How to Use minor leaguer in a Sentence

minor leaguer

noun
  • The Angels picked him up for a low-level minor leaguer.
    — Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Alex Verdugo was fitting in as a Padres minor leaguer.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Adcock is a journeyman minor leaguer the Mets are hoping to get the most from.
    — Abbey Mastrocco, Hartford Courant, 30 June 2024
  • In the end, Hazen agreed to trade a 17-year-old minor leaguer to New York for him.
    — Jorge Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2023
  • Jones did some of that work with former Rockies minor leaguer Will Haynie.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 15 Feb. 2026
  • To deal young pitching like Ortiz and minor leaguer Michael Kennedy away.
    — Tony Blengino, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Around him was not a single big leaguer, minor leaguer, or anyone with a heater topping 90 miles per hour.
    — Sam Blum, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2026
  • The Reds also traded minor leaguer Francis Peguero in the deal.
    — Cincinnati Enquirer, The Enquirer, 1 Oct. 2022
  • The Mariners eventually will get a minor leaguer in return, and likely not a very promising one.
    — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Guevara was not the only Orioles minor leaguer involved in the crash, according to the team.
    — Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 18 June 2025
  • As a minor leaguer, Campbell saw the lion's share of his playing time at second base, center field and shortstop.
    — Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 May 2025
  • Chisholm homered off minor leaguer Eli Villalobos in the eighth inning.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2026
  • He was taught how to throw a curveball by his sixth-grade teacher, Henry Roper, who was a former minor leaguer.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Weiss has talked about attending Rosh Hashanah services as a minor leaguer in Montana.
    — Jacob Gurvis, Sun Sentinel, 24 Mar. 2023
  • One minor leaguer who had a breakout game with three hits in three at-bats, including a double and a home run, was then-third baseman India.
    — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Steeves joins Jonathan Aspirot as a former long-time minor leaguer who earned multi-year contracts with the B’s.
    — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 22 Jan. 2026
  • That’s both their identity and Miller Moss’ identity, the career minor leaguer now taking the biggest of hacks.
    — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2024
  • The Braves will either do a bullpen game Saturday against Baltimore or bring up another minor leaguer to start.
    — David O'Brien, New York Times, 4 July 2025
  • Tolle finished his outing by drawing a run-scoring groundout, after which he was pulled for minor leaguer Calvin Bickerstaff.
    — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 26 Feb. 2026
  • The ailment — a strained teres major/lat muscle — is one that Rodriguez previously dealt with as a minor leaguer in 2022.
    — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Injuries have turned Bobby Miller into a pedestrian minor leaguer, but if another starter is injured, the Dodgers could be forced to call him up again.
    — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2025
  • He was assisted for a couple of years by former Royals minor leaguer, Daniel Mercado, who now helps the varsity.
    — Tom Layberger, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
  • Just two years ago, a Diamondbacks team built by former Padres minor leaguer Mike Hazen reached the World Series.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Ortiz played for the Rock Cats as a Twins minor leaguer in 1997, and also made a rehab stint there in 2001.
    — Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 2 Feb. 2026
  • The position isn’t foreign to Betts, who grew up playing shortstop before the Boston Red Sox moved him to the outfield as a minor leaguer more than a decade ago.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024
  • The Astros are reportedly interested in salary relief, so any trade with the Cubs is likely to fetch a minor leaguer or cash considerations in return.
    — Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
  • As a young pitcher in the Dominican Republic, and as a minor leaguer, Clase’s favorite pitcher was Rivera, baseball’s all-time leader in saves.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 6 Dec. 2022
  • Standing at 6-foot-6, 277 pounds, Justin Gonzales is a mammoth Red Sox minor leaguer who has emerged as one of the club’s breakout prospects this spring.
    — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Leo Rivas, a journeyman minor leaguer who only made his MLB debut last year, stepped up for the first postseason at-bat of his career on his 28th birthday.
    — Jamie Barton, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Former Houston Astros minor leaguer Jon Kemmer was 35 years old when he was killed over the weekend in a rollover crash in Galveston County.
    — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 15 Apr. 2026

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