the majors

noun

US, informal

: the major leagues of baseball

As a boy, he dreamed of playing in the majors.

Examples of the majors in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Bean, a Santa Ana native who played at Loyola Marymount, broke into the majors in 1987 with the Tigers. —

Ed Guzman, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2024 Though the bullpen has been good on the whole this season (even after Saturday, their 3.65 ERA as a group ranks eighth in the majors), the unit has shown signs of decline amid a heavy workload the last couple of months. —

Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2024 One of the two could end up playing third base, a greater area of weakness for the Yankees but a position neither has manned in the majors. —

Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 28 July 2024 His average four-seamer is 97.5 mph and his slider is 88.4, the 17th and 25th fastest in the majors, respectively. —

Taylor Lyons, Baltimore Sun, 27 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for the majors

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