spring training

noun

US

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

Examples of spring training in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The California native started the year with the Pittsburgh Pirates and suffered a scary injury during spring training when he was hit in the head with a line drive. — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 29 Aug. 2026

No trades or signings involving big leaguers would be permitted until the first Monday in February, when spring training is near. — Evan Drellich, New York Times, 28 Aug. 2026

The property is located next to the New York Yankees’ spring training facility and across a highway from the NFL stadium. — ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026

Freeman knew many of the coaches and his new teammates from major league spring training the past two years. — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for spring training

• abstaining
• attaining
• campaigning
• complaining
• constraining
• containing
• detaining
• disdaining
• entraining
• explaining
• maintaining
• obtaining