- Major League teams being put through their paces during MLB Spring Training
- First chance to see free agent signings turning out for their new teams
- Cactus and Grapefruit Leagues set to start in Arizona and Florida
The 2025 Major League Baseball season is only a little over a month away from commencing so, naturally, we’ve got a whole heap of MLB Spring Training to immerse ourselves in between now and then.
Regular season games will technically begin on March 18 and 19 with the Tokyo Series, played out between World Series champions the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs, in the Tokyo Dome. The rest of the league will open their 2025 campaigns on March 27.
But before opening day, we’ve got a month solid of Grapefruit and Cactus League action to devour in Florida and Arizona, respectively.
Free Agency Signings Make First Impressions
Up until two days before opening day, every team across the American and National Leagues (with the exception of the Tokyo bound Dodgers and Cubs, of course) will limber up across almost five weeks of preseason ballgames, giving fans a chance to see their new free agent signings being put through their paces, such as the New York Mets’ record breaking arrival Juan Soto, the Dodgers latest Japanese phenom Roki Sasaki and $182m pick up Blake Snell.
Not to mention Arizona fans casting an eye over Corbin Burnes as a Diamondback for the first time, while much will be expected of $120m man Alex Bregman by Red Sox fans, after the third baseman left the Houston Astros at the back end of 2024. Oh, and of course, there’s Yankees fans hoping to see enough from their new $218m pitcher Max Fried to recover from the loss of Soto.
Spring Breakout 2025
A new tradition will also continue into its second year during this year’s MLB Spring Training, with Spring Breakout returning after debuting in 2024. The showcase of baseball’s future stars will take place between March 13-16, with clubs assembling their hottest prospects to face each other in exhibition games. March 13 will see a pair of match ups played between top-10 farm systems as ranked by MLB Pipeline. The top ranked prospects of the Rays and the Red Sox will go head-to-head in Port Charlotte, Florida before the Cubs and Dodgers prospects square off in Glendale, Arizona. The following day prospects from the Seattle Mariners and Cleveland Guardians will meet in Goodyear, Arizona.
Since last year’s Spring Breakout, 95 players have turned out in the majors after showing out last March. As if that wasn’t impressive enough, 48 of the 54 All-Stars Futures Game roster for 2024 was made up of players from the inaugural Breakout.
When Does 2025 MLB Spring Training Start?
Spring Training this year begins on Thursday, February 20 with the Dodgers hosting the Cubs in Glendale in the Cactus League opener. On Friday, February 21 the Yankees will host the Rays in their own backyard of Tampa to open the Grapefruit League. All 30 teams from across the AL and NL will then take part in a full slate of games on Saturday, February 22 and Sunday, February 23.
Which Ballparks Host MLB Spring Training?
Grapefruit League:
- Pittsburgh Pirates – LECOM Park (Bradenton, FL),
- Philadelphia Phillies – BayCare Ballpark (Clearwater, FL)
- Toronto Blue Jays – TD Ballpark (Dunedin, FL)
- Boston Red Sox – JetBlue Park (Fort Myers, FL)
- Minnesota Twins – Hammond Stadium (Fort Myers, FL)
- Miami Marlins and St. Louis Cardinals – Roger Dean Stadium (Jupiter, FL)
- Atlanta Braves – CoolToday Park (North Port, FL)
- Detroit Tigers – Joker Marchant Stadium (Lakeland, FL)
- Tampa Bay Rays – Charlotte Sports Park (Port Charlotte, FL)
- New York Mets – Clover Park (Port St.Lucie, FL)
- Baltimore Orioles – Ed Smith Stadium (Sarasota, FL)
- New York Yankees – George M. Steinbrenner Field (Tampa, FL)
- Washington Nationals and Houston Astros – The Ballpark of the Palm Beaches (West Palm Beach, FL)
Cactus League:
- Chicago White Sox and LA Dodgers – Camelback Ranch (Glendale, AZ)
- Cincinnati Reds and Cleveland Guardians – Goodyear Ballpark (Goodyear, AZ)
- Chicago Cubs – Sloan Park (Mesa, AZ)
- The Athletics – HoHoKam Stadium (Mesa, AZ)
- San Diego Padres and Seattle Mariners – Peoria Sports Complex (Peoria, AZ)
- Milwaukee Brewers – American Family Fields of Phoenix (Phoenix, AZ)
- San Francisco Giants – Scottsdale Stadium (Scottsdale, AZ)
- Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies – Salt River Fields at Talking Stick (Scottsdale, AZ)
- Kansas City Royals and Texas Rangers – Surprise Stadium (Surprise, AZ)
- Los Angeles Angels – Tempe Diablo Stadium (Tempe, AZ)
When is the Last Day of MLB Spring Training in 2025?
Spring Training will draw to a close on March 25, before the regular season begins on March 27.
Are the Spring Training Games Televised?
All the Spring Training action is available to watch on the MLB Network, with local networks also picking up games across the preseason.
