How to Use the big leagues in a Sentence

the big leagues

plural noun

• The idea is the same as in the big leagues, to speed up games.
  — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 9 Mar. 2023
• None of the Reds' picks in the 2020 draft have reached the big leagues yet.
  — Dave Clark, The Enquirer, 24 July 2023
• Like the goal was never just to get to the big leagues.
  — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 12 July 2024
• And he’s made an impact since he’s come back to the big leagues.
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 13 May 2024
• Kwan’s 20 infield hits rank fourth in the big leagues. .
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 16 Sep. 2023
• Turnbull reached the big leagues late in the 2018 season.
  — Mark Inabinett | [e-mail], al, 24 Feb. 2023
• Most of their better prospects are very far from the big leagues.
  — Tony Blengino, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023
• And the Angels of the last three seasons have been known to fast-track their prospects to the big leagues.
  — Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2023
• Cooper reached the big leagues in 2017 with the New York Yankees.
  — Mark Inabinett | [e-mail], al, 1 Aug. 2023
• Freeman, in the fifth inning, hit his first homer in the big leagues.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 26 Aug. 2023
• Most of the 27-year-old’s time in the big leagues, after all, has been marked by failure.
  — Rainer Sabin, Detroit Free Press, 23 July 2023
• Daz Cameron rode a recent hot streak in Las Vegas all the way back to the big leagues.
  — Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 23 May 2024
• Welcome to the big leagues with this Airplane Kit that takes things to new heights.
  — Mia Meltzer, Rolling Stone, 6 Feb. 2024
• The first Padres manager when the team joined the big leagues in 1969 was Preston Gomez.
  — U-T Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2023
• The jump to the big leagues can be difficult for any player.
  — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2023
• So that task, that challenge to accept and be able to play shortstop in the big leagues, and help the Dodgers?
  — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2024
• The roster from the big leagues to the minor leagues was depleted.
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2024
• His results, both in the big leagues and the minors over the past two seasons, have been so-so at best.
  — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 23 Feb. 2023
• Could the knee issue prevent Givens from breaking camp in the big leagues?
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 22 Mar. 2023
• He’d been signed, developed and brought to the big leagues by Cleveland.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 29 July 2023
• And yet two guys who hadn’t thrown a pitch in the big leagues in years – literally years!
  — Jason Williams, The Enquirer, 6 Sep. 2023
• Angelos is selling a team on its way up in the big leagues.
  — Matt Egan, CNN, 30 Jan. 2024
• The difference between a bench coach and a manager is a huge jump, Triple-A to the big leagues.
  — Jesse Yomtov, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2024
• Then go on YouTube and type in some of his favorite pitchers in the big leagues and replay those videos over and over and over.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2023
• The Woods rarely get jittery anymore when James is hitting, but his first week in the big leagues had been a test.
  — Andrew Golden, Washington Post, 8 July 2024
• But the minor league seasons are set to start just a couple weeks after the big leagues.
  — R.j. Coyle, Dallas News, 29 Mar. 2023
• But in his first full season in the big leagues, Bello has been mentioned in the same sentence with some of the all-time greats.
  — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2023
• This was to be Bird’s first ever gig in the United States, as well as her entrée into the big leagues.
  — Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 11 June 2024
• Payson gave these underworked sports writers a chance to cover the big leagues again.
  — Nick Hirshon, The Conversation, 28 Sep. 2024
• Of the six first-round draft picks Zaidi has made, only Patrick Bailey has reached the big leagues, let alone become a core contributor.
  — Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Nov 2024