How to Use minor league in a Sentence

minor league

noun

• At the time, the Padres were a minor league team in the Pacific Coast League.
  — U-T Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2024
• The Astros signed him to a minor league deal last month.
  — Chandler Rome, San Antonio Express-News, 25 Feb. 2023
• Back in his minor league days, Wainwright was left off the U.S. Olympic team in 2004.
  — Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 15 Mar. 2023
• Raised in the ways of the Gulf Coast, Buffett’s first love in sports was minor league baseball.
  — Joseph Goodman | [e-mail], al, 2 Sep. 2023
• Back to top All of these changes have been tested in 8,000 minor league games, MLB says.
  — USA Today, 28 Mar. 2023
• That aligns with the trend of growth throughout Moreno’s minor league career.
  — The Arizona Republic, 18 Feb. 2023
• Kemp joined the Cincinnati Reds on a minor league contract this week.
  — Jason Mastrodonato, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2024
• The 40-year-old who lives in Highland Park, also took part in a few more minor league camps.
  — Stefan Stevenson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Jan. 2024
• On the farm The sport’s best minor league system had some movement Sunday.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 4 Sep. 2023
• Has been since the dawn of the minor league system and especially in the free agency era.
  — Dallas News, 8 Feb. 2023
• McGarry doesn’t show up on many prospects lists, but he was named the Reds’ minor league hitter of the year in 2022.
  — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 17 Jan. 2023
• But über sports fans can spend some of their winnings on a minor league baseball team.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 13 Jan. 2023
• Being ranked one of the top minor league ballparks in the country means the bar is set high for vendors of BB&T Ballpark.
  — Alex Cason, Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2024
• That Chang is out of minor league options also played a role in the decision.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Mar. 2023
• The signing of catcher Jorge Alfaro to a minor league contract this past week wasn’t big news.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Jan. 2023
• Wong is an 11-year MLB veteran who signed a minor league contract with the Dodgers two weeks ago.
  — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2023
• Those additions are in the forms of waiver claims, minor league deals, smallish free agent deals and trades.
  — Larry Fleisher, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2024
• Rob Brantly, 34, was signed to a minor league deal in January.
  — Tom Layberger, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
• Langford’s minor league tenure might not be all that long.
  — Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 8 Sep. 2023
• Kelly has appeared in six minor league games since Sept. 1.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Sep. 2023
• The Angels only needed to sign Ohtani to a minor league contract and pay him a paltry bonus of $2.315 million.
  — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2023
• He’s expected to pitch in a minor league rehab start this week, which could set him up for two final home starts.
  — Steve Hewitt, Hartford Courant, 19 Sep. 2022
• The Guardians were formerly known by the Indians, the same name as the Indianapolis minor league team.
  — Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 24 Feb. 2023
• To date, Moreno has played parts of five seasons in the Blue Jays minor league development program.
  — Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2022
• President Gabe Paul hired him out of the Yankees minor league system.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 28 Aug. 2023
• Including him in this deal as the fourth piece would give the Angels two of the Rangers’ top five minor league hitters in addition to Duran.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 26 July 2023
• Many of the major and minor league players who walk up to home plate, or warm up on the mound to Bad Bunny, are from Latin American countries.
  — José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 24 Sep. 2022
• The Rangers overhauled Martínez’s swing ahead of the 2022 minor league season, eliminating a leg kick and turning it into more of a toe tap.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 18 Aug. 2023
• Read full article The upper levels of the Red Sox’ minor league system were a desert with few shrubs when Bloom arrived.
  — Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Sep. 2023
• López is out of minor league options and has one more year of club control with 2024 as his third and final year of arbitration.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 2 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024