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After releasing Seby Zavala last week, the Dodgers’ triple-A catchers are Eliezer Alfonzo and Chuckie Robinson, both journeymen with only Robinson having some major-league experience.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Tortorella is one of the best-traveled journeymen in North American hockey.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

"Even experienced journeymen know how to take a shot, run the clock down. Jake doesn't have that experience," Woodhall says.

From BBC • Dec. 18, 2025

And neither were most of the guys in the D-backs’ bullpen, which is a mixture of castaways, journeymen and youngsters.

From Washington Times • Oct. 12, 2023

He would take it out of the pocket where he always kept it, with a flourish, display it to the sickening curiousity of the master, apprentices, journeymen, lady customers.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes