spring training
noun
US
: the time in the spring when baseball teams prepare for the regular season by playing practice games
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The player who rejoined the Red Sox last week is not the same one who was in the last group of cuts at the end of spring training.
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Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Sep. 2023
Buehler will participate in January workouts in Dodger Stadium for the first time and expects to be ready for the start of spring training in February.
—Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2023
The 24-year-old was one of Baltimore’s best statistical hitters in spring training and began his season in Double-A.
—Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 14 Sep. 2023
Strasburg, 35, who has pitched made just eight starts and pitched 31 ⅓ innings the past four seasons, can claim his locker, work out at their facility, and who knows, maybe even report to spring training in February.
—Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2023
Coming out of spring training, the bullpen looked bad.
—Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 7 Sep. 2023
Diamondbacks rookie Corbin Carroll signed an eight-year, $111 million extension during spring training after just 115 plate appearances in 2022, continuing a recent trend — spearheaded by the Braves — of locking up young stars.
—Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Sep. 2023
Stassi left the team during spring training to deal with the family medical issue and to recover from a hip injury.
—Wire and Staff Reports, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2023
Heyward got to the majors first as a phenom in the spring of 2010, when his prodigious batting practice blasts were clearing the right-field fence at the team’s spring training complex and damaging cars in the parking lot.
—Scott Miller, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2023
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Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Sep. 2023
Buehler will participate in January workouts in Dodger Stadium for the first time and expects to be ready for the start of spring training in February.
—Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2023
The 24-year-old was one of Baltimore’s best statistical hitters in spring training and began his season in Double-A.
—Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 14 Sep. 2023
Strasburg, 35, who has pitched made just eight starts and pitched 31 ⅓ innings the past four seasons, can claim his locker, work out at their facility, and who knows, maybe even report to spring training in February.
—Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2023
Coming out of spring training, the bullpen looked bad.
—Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 7 Sep. 2023
Diamondbacks rookie Corbin Carroll signed an eight-year, $111 million extension during spring training after just 115 plate appearances in 2022, continuing a recent trend — spearheaded by the Braves — of locking up young stars.
—Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Sep. 2023
Stassi left the team during spring training to deal with the family medical issue and to recover from a hip injury.
—Wire and Staff Reports, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2023
Heyward got to the majors first as a phenom in the spring of 2010, when his prodigious batting practice blasts were clearing the right-field fence at the team’s spring training complex and damaging cars in the parking lot.
—Scott Miller, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2023
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