With the 2025 season around the corner, the MLB started its spring training on February 20th. Spring training in the MLB is a preseason to the regular season where all players can practice and get back into the game since they have been off since the end of 2024. All of the games are being held in southern states where it is warm and nice outside.
With the games being kicked off in Arizona the Los Angeles Dodgers played the Chicago Cubs in the opener, the result of this game was the Cubs winning 12-4. Spring training will go until opening day for the regular season on March 27th.
With multiple games already being played, some of the teams that have the best records in eight to 10 games are the Cubs, Rockies, Blue Jays, and Braves. However, the Detroit Tigers are sitting at 4-5 with a couple of their star players being hurt and possibly could miss the opening day of the 2025 season.
With the reigning Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal the Tigers have a good pitching rotation including one of the top-ranked prospects Jackson Jobe, and Casey Mize being back from injury. However, looking into their batting lineup they are shaky with the inconsistency with the team.
With the Cubs and Rockies both having eight wins their teams seem to be in good shape entering the start of Spring Training. With most teams playing their rookies and players from the minor league most of the star players haven’t had their chance to prove how they are doing including Tarik Skubal, Parker Meadows, and Matt Vierling.
Looking into the first game of spring training reigning World Series Champion the Dodgers decided to start the year off by pitching Bobby Miller, a prospect who had recent trouble in the MLB throughout his years. Unfortunately had to leave the game early after being hit in the head on a line drive back to the pitcher’s mound and had to be evaluated for a concussion. A reporter on ESPN followed up with the Dodgers coach “Roberts said he had spoken with Miller, who was still in concussion protocol after getting struck by a 105.5 mph liner hit by Chicago Cubs first baseman Michael Busch in the first game of spring training Thursday.”
With games happening almost every day the standings change all the time which can lead to a new team being the best in the league. However, the Cubs and Rockies both picked up wins on March fourth making the two teams have nine wins each. But the Cubs have one less loss than the Rockies, only losing two games. The Detroit Tigers picked up another loss making the four and six in spring training.
A couple of teams that are not looking good in spring training are the Chicago White Sox, Miami Marlins, San Diego Padres, and the Cleveland Guardians. The White Sox have the worst record in spring training only having two wins and the rest have three wins going 11th or 12th game for some different teams.
A couple of teams that are surprisingly good throughout the first 10 games of spring training are the Athletics and Cincinnati Reds. Both of these teams had bad records throughout the 2024 season and have seemed to fix some of their problems and found some promising prospects for the 2025 season.
