Sentence examples for field a contender from inspiring English sources

Well, that and the trade from the Marlins, whose plan to field a contender went bust after one dreary season.

Leave it to Brooklyn to field a contender: Vend? the one-woman company of Taryn Garcia, whose macarons are the only ones in New York to rival the French forebear's.

The success of several prospects from the Yankees' farm system over the last few years — including Jesus Montero, who was traded for the right-handed pitcher Michael Pineda, and pitchers Dellin Betances and Manny Banuelos — makes Steinbrenner think the team can field a contender even with a smaller budget.

Wall is eligible to sign a five-year contract worth roughly $78 million, which wouldn't kick in until the start of the 2014-15 season, but he admitted this week that he would consider taking less if the team could surround him with quality talent to field a contender.

The corollary to executing the plan, though, is that the Yankees must believe they can still field a title contender.

That makes it more difficult for the Democrats to field a credible contender.

That was then: Athlon's preseason "Final Analysis" of first-year Coach Jim McElwain: "…will need time to field an SEC East contender at a school where championships were once the standard".

And what's the value of fielding a playoff contender while opening up considerable future salary cap space?

That is not hard when your team has lost 16 of its last 18 games, as the Mets had when Wilpon said yesterday that he envisioned fielding a playoff contender into the final week of next season, with the core of this year's team and a payroll under $100 million.

But a new entry has entered the field, and it's a contender.

But he's still an incredible player – when he's on the field the Broncos are a contender.