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

Knowing his spot in the rotation wasn’t guaranteed out of spring training this year, Blackburn worked hard to show up to camp in shape and ended up ahead of schedule after the offseason procedure to repair the leak. —Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 16 Aug. 2025

The parade from the mound to the hospital began in spring training. —Chuck Murr, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2025

After a lat injury in spring training robbed him of half of the season, Montas posted a 6.38 ERA in 36 2/3 innings (seven starts, one appearance after an opener), failing to record an out in the fifth inning of a game in all but two outings. —Will Sammon, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2025

Teodosio get a chance to earn a starting spot in spring training? —Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 14 Aug. 2025

Rhymes for spring training

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