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minor league
1[mahy-ner leeg]
noun
any association of professional teams other than the major leagues, as in baseball, especially when the member teams are associated with or controlled by major-league teams, which use them as training and proving teams for promising players.
minor-league
2[mahy-ner-leeg]
adjective
Sports.of or relating to the minor leagues, especially in baseball.
Informal.of little import or consequence.
a painter with minor-league talent.
Synonyms: , ,
minor league
noun
any professional league in baseball other than a major league Compare major league
(modifier) of relatively little importance
that firm is very minor league
Other Word Forms
- minor leaguer noun
- minor-leaguer noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of minor league1
Origin of minor league2
Example Sentences
None of them spent even 100 games in the minor leagues, and almost all of that limited time was spent at the highest levels of the minors.
Glasnow and Snell have more steps to complete in their comebacks, from their own live sessions to likely minor league rehab stints.
As the Bananas’ success and reach have grown, spilling out from cozy minor league parks into stadiums not built for intimacy, the games still feel like family gatherings.
Lemon hit well in the minor leagues but was a poor fielder at third base and shortstop.
In 2009, he was the minor league director of the Arizona Diamondbacks when general manager Josh Byrnes asked him to manage the team.
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