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The following is a list of current and former Major League Baseball spring training cities. Some Toronto Blue Jays regular-season home games for 2021 were played in TD Ballpark in Dunedin, Florida. Current cities
for Spring training City Capacity (at closing) Occupants Status Al Lang Field: 1947 2008 St. Petersburg, Florida: 7,227 New York Yankees (1947–50, 1952–61) New York Giants (1951) [2] St. Louis Cardinals (1947–97) New York Mets (1962–87) [b] Baltimore Orioles (1991–95) [b] Tampa Bay Devil Rays/Rays (1998–2008) Still standing Al ...
Spring training allows new players to try out for roster and position spots, and gives established players practice time prior to competitive play. Spring training has always attracted fan attention, drawing crowds who travel to the warm climates of Arizona and Florida to enjoy the weather and watch their favorite teams play.
Tampa was the first spring training site in Florida, beginning in 1913 with the Chicago Cubs. [11] In the ensuing decades, the city hosted several different Major League Baseball teams for spring training and was home to several different minor league squads during the summer, first at Plant Field near downtown and later at Al Lopez Field near West Tampa.
It is the spring training home of the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball. [11] [12] The ballpark opened on March 24, 2019, with the Braves' 4–2 win over the Tampa Bay Rays. [13] [14] The Braves' $140 million project was funded by private and public sources. [15] Sarasota County contributed $21.2 million through hotel bed tax dollars. [8]
During spring training, it is the home stadium of both the San Diego Padres and the Seattle Mariners, who play in the spring training Cactus League. Both teams are leased to hold spring training there until 2034. [3] The complex has been a site of the Vans Warped Tour every summer since 2002. It is also hosts a number of other events, including ...
The White Sox moved their spring training home to Payne Park in Sarasota, Florida in 1960, and the Cincinnati Reds (who had continued to train at Plant Field) moved their spring operations across town to become Al López Field's new tenants. The Reds would become the major league club most associated with the ballpark, as they used the stadium ...
It has been the spring training home of the Los Angeles Angels since 1993, and it is the home field for night games of the Arizona League Angels. [2] It was the spring training home of the Seattle Pilots in 1969 and 1970 (the Pilots moved to Milwaukee late in spring training of March 1970 and prior to the 1970 regular season), the Milwaukee ...