Spring Training Online

Some sad news to pass along from Winter Haven: Chain of Lakes Park, former spring-training home of the Boston Red Sox and Cleveland Indians, has been torn down–but the site will be redeveloped for youth baseball and tournaments. Chain of Lakes Park opened in 1966 as the spring home of the Boston Red Sox, who trained […]

Most fans won’t see these upgrades, but the Chicago Cubs are proposing an expansion of the team’s spring-training facility, Sloan Park, with a 22,000-square-foot pitching lab and additional upgrades to player spaces. The Sloan Park complex has been the spring-training home to the Cubs since 2014. Player training spaces are closed to the public in […]

The on-again, off-again Tempe Diablo Stadium renovations for Los Angeles Angels spring training are back on, as the city of Tempe is angling to have a new clubhouse and player-development space completed in time for 2025. It’s no secret that Tempe has been waiting to pull the trigger on Tempe Diablo Stadium renovations, work that […]

The baseball gods were smiling on the patient Port Charlotte spring-training fans Saturday, as the Tampa Bay Rays launched their 2024 season at Charlotte Sports Park after spending last spring at Disney and the Trop. Last spring was a hard one for the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Ian swept through the region in September 2022, […]

We have several additions to the 2024 spring training schedule, as Major League Baseball and Minor League Baseball unveil 16 MiLB games featuring future stars under the Spring Breakout brand. Among the 16 Spring Breakout games, 12 will be played as part of a traditional doubleheader (one admission charge) either before or after the Major […]

We have another name for the spring home of the Houston Astros and Washington Nationals: CACTI Park of the Palm Beaches, as naming rights for the West Palm Beach training camp have been purchased by Travis Scott’s hard-seltzer firm. Scott is the multi-platinum, Grammy-nominated Houston-based artist and owner of the CACTI Hard Seltzer brand. The ballpark will undergo a […]

After MLB teams have spent years converting spring-training ballparks to cashless venues, the state of Florida is considering legislation that would mandate them to accept cash as well. Granted, a cashless facility is not popular with many fans, especially for older fans who still rely on cash and aren’t comfortable with debit and credit cards. […]

We have some book news to pass along, as The Complete Guide to Spring Training 2024 / Arizona is now available immediately as an eBook, with the paperback available for preorder. Spring training is a time of new beginnings, when the baseball world preps for another season, as rookies fight for roster spots and veterans prep for another campaign. […]

Instead of releasing spring-training schedules in late August, as had been the case in the last several years, MLB decided to bring us all an early Christmas present and released tentative, basic 2024 spring training schedules this week so we all can launch our planning. You can review the tentative 2024 Grapefruit League schedule here. […]

Philadelphia Phillies spring training could see a dramatic overhaul in coming years, as the team is planning a $320 million BayCare Ballpark renovation and the construction of a new $250 million Ballpark Village south of the ballpark. The BayCare Ballpark renovation would include the addition of 2,000 seats and perhaps an outfield pool. Neither development […]