spring training

noun

: the time in the spring when baseball teams prepare for the regular season by playing practice games

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Rounding out the team before spring training — and getting closer to the 90-win projections that Cubs manager Craig Counsell talked about last September — will likely involve adding another starting pitcher, more bullpen options and an infielder. —

Patrick Mooney, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025 The Royals will have 63 players in spring training camp. —

Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 10 Jan. 2025 Padres pitchers and catchers report to spring training on Feb. 12. —

Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Jan. 2025 With spring training roughly a month away, the Yankees avoided arbitration with four players on Thursday. Teams and arbitration-eligible players had until 8 p.m. to file arbitration numbers with the league. —

Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 10 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for spring training

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