On a cold, bleak, snowy day, news of when Pitchers and Catchers report for spring training in the coming weeks can help stir the heart and warm the soul. Here are the dates to look forward to for each club including when full rosters report. Only about four weeks until games begin again; and its now less than 75 days until the regular season commences.Pitchers and Catchers:
Saturday 14 February
Anaheim Angels...............................Chicago Cubs
Boston Redsox.................................Cincinnati Reds
Detroit Tigers..................................Florida Marlins
Kansas City Royals.........................Houston Astros
New York Yankees.........................Los Angeles Dodgers
Oakland Athletics...........................Philadelphia Phillies
Seattle Mariners.............................Pittsburgh Pirates
...........................................................St Louis Cardinals
Sunday 15 February
Baltimore Orioles............................Arizona Diamondbacks
Chicago White Sox..........................Atlanta Braves
Tampa Bay Rays.............................Colorado Rockies
Texas Rangers.................................Milwaukee Brewers
...........................................................New York Mets
...........................................................San Francisco Giants
Monday 16 February
Minnesota Twins.............................San Diego Padres
Toronto Blue Jays...........................Washington Nationals
Full Squad:
Tuesday 17 February
Anaheim Angels...............................Chicago Cubs
Cleveland Indians............................Cincinnati Reds
Detroit Tigers...................................Florida Marlins
............................................................Houston Astros
............................................................Philadelphia Phillies
............................................................Pittsburgh Pirates
............................................................St Louis Cardinals
Wednesday 18 February
Boston Red Sox................................Arizona Diamondbacks
Kansas City Royals..........................Atlanta Braves
New York Yankees..........................Milwaukee Brewers
Seattle Mariners..............................San Francisco Giants
Thursday 19 February
Baltimore Orioles.............................Colorado Rockies
Chicago White Sox...........................Los Angeles Dodgers
Oakland Athletics............................New York Mets
Tampa Bay Rays.............................San Diego Padres
Texas Rangers.................................Washington Nationals
Saturday 21 February
Minnesota Twins
Toronto Blue Jays
World Baseball Classic Players:
MLB Spring Training Camps: Participating MLB pitchers & catchers must report on SAT 14 February. Participating MLB position players must report by TUE 17 February.
Special reporting rule for Pool A: Participating MLB Asian players must report to approved training facility by SAT 14 February.
National Team Training Camps: Participating MLB players must report to National Team Camps by MON 2 March.
Special reporting rule for Pool A: Participating MLB players must report to National Team Camps by FRI 27 February.
Return Dates for Players: Players return to MLB Clubs the second day after National Teams end their participation.\
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The first Spring Training games are on WED 25 February. A schedule of the first few days of games, all night games, all televised games, as well as games played later in the spring outside of AZ and FL is forthcoming. The first Spring Training games to be televised will be a triple header on that WED 25 February at 11am, 2pm, and 5pm MST on the MLB Network as there are 13 games that day, Most days this spring there will be 1-3 games live on the MLB network, as well as every game in mid-March from the World Baseball Classic.
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