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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Our top five free agents all agree to new contracts next week and avoid the game of contract chicken as spring training approaches.
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Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Dec. 2025
Oviedo should be among the numerous pitchers competing for one of the Red Sox’s last rotation spots in spring training, along with guys like Hunter Dobbins, Connelly Early, Payton Tolle and Kyle Harrison, among others.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 7 Dec. 2025
He was traded to the New York Yankees at the start of spring training in 2004.
—CBS News, 7 Dec. 2025
Castellano spent spring training with the Twins but was unable to crack the 26-man roster out of camp and, per MLB rules, was offered back to the Phillies.
—Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 5 Dec. 2025
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Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Dec. 2025
Oviedo should be among the numerous pitchers competing for one of the Red Sox’s last rotation spots in spring training, along with guys like Hunter Dobbins, Connelly Early, Payton Tolle and Kyle Harrison, among others.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 7 Dec. 2025
He was traded to the New York Yankees at the start of spring training in 2004.
—CBS News, 7 Dec. 2025
Castellano spent spring training with the Twins but was unable to crack the 26-man roster out of camp and, per MLB rules, was offered back to the Phillies.
—Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 5 Dec. 2025
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“Spring training.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spring%20training. Accessed 14 Dec. 2025.
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