English Dictionary

farm league

名詞

広義

(baseball) One or more minor league teams owned by a baseball franchise and used as a training and testing ground for rookies, who, if they perform well, move on to play in the main major league team.

日本語の意味

野球において、メジャーリーグのチームが若手選手の育成と評価のために所有するマイナーリーグのチーム群

The rookie spent the entire season in the farm league before earning a spot on the major league roster.

その新人選手は、メジャーのロースター入りを勝ち取る前に、1シーズンまるまる下部組織で過ごした。

意味（1）

(baseball) One or more minor league teams owned by a baseball franchise and used as a training and testing ground for rookies, who, if they perform well, move on to play in the main major league team.

The Yankees entered the farm league business in 1929 when they purchased Chambersburg in the Class D Blue Ridge League.

意味（2）

(sports, by extension) A minor league team from which scouts recruit players for the major league.

Now the CEO of Isiah International Inc. has his sights set on nothing short of establishing an official farm league for the NBA, establishing a system similar to the one which currently operates in Major League Baseball.

意味（3）

(by extension) A position or venue from which talent is recruited for showing potential.

An industry source told MP3.com that the site is "supposed to be a farm-league thing.

farm leagues （ plural ）