farm team

noun

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

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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 Johnson played in 42 games with Ontario Reign, the Kings’ top farm team, over the 2020-21 and 2021-22 seasons, scoring seven goals and 17 points. Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2023

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“Farm team.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/farm%20team. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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