Spring Training

Hi everybody!! This week I am going to talk about spring training. This week marks the first week that players report to camp to get ready for spring training. On Monday, the majority of teams reported to spring training camp in either Florida or Arizona. There are two leagues in spring training. There's the Cactus League in Arizona and the Grapefruit League in Florida. The Cactus League consist of the Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Arizona Diamondbacks, Colorado Rockies, Cleveland Indians, Oakland Athletics, San Francisco Giants, Texas Rangers, Kansas City Royals, San Diego Padres, Seattle Mariners, Milwaukee Brewers, Cincinnati Reds, Los Angeles Dodgers and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. The Grapefruit League consist of the Atlanta Braves, Detroit Tigers, Baltimore Orioles, Miami Marlins, New York Yankees, Tampa Bay Rays, Toronto Blue Jays, Washington Nationals, St Louis Cardinals, New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, Houston Astros, Boston Red Sox and the Minnesota Twins. Pitchers and catchers are the first to report to camp. Everyone else reports to camp later on in the week. The first few weeks of camp, position players work on their hitting and fielding drills. Postion players also work on bunting and situational drills. The pitchers usually pitch and work on fielding drills. On occasion, pitcher will hit and bunt but mainly they work on their pitches. Teams also have intersquad scrimmages against each other. In March, teams start to play each other during spring training. Teams that are in the Cactus League do not fly to Florida to play teams in the Grapefruit league and vice versa. A team that is in the Cactus League plays other teams in the Cactus League. The same goes for a team that is in the Grapefruit League. They play other teams that are in the Grapefruit League. Also these teams play there minor league teams and college teams during spring training. The point of spring training is to get MLB teams ready for the regular season and to pick the 25 best players for there roster.