\u201cPlaces are hot, but especially now in the middle of March and it\u2019s gonna be 106 is kind of crazy to me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Right-hander Edward Cabrera pitched in the escalating temperatures Wednesday, throwing 74 pitches in three-plus innings. The Dominican Republic native didn\u2019t seem fazed by the Arizona heat, noting how humid it can get in his native country and in Miami, where he spent his first five big-league seasons.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can\u2019t control the weather, so I don\u2019t necessarily get caught up on whether it\u2019s hot or what the temperature is,\u201d Cabrera said through an interpreter. \u201cI try to always go out there and give it your absolute best.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Cubs are tweaking their daily schedule to accommodate the heat. After Thursday\u2019s off day, most of the Cubs\u2019 work will shift inside to their new performance center. Manager Craig Counsell also adjusted their schedule to backload team meetings to the end of the week to stay indoors as much as possible during the hottest days. The temperature isn\u2019t projected to drop below 99 degrees before the Cubs depart for Chicago on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
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Chicago White Sox’s Korey Lee loses his batting gloves after stealing second base as Chicago Cubs’ Scott Kingery looks on during the second inning of a spring training game on Friday, Feb. 20, 2026, in Mesa, Ariz. (AP Photo\/Ross D. Franklin)<\/p>\n
\u201cThis new building will help out a lot for the hitters, so we\u2019ll take advantage of that,\u201d Counsell said this week. \u201cThen we\u2019ll take advantage, we\u2019ve actually saved some meeting time and team time together for this weekend that we\u2019ll use.\u201d<\/p>\n
The White Sox have adjusted some of their workout plans.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur whole plan here was that these last 10 games for us, that we revisit some of our team fundamentals at game speed,\u201d manager Will Venable said Tuesday. \u201cToday we ended up making that kind of our last day of doing that with the heat coming. We are going to back off a little bit in these pregame workouts just to be mindful of where we\u2019re at and really make decisions on a daily basis.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut I think it\u2019s in everyone\u2019s best interest to not go out there and run full speed and then also ask guys to play eight, nine innings in a game. We\u2019ll be mindful and make our decisions day to day.\u201d<\/p>\n
The extreme temperatures have forced multiple Cactus League games this week to shift from daytime starts to night games.<\/p>\n
Both of the Cubs\u2019 split-squad Cactus League games Friday \u2014 at Sloan Park against the Cincinnati Reds and on the road at the Athletics\u2019 Hohokam Stadium \u2014 shifted from a 1:05 p.m. and 1:10 p.m. local start to 6:05 p.m. and 6:10 p.m., respectively. Their Saturday road game against the Seattle Mariners at Peoria Sports Complex also shifted from a day game to another 6:10 p.m. local start due to the forecast.<\/p>\n