The potential breakout stars of the 2026 Major League Baseball season are showing off in Spring Training. Cincinnati Reds infielder Matt McLain arguably been the most impressive hitter or pitcher this spring with the power he's displayed.

After an undeniably thrilling World Baseball Classic, it’s time to shift our attention back to Spring Training, with just one week to go until the real thing. Yes, that’s right, and we double-checked our calendars.

Which MLB players exceeded and fell short of expectations in an eventful spring training?

So it was merely a matter of time before I found my way to MLB spring training, having moved to Lakewood Ranch in August 2025. This past week, I set aside my book bag and left my press pass behind to become a spectator at the three ballparks closest to me.

The first official full Spring Training with the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) Challenge System, powered by T-Mobile is just about in the books, and we’re mere days away from it happening for the first

Spring training baseball is like the premise of “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” Yes, there’s a scorekeeper who issues points and declares a winner at the end of the episode, but the points ( well, stats ), as well as wins and losses, don’t matter (no records are kept).

A deep dive into the data on five of the loudest names in camp. Four have real signal underneath. One is noise.

Spring training is winding down, and the first game that actually counts is tomorrow as the Giants and Yankees open up the regular season! How much do we read into spring training results? The old joke is that if a player that you're high on has a good spring,

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While Carlos Lagrange and other top prospects failed to make their team's Opening Day rosters, it shouldn't be long before they play in MLB.

There are always plenty of Spring Training stat lines that don't matter. There's probably no one worried that Tarik Skubal has an ERA close to 4.00 this spring, or that Shohei Ohtani is barely batting over .