Spring training reporting dates are less than a week away

Our long winter hibernation is about to end, with pitchers and catchers reporting to spring training sites in Arizona and Florida, getting ready for the 2019 Major League Baseball season.

Opening day for the regular season domestically is set for March 28, though the Athletics and Mariners get things started a week earlier with two real games in Japan. As such, those two teams start their spring trainings slightly earlier than everyone else, with Oakland holding their first workout for pitchers and catchers on February 11 and Seattle suiting up one day later.

Nineteen teams hold their first pitchers and catchers workout on Feb. 13, and eight more get going on Valentine’s Day. The Braves are the stragglers here, waiting until Feb. 16 to hold their first workout for pitchers and catchers.

Position players report a few days after pitchers and catchers, with teams slated to begin their first full squad workouts from Feb. 16-21.

The Mariners and A’s start the spring training schedule with a game on Feb. 22, with the full schedule beginning in earnest on Feb. 24.