Spring Training Cut Short

Ty Bolton

            Major League Baseball (MLB) is just another sad story of its season being ruined due to COVID-19, also known as the corona virus. The only positive for the MLB, is that there is still s chance they will get to play a small portion of their season. As of right now, they are postponed since there season would just now be starting. Nothing has been stated yet on whether or not the season will or will not be played. A positive side to this crisis some teams were able to get some spring practice in and a few games before the pandemic postponed the rest of their spring games.

            The St. Louis Cardinals arrived in Jupiter, Florida shortly after the New Year. Pitchers were the first to get started. They threw bullpen and worked on technique for a few days before the rest of the team had to show up for practice. Once the whole team was showing up, practices were more normalized. By that, I mean they would have typical batting and fielding practices that baseball players are accustomed too. A typical spring training schedule for the Cardinals is, they would play eighteen games there in Jupiter and then have twelve games on the road. A lot of players will see playing time during spring training. Spring training is a good way for guys in the minors to showcase themselves and to help the major league players get back into the groove of baseball. Since there are a lot more players than a 40 man roster, there are a ton of games played. The Cardinals had a game just about every day from February 22 till March 12. After that is when the games got postponed. The Cardinals were 10-9-2 with a handful of games left to play, before their season came to a halt.