Technically speaking, Cincinnati Reds pitchers and catchers are not slated to officially have their first workout of spring training camp in Goodyear, Arizona until Wednesday, February 11th.
Today is Monday, February 9th, however, and that’s the day pitchers and catchers were set to ‘report’ for the first time – and we’ve already got pitchers going to work on their craft, shaking off the ice and rust from a long winter’s nap.
MLB.com’s Mark Sheldon is on the scene in Goodyear, with footage of the early camp action featuring the likes of Brady Singer and Connor Phillips on the bump getting in some work.
Sheldon also has a quick glimpse of Nick Lodolo firing a pitch from camp, with who appears to be Graham Ashcraft, Andrew Abbott, and Tony Santillan sitting on the bench behind him decked out in the kind of gear that would suggest that they, too, were going to get some work in today, too.
Spring training is officially just around the corner, but it’s unofficially already here.
Position players are due to report on the 14th, with the first full-squad workout planned for one week from today on Monday, February 16th. Cactus League games are slated to follow by February 21st, at which point in time it will be cleared by four out of five doctors if you feel your heart begin to race.
It’s baseball season, folks!