minor-league

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At first blush, his lifetime Wins Above Replacement of 0.3 would indicate that he’s little better than the fictional minor league “replacement player” to which MLB players are compared in calculating the statistic.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

Combine that with the worst minor league system and worst owner and that makes them the winner of the MLB Losers Triple Crown.

From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2026

By overcompensating for the sore back, he developed paralysis in the ulnar nerve in his right arm, limiting him to five appearances in his first minor league season.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

Ryan Long, a 26-year-old minor league pitcher in the Baltimore Orioles system and a union leader, thinks the players association should try to understand how regular working people feel about a potential lockout.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

He found a job working twenty to thirty hours per week, earning $8.50 an hour, for the Salt Lake Bees, a minor league baseball team.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel