors.
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Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2026
The Milwaukee Brewers, the team that plays in the smallest market in the majors, reportedly got $35 million in its FanDuel deal last year.
—Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
That helped add up to 30 holds, tied for the fifth most in the majors behind only the Brewers’ Abner Uribe, the Guardians’ Hunter Gaddis, the Reds’ Tony Santillan and Tyler Rogers.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026
The Red Sox had been the lone team in the majors not to sign a free agent this offseason, but now that’s changed.
—Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2026
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Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2026
The Milwaukee Brewers, the team that plays in the smallest market in the majors, reportedly got $35 million in its FanDuel deal last year.
—Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
That helped add up to 30 holds, tied for the fifth most in the majors behind only the Brewers’ Abner Uribe, the Guardians’ Hunter Gaddis, the Reds’ Tony Santillan and Tyler Rogers.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026
The Red Sox had been the lone team in the majors not to sign a free agent this offseason, but now that’s changed.
—Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2026
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