How to Use major league in a Sentence

major league

noun
  • The hope is to someday land a gig with a major league team.
    Joe Noga, cleveland, 20 Jan. 2023
  • Of the 30 major league teams, 13 have no complete games.
    Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2022
  • It’s been less than a week since J.P. Martínez got his major league callup.
    Evan Grant, Dallas News, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Just to get to major league free agency is such a unique thing.
    Scott Miller, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2022
  • The joy is just in being at a major league baseball game.
    John Kelly, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Sports fans can watch the city's three major league teams (the Cavaliers, the Browns, and the Guardians) live at world-class sports venues.
    Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 25 Jan. 2024
  • And no one needs to designate us as a major league city.
    Chris Biderman, Sacramento Bee, 26 Mar. 2024
  • So in Columbus there’s the Columbus Crew, which is a major league soccer team that is owned by the Haslams.
    Laura Johnston, cleveland, 22 Nov. 2022
  • These things take time and, in most cases, about two years of struggle at the major league level.
    Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas News, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Weather was a key factor 35 years ago when the Cubs became the last major league team to add lights to its home field.
    Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Betts has driven in 105 runs in the leadoff spot, the most in a season in major league history .
    Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2023
  • With that, a look at the top 87 free agents, from the elite to those reasonably expected to sign a major league contract.
    Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Williams, who faced the Rangers on July 15 and allowed two runs in five innings, earned his third major league win.
    Joe Noga, cleveland, 17 Sep. 2023
  • The Marlins are the only MLB team that hasn’t signed a free agent to a major league contract this offseason.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Diaz made his major league debut and got his first hit on a single with one out in the seventh.
    Kristie Rieken, Chron, 18 Sep. 2022
  • Dusty Baker is king of the baseball world, a great story for Houston and for all of major league baseball, and all of sports.
    Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Nov. 2022
  • One month later, Nick made his major league debut with the Detroit Tigers.
    Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 17 Oct. 2023
  • The marker says the hotel, built in 1902, was a favorite of major league teams, including the Boston Red Sox.
    Sonny Rhodes, Arkansas Online, 13 Mar. 2023
  • This could all lead to him to unimaginably leave the only major league home he’s ever known, but who could blame him?
    Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2023
  • The exec—who grew up in Raleigh, N.C., without a major league team—attended about 85% of the team’s 81 home games this season.
    Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2022
  • Matt Holliday played his last game in 2018, the same year Gift Ngoepe — the first major league player from Africa — played his.
    Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2022
  • My original dream was to own a major league baseball team.
    Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Verona native made his major league debut with the Twins in 2021 but has been hampered by injury.
    Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2023
  • No major league team has called four cities home, but the A’s are about to write a new and bittersweet page in baseball’s history book.
    Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Prior to his recall, Arias batted just .154 over his first eight major league games.
    Joe Noga, cleveland, 29 Sep. 2022
  • The 23-year-old Woods made his major league debut this season, throwing two shutout innings in two outings for the Braves.
    Mike Fitzpatrick, ajc, 19 Nov. 2022
  • Seventeen of the 30 major league teams play where sports gambling is legal.
    Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Mar. 2023
  • Rookie Bryan Woo yielded three hits and two runs in six innings in his seventh major league start.
    Kristie Rieken, oregonlive, 8 July 2023
  • Bird pitched 84 2/3 innings of relief last season, tied for the most among major league relievers and the ninth-most all-time by a Rockie.
    Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 25 Mar. 2024
  • For the second straight start, Grayson Rodriguez looked like a major league-caliber starter the first time through the order before struggling the second time through.
    Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 18 Mar. 2023

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