the minors
noun
US, informal
: the minor leagues of baseball
He spent his entire career in the minors.
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Freshly called up from the minors by the Mets, Melendez had the only two hits off Ohtani on Wednesday.
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Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 16 Apr. 2026
Getz said Schultz had rehabbed thoroughly from right patellar tendinitis, a knee condition that had hindered him in the minors last season, and now had improved overall lower-body strength.
—CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
Theoretically, the Yankees could get Rice and Goldschmidt in the lineup simultaneously, as the former came up through the minors as a catcher.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 14 Apr. 2026
In the minors, right-hander Will Bednar was assigned from Sacramento to Double-A Richmond.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2026
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Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 16 Apr. 2026
Getz said Schultz had rehabbed thoroughly from right patellar tendinitis, a knee condition that had hindered him in the minors last season, and now had improved overall lower-body strength.
—CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
Theoretically, the Yankees could get Rice and Goldschmidt in the lineup simultaneously, as the former came up through the minors as a catcher.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 14 Apr. 2026
In the minors, right-hander Will Bednar was assigned from Sacramento to Double-A Richmond.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2026
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“The minors.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20minors. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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