the minors

noun

US, informal

: the minor leagues of baseball

He spent his entire career in the minors.

Examples of the minors in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Officials said Brown allegedly had sex with one of the minors. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 9 July 2026

Miles had only pitched 14 2/3 innings in the minors due to injuries when Toronto swooped in and acquired him from San Francisco last winter. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 8 July 2026

The Tigers passed on adding Go, who has spent time in the minors with the Miami Marlins, San Diego Padres and Tigers since 2024, freeing him up to join the Twins. — Dan Hayes, New York Times, 6 July 2026

Some of the hearings were only a few minutes long, and some of the minors were too young to understand what was happening to them. — Mica Rosenberg, ProPublica, 6 July 2026

Rhymes for the minors

• airliners
• designers
• diviners
• refiners
• dinars
• diners
• liners
• miners
• shiners
• shriners
• signers
• spinors