farm leagues
Baseball training grounds
Farm leagues are minor league baseball teams affiliated with major league organizations, where players develop their skills before advancing to the top level.
The term comes from the agricultural metaphor of "farming out" players to cultivate talent.
Figuratively, any lower-tier operation that feeds talent to a higher one: Community theater is a farm league for Broadway.
- minorsThose below legal age
- prospectsExpected future outcomes
- raw talentInnate ability before training
- scoutingObserving to gather information
- sportsCompetitive physical activities
affiliates · coach · subsidiaries · training camps · stepping stones · rookie · apprenticeship · development programs · career progression · up-and-comers · tiers · baseball · call-ups · sent down · incubators · practice drills · skill-building · mentorship
- Farm Groupsgrange, dairy co-op, Grange, granges, cattlemen
farm leaguesmajor leagues
Highest level professional baseball
the bigs · top flight · the show · big time · first division
farm leaguesbig time
Highest professional level
major league · prime time · top tier · varsity · world stage
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