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

After gaining access to the 30-30 club in 2025, Chisholm predicted, unrealistically, a 50-50 walk year and a payday in excess of $300 million back in spring training. — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 8 Oct. 2026

No team had ever made the playoffs after back-to-back 100-loss seasons, so to make it after three in a row was unthinkable, especially after one of their versatile pitchers was sidelined in spring training. — Don Riddell, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2026

The Rays were forced to play their 2025 season across the bay at Steinbrenner Field, the spring training home of the Yankees. — Rob Maaddi, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026

The Rays spent 2025 at Steinbrenner Field, the New York Yankees’ spring training ballpark, while damage to their stadium from Hurricane Milton was repaired. — ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for spring training

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