How to Use big league in a Sentence

big league

noun
  • Broadway is the big leagues, and for big bucks theatergoers expect professionalism.
  • The matchup with the Twins was his fourth start with his ninth big league team.
    — Patrick Donnelly, ajc, 24 Apr. 2021
  • Rohn last played in the big leagues with Cleveland in 1986.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 23 Jan. 2020
  • The fourth big league game for the Angels' top prospect was a rough one.
    — Schuyler Dixon, Star Tribune, 9 Aug. 2020
  • The right-hander hadn’t pitched in a big league game since mid-April.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2022
  • Burrows and Funkhouser failed to take a big step to the big leagues in 2019.
    — Anthony Fenech, Detroit Free Press, 20 Nov. 2019
  • Brown doubled for his first big league hit in the Dodgers’ loss.
    — Beth Harris, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Now the United States was ready to break into the big leagues.
    — Andrew J. Bacevich, Harper's magazine, 2 Mar. 2020
  • Among them are his two big league hires, brought on board in late 2023.
    — Alex Ritman, Variety, 2 May 2025
  • For a guy with eight big league outings, just one of them a start.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 15 Mar. 2021
  • Frank Reich would be the perfect coach to get him ready to play in the big leagues.
    — Scott Horner, Indianapolis Star, 17 Feb. 2020
  • That’s because LeBlanc has a track record of 11 seasons in the big leagues.
    — Mark Inabinett | [email protected], al, 9 Mar. 2020
  • That was the last big league season without a Wild Card.
    — Sean Gregory, Time, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Bubic failed again to get a win in his third big league start.
    — Joe Kay, Star Tribune, 11 Aug. 2020
  • The injury was exactly what big league teams and their fans fear the most about the WBC.
    — Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Only a few more months stand in the way of Félix Bautista’s return to a big league mound.
    — Matt Weyrich, Baltimore Sun, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Manuel was a part-time player for six big league seasons with the Twins and Dodgers.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 17 Sep. 2023
  • The fan who threw the ball was banned for life from attending big league games.
    — Mike Fitzpatrick, ajc, 19 July 2021
  • The 26-year-old prospect made his big league debut Friday in an 8-6 loss to the White Sox.
    — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2021
  • That’s a very normal course of events in big league baseball.
    — Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 5 May 2022
  • LeBlanc broke into the big leagues in 2008 and has pitched for seven MLB teams.
    — Mark Inabinett | [email protected], al, 29 Jan. 2020
  • The hard-throwing Patiño, San Diego's No. 2 prospect, made his big league debut in the sixth.
    — Bernie Wilson, Star Tribune, 6 Aug. 2020
  • Nevin is the son of former big league slugger Phil Nevin.
    — Mike Haim, Star Tribune, 30 Aug. 2020
  • Walden has long dreamed of raising funds to build a field that could host big league teams in Cairo.
    — Paul Newberry, Baltimore Sun, 15 Apr. 2022
  • Jarvis, 22, is the son of former big league pitcher Kevin Jarvis.
    — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 27 June 2020
  • Over the course of his big league career, the righty has been good more often than he's been bad.
    — Zach Pressnell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
  • But there might be better (and younger) arms in the Reds’ minors than in their big leagues.
    — C. Trent Rosecrans, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Judge missed the first pitch, then took four balls for the first walk-off RBI of any kind in his big league career.
    — Ronald Blum, courant.com, 23 May 2021
  • Now, a small memorial has been placed on the corner, and a modest subdivision has been built on the grounds where many of us got our first taste of big league thrills.
    — Randy Mason, Kansas City Star, 7 May 2025
  • In a particularly cruel twist of fate, outfielder Tyler Callihan broke his forearm attempting to make a catch in just his fourth big league game.
    — Tim Britton, New York Times, 13 May 2025

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