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
  • Detwiler signed with the Reds as a minor league free agent in April.
    Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 31 Aug. 2022
  • 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 | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 2 Sep. 2023
  • There were the minor league Padres, called by Al Schuss, who should be a member of the team’s hall of fame.
    Nick Canepacolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Aug. 2022
  • Minoso was with the minor league Padres and went on to play MLB ball for five decades.
    Nick Canepa Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Jan. 2022
  • The 33-year-old signed a minor league contract with the Yankees this week.
    Matt Young, Chron, 24 Mar. 2022
  • 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
  • The RiverFrogs were neither the first nor the last minor league hockey team that made it to Louisville.
    Jeremiah Holloway, The Courier-Journal, 29 June 2022
  • Kemp joined the Cincinnati Reds on a minor league contract this week.
    Jason Mastrodonato, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2024
  • There, Earnshaw won three games in the matchup of champions of the two top minor leagues.
    Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 14 May 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
  • The one that went most overlooked was a one-for-one minor league deal with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
    Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Has been since the dawn of the minor league system and especially in the free agency era.
    Dallas News, 8 Feb. 2023
  • Some helped guide a now-defunct minor league team — also called the Sounders.
    Kurt Streeter, New York Times, 5 May 2022
  • Harvey, 33, pitched last season for the Orioles and re-signed with the team in April as a minor league free agent.
    Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 17 May 2022
  • 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
  • The Royals did not have their high school draftees pitch in minor league games last summer but worked with them on the side.
    Dom Amore, courant.com, 23 Feb. 2022
  • Robinson Cano, 39, has signed a minor league deal with the Padres, who managed to scoop him away from the Lakers.
    Nick Canepacolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 June 2022
  • Take him out to a ballgame to see his favorite team or cheer on the local minor league.
    Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Apr. 2024
  • Take him out to a ballgame to see his favorite team or cheer on the local minor league.
    Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 May 2024
  • Take him out to a ballgame to see his favorite team or cheer on the local minor league.
    Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 May 2022
  • But über sports fans can spend some of their winnings on a minor league baseball team.
    Chris Morris, Fortune, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Triston Casas spent the last seven days in minor league spring training with the Red Sox.
    Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Mar. 2022
  • Francona and his staff will be on hand to assist the minor league coaching staff.
    Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 19 Feb. 2022
  • In April 2023, Jose Iglesias’ minor league team released him.
    Gena Cox, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Hogestyn, a native of Fort Wayne, Indiana, began his career as a minor league baseball player until injuries took him out of the game for good.
    Kim Willis, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2024

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