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

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 .

After throwing 4 1/3 scoreless innings with four strikeouts, hitting 99.9 mph against the Giants in his training stint debut, reports confirmed that Shohei Ohtani is the 2026 highest-paid MLB star.

Spring Training is underway for all 30 teams. Many teams are getting acclimated with offseason acquisitions, while hoping the new names are the difference makers in the upcoming season. At the same time,

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

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.

Philadelphia Phillies reliever Daniel Robert suffered a cardiac event during a spring training session. He collapsed suddenly on the pitching mound. People on the medical team used a defibrillator on him before he was transported to the hospital.

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,

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's nothing in sports like attending a spiring training game under the sunny Arizona and Florida skies, with fans camped out on the berms beyond the outfield walls to watch Major League Baseball's exhibition games before the regular season gets underway.

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,