Roundup: Major League alternate training sites
The Minor League season may be canceled, but some prospects will appear in Minor League stadiums behind closed doors this summer. Summer Camps -- the second edition of Spring Training -- have opened across the Majors. In order to prepare, each organization had to announce new-look 60-man player pools. To
The Minor League season may be canceled, but some prospects will appear in Minor League stadiums behind closed doors this summer.
Summer Camps -- the second edition of Spring Training -- have opened across the Majors. In order to prepare, each organization had to announce new-look 60-man player pools. To begin, most members of the player pools have worked out of Major League ballparks, but a few are training or soon will begin to do so at nearby alternate sites. That latter group will grow as clubs make cuts in preparation for an initial 30-man Opening Day roster. When those prospects arrive at the alternate sites, they may find the sights familiar.
Of the 30 announced alternate sites, 20 include Minor League stadiums -- eight from Triple-A, four from Double-A, four from Class A Advanced, three from Class A and one from Class A Short Season. Other sites include local facilities, independent league stadiums and college ballparks among others.
Below is a rundown of the Major League clubs' alternate training sites for the 2020 season:
MLB club | Training site | Location | Level |
---|---|---|---|
Arizona Diamondbacks | Salt River Fields | Scottsdale, Arizona | Complex |
Atlanta Braves | Coolray Field | Gwinnett | Triple-A |
Baltimore Orioles | Prince George's Stadium | Bowie | Double-A |
Boston Red Sox | McCoy Stadium | Pawtucket | Triple-A |
Chicago Cubs | Four Winds Field | South Bend | Class A |
Chicago White Sox | Boomers Stadium | Schaumburg, Illinois | Independent league |
Cincinnati Reds | Prasco Laboratories | Mason, Ohio | Local facility |
Cleveland Indians | Classic Park | Lake County | Class A |
Colorado Rockies | Coors Field/MSU Denver | Denver | MLB/College |
Detroit Tigers | Fifth Third Field | Toledo | Triple-A |
Houston Astros | Whataburger Field* | Corpus Christi* | Double-A* |
Kansas City Royals | T-Bones Stadium | Kansas City, Kansas | Independent league |
Los Angeles Angels | Long Beach State | Long Beach, California | College |
Los Angeles Dodgers | USC | Los Angeles | College |
Miami Marlins | Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium | Jupiter | Class A Advanced |
Milwaukee Brewers | Fox Cities Stadium | Wisconsin | Class A |
Minnesota Twins | CHS Field | St. Paul, Minnesota | Independent league/college |
New York Mets | MCU Park | Brooklyn | Class A Short Season |
New York Yankees | PNC Field | Scranton/Wilkes-Barre | Triple-A |
Oakland Athletics | Excite Ballpark | San Jose | Class A Advanced |
Philadelphia Phillies | Coca-Cola Park | Lehigh Valley | Triple-A |
Pittsburgh Pirates | Peoples Natural Gas Field | Altoona | Double-A |
San Diego Padres | University of San Diego | San Diego | College |
San Francisco Giants | Sutter Health Park | Sacramento | Triple-A |
Seattle Mariners | Cheney Stadium | Tacoma | Triple-A |
St. Louis Cardinals | Hammons Field | Springfield | Double-A |
Tampa Bay Rays | Charlotte Sports Park | Charlotte | Class A Advanced |
Texas Rangers | Globe Life Park | Arlington, Texas | Local facility |
Toronto Blue Jays | Frontier Field | Rochester | Triple-A |
Washington Nationals | New Fredericksburg Ballpark | Fredericksburg | Class A Advanced |
*--The Astros are using the University of Houston as their secondary site to begin July but will move over to Corpus Christi later this month.
Sam Dykstra is a reporter for MiLB.com. Follow and interact with him on Twitter, @SamDykstraMiLB.