Spring Training Miscellany: Position Player Reporting Day, Live BP, Catcher Shenanigans, More
Today was an official reporting date for the Cubs, but for reasons both historical (“PITCHERS AND CATCHERS IS THE START OF SPRING TRAINING BABY!”) and pragmatic (so many dudes report early), nobody really says boo about “position players report day.” But that day was today.
Still, that means tomorrow is a pretty big day: it’s the first full-squad workout of Spring Training 2019. Let’s go and such.
Until then, some fun bits from this weekend around camp …
- Pitchers got into some live batting practice today, which means we got this glorious linguistic match-up:
Live BP time: Caratini facing Carasiti pic.twitter.com/CMYEToRO0l
— Tony Andracki (@TonyAndracki23) February 17, 2019
- More BP:
https://twitter.com/Kelly_Crull/status/1097192174133772288
- Javy got in the cage:
Javier Baez taking batting practice: pic.twitter.com/flF5Kx9UQQ
— Mark Gonzales (@MDGonzales) February 17, 2019
- Catchers having fun being pitchers:
Spring sights: Watch Willson Contreras imitate Yu Darvish's delivery while throwing to teammate Victor Caratini. Caratini then mimics Tyler Chatwood on the throw back. https://t.co/DHU9UjIpzI pic.twitter.com/o9JYYULY8W
— Jesse Rogers (@ESPNChiCubs) February 17, 2019
- Former catchers getting wise:
John Baker sharing his wisdom with David Ross: pic.twitter.com/frfG4whDqq
— Mark Gonzales (@MDGonzales) February 17, 2019
- Top catching prospect Miguel Amaya has some fans:
Theo Epstein, Rick Sutcliffe greet top catching prospect Miguel Amaya: pic.twitter.com/1rjpAftKpv
— Mark Gonzales (@MDGonzales) February 17, 2019
- Cubs in four:
Tony Barnette's hair has reported to camp. pic.twitter.com/B6geTiR5RS
— Jordan Bastian (@MLBastian) February 18, 2019
- Ian Happ gettin’ his nerd on:
Ian Happ evaluates a teammate’s BP session: pic.twitter.com/kLyfYqPb51
— Mark Gonzales (@MDGonzales) February 17, 2019
- Dang, man – gotta be quicker with that camera for all of us:
Kris Bryant — patrolling left-center during BP — robbed Almora of a homer with a leaping grab at fence. Teammates erupted in cheers. After jogging in, KB to reporters: “Did you get that on camera?”
No. No, we did not.
— Jordan Bastian (@MLBastian) February 16, 2019
