the majors

noun

US, informal

: the major leagues of baseball

As a boy, he dreamed of playing in the majors.

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Most of Ohtani’s injuries since coming to the majors in 2018 have been pitching-related, including major operations on his right elbow in 2018 and last year. —

Joe Reedy, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2024 Judge led the majors in a host of categories, including home runs (58), runs batted in, walks, on-base percentage, slugging percentage and total bases. —

Mark Osborne, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2024 After leaving the Dodgers, Valenzuela would have stops with other teams in the majors, struggling to recapture his form, before retiring in 2017. —

Homero De La Fuente, CNN, 23 Oct. 2024 The Mets won 20 of their last 29 regular-season games, the best record in the majors in that stretch, to reach the playoffs, and 1B Pete Alonso made major league history with his three-run homer in a 4-2 victory Thursday to send them past Milwaukee. —

Jack Magruder, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for the majors