All players will require something of a second spring training, but one player position needs even more time to prepare: pitcher.
in their organization access to work out at their facility in Fort Myers, Florida. One MLB executive told FiveThirtyEight that pitchers in that organization are essentially resetting their calendars to something akin to January, with each pitcher back on an individualized offseason program.
“Like everyone else, we are challenged with creating a timing-sensitive plan without a hard target date,” Dipoto said. “We have built eight-, 10- and 12-week programs designed to maintain the highest floor possible.” Most pitchers, like Horacek, are back on their own. “Like all other pitchers in baseball right now, training for me has been a struggle,” Horacek told FiveThirtyEight. “While I’m fortunate enough to still be in Florida where the weather is nice enough to get outside, training like I should is just not possible. Gyms are closed.”
Horacek found a throwing partner, a college player whose season was postponed, but they can’t work together every day. “On days we don’t meet up, I have been throwing [weighted balls used for training] at a palm tree right outside the apartment. … It’s very very far from ideal, but it’s the best I can do right now.”
Rob Kaminsky, a pitcher in the St. Louis Cardinals organization, says he is “throwing five days a week” and is trying to stay as close to game-ready as possible. “It’s very hard to mimic the stressors of being in a game or a Rapsodo (pitch-tracking technology] bullpen,” Kaminsky said. “Catchers are hard to come by, so getting off the mound once a week is the goal for now.”Footnoteswith the All-Star Game on Aug. 9.
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