2025 Spring Training Begins: A Preview
A Quick Look at the 2025 Spring Training Season Ahead of Us
Baseballl is back! All 30 teams will play their first game of 2025 this week, with the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs kicking off Spring Training today. So, with warm days in Arizona and Florida ahead of us, let’s look at the 2025 Spring Training season ahead of us.
3 Big Players Debuting For Their New Teams
Juan Soto | New York Mets
Soto was the biggest star on the market this offseason, and he signed the largest deal in sports history in December, a 15-year, $765 million deal with the New York Mets. With this deal, Soto will spend the rest of his career as a Met and instantly becomes the face of the franchise. This Spring Training, Soto will don a Mets uniform for the first time.
Roki Sasaki | Los Angeles Dodgers
Sasaki was also one of the top free agents this offseason, and he ultimately signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Due to being an amateur international free agent, Sasaki had to sign a Minor League Deal with the club, but he will most likely make the team out of Spring Training. This month, Sasaki, the top prospect in baseball will don the dodger blues for the first time, looking to become one of the top pitchers in the league.
Willy Adames | San Francisco Giants
The San Francisco Giants made a splash this offseason, singing SS Willy Adames to a 7 year, $182 million deal, making him the face of Bay Area baseball for the coming years. With the Giants trying to get back to the postseason, Adames is a huge piece in their rebuild and he will get to start playing as a Giant soon.
2025 Spring Training Hat Collection
Major League Baseball & New Era released the official hats for the 2025 Spring Training season a few weeks ago, with some hats returning from last year and some great new hats.
MLB Releases Spring Training Hats For 2025
Less than a week after Major League Baseball and New Era released the 2025 Batting Practice hats for all 30 teams, the 2025 Spring Training Hats have been unveiled. These hats, which all 30 teams will wear during this year’s spring training, are all very vibrant, with bright colors and unique designs.
ABS System Testing
Major League Baseball has been testing the Automatic Ball-Strike System in the Minor Leagues for a little bit now, in an effort to increase the accuracy of umpires. This Spring Training, the ABS system will be used for the first time with big league clubs— being used in around 70% of the Spring Training games this year.
The ABS system is simple, umpires call every pitch as usual, based on their view of the pitch as a ball or a strike. Here is where the ABS comes into play. If at any point in the game the batter, catcher, or pitcher disagrees with a call, they can signal a challenge to the umpire. The umpires will then look at the computer system that is always running, and if the ball hits any part of the strike zone, the pitch is a strike. For Spring Training, each team will start the game with 2 challenges, and if they have a successful challenge, they will get to keep their challenge. On the other hand, if the call stands, they will lose their challenge.
The best time of year is when Spring Training starts. Baseball is back!