How to Use minor league in a Sentence

minor league

noun
  • None would sign him to a minor league deal.
    — Sam Blum, New York Times, 15 May 2026
  • No minor league prospect is a sure thing in the show.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 16 June 2026
  • About the type of things minor league teams must do to draw fans.
    — Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2021
  • His minor league numbers jump off the stat page.
    — Daniel R. Epstein, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • The pair has been attached at the hip since the low minor leagues.
    — Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
  • By rule, his minor league stint will be 20 days or less.
    — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Durham, then a minor league coach, declined to talk about it.
    — Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The game pits minor league all-star teams from each league against each other.
    — Phil Miller, Star Tribune, 25 May 2021
  • Wilson signed with the Phillies as a minor league free agent.
    — Tom Dougherty, CBS News, 18 June 2026
  • Randy Vásquez’s first minor league start of the season was a rough one.
    — Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Even worse, their current minor league crop ranks as one of the leanest in the game.
    — Tony Blengino, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2021
  • Both switch-hit, but are better from the left side, and have minor league options.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 10 Feb. 2026
  • All of those pitchers have minor league options, though.
    — Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Thompson is out of minor league options.
    — Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Detwiler signed with the Reds as a minor league free agent in April.
    — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 31 Aug. 2022
  • That aligns with the trend of growth throughout Moreno’s minor league career.
    — The Arizona Republic, 18 Feb. 2023
  • Some helped guide a now-defunct minor league team — also called the Sounders.
    — Kurt Streeter, New York Times, 5 May 2022
  • The 25-year-old enters this year out of minor league options.
    — Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Max Muncy and Justin Turner were signed as minor league free agents.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2021
  • More like Major and minor league baseball.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Nov. 2025
  • This is something that happens to a lot of minor league baseball players.
    — Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
  • McCray has hit as many as 23 home runs in a minor league season.
    — Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Kemp joined the Cincinnati Reds on a minor league contract this week.
    — Jason Mastrodonato, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2024
  • The minor league season doesn’t begin until the first week of May.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 29 Mar. 2021
  • There, Earnshaw won three games in the matchup of champions of the two top minor leagues.
    — Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 14 May 2024
  • Prospects rake against minor league pitchers who leave sliders hovering over the heart of the plate.
    — Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 14 Mar. 2026
  • All three runs scored while minor league left-hander Leonard Garcia was on the mound.
    — Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Huff has missed the first 10 weeks of the minor league season rehabbing from knee surgery.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 12 July 2021
  • The 33-year-old signed a minor league contract with the Yankees this week.
    — Matt Young, Chron, 24 Mar. 2022
  • Here are the full rosters for the Tigers' minor league teams in 2021.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 29 Apr. 2021

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