farm team

noun

baseball
: a minor-league baseball team that is associated with a major-league team

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Jack Campbell, who’s been in the minors since November, allowed five goals on 35 shots in AHL Bakersfield’s first playoff game on Wednesday — a loss to the Kings’ farm team. Daniel Nugent-Bowman, The Athletic, 25 Apr. 2024 Here are the highlights: VP Debate 2024 Cold Open Now that the season premiere got the introductions out of the way, SNL’s farm team of election-year ringers can actually play ball. Joe Berkowitz, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2024 International League Finals Omaha got to Las Vegas by winning the International League title in a three-game series over the Columbus Clippers, top farm team of the Cleveland Guardians. Chuck Murr, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024 The Arizona Diamondbacks’ top farm team seemingly never had a chance, losing 14-2 and 5-2. Chuck Murr, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024 Las Vegas, a Dodgers farm team from 2001-08, is now a farm team for the Oakland Athletics. Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2024 That team became the River Cats, which began play in May 2000 at what was then known as Raley Field as the Oakland A’s farm team. Sam Stanton, Sacramento Bee, 5 Apr. 2024 Not much grows in Chicago during winter, but in 2023, the Blackwells launched their indoor bulb-forcing program to cultivate flowers year-round and provide ongoing employment for the farm team. Ashley R. Williams, CNN, 31 Mar. 2024 Their most recent San Diego region concert together was a 2009 show at The Diamond, the 14,000-capacity stadium that is the home of the San Diego Padres’ Single-A farm team, the Lake Elsinore Storm. George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Feb. 2024

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“Farm team.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/farm%20team. Accessed 4 Dec. 2024.

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