minor league
noun
: a league of professional clubs in a sport other than the recognized major leagues
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Every team in the league can afford his minor league deal.
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Zach Pressnell, Newsweek, 30 Nov. 2024
The bill comes two years after minor league players successfully unionized under the Major League Baseball Players Association and achieved a collective bargaining agreement with MLB.
—Rebecca Tauber, The Athletic, 20 Nov. 2024
The Orioles moved him up to minor league upper-level hitting coordinator last season and, after only two years in the organization, have now elevated him to their MLB staff.
—Matt Weyrich, Baltimore Sun, 15 Nov. 2024
Zoom in: Rent affordability in the city's core has come into focus recently as developer Weston Urban plans to raze the Soap Factory Apartments — a rare, market-rate affordable complex downtown — to make way for new development surrounding a minor league baseball stadium.
—Kavya Beheraj, Axios, 9 Oct. 2024
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Zach Pressnell, Newsweek, 30 Nov. 2024
The bill comes two years after minor league players successfully unionized under the Major League Baseball Players Association and achieved a collective bargaining agreement with MLB.
—Rebecca Tauber, The Athletic, 20 Nov. 2024
The Orioles moved him up to minor league upper-level hitting coordinator last season and, after only two years in the organization, have now elevated him to their MLB staff.
—Matt Weyrich, Baltimore Sun, 15 Nov. 2024
Zoom in: Rent affordability in the city's core has come into focus recently as developer Weston Urban plans to raze the Soap Factory Apartments — a rare, market-rate affordable complex downtown — to make way for new development surrounding a minor league baseball stadium.
—Kavya Beheraj, Axios, 9 Oct. 2024
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“Minor league.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/minor%20league. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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