The hot stove has cooled off and now it’s finally time to play ball. On Friday, Feb. 21, the Grapefruit League gets underway, which means the 2025 regular season is just a stone’s throw away.

While the tradition of spring training has deep roots in baseball dating back to the 1860s, the Grapefruit League began a few decades later, when the Philadelphia Phillies decamped to Jacksonville ...

The clubs are divided into two leagues during spring training -- Cactus League and Grapefruit League. Teams in the Cactus League have spring hubs in Arizona, while the Grapefruit League teams call ...

The Tampa Bay Rays and New York Yankees are scheduled to face off in the 2025 Grapefruit League opener, MLB announced in a statement Thursday afternoon. MLB revealed the entire Spring Training ...

And as a fan who grew up in Georgia, spring training meant a trip down to Florida. I think I’d been to the Grapefruit League for spring training six or seven times before I made my first trip to ...

It might not be the regular season, but baseball is back. Spring Training is officially underway in Florida (the Grapefruit League) and Arizona (the Cactus League), offering fans a chance to watch ...

Escarra, signed to a minor-league deal in January 2024, spent that season between Double-A Somerset and Triple-A ...

Before that, though, the Tigers will play 30 spring training games. The 2025 Grapefruit League schedule begins Feb. 22 against the Philadelphia Phillies at Joker Marchant Stadium in Lakeland ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla — Nothing signals the start of a spring training schedule like split-squad games. The Houston Astros will open Grapefruit League play on Saturday morning, with one team ...