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 …
Live BP time: Caratini facing Carasiti pic.twitter.com/CMYEToRO0l
— Tony Andracki (@TonyAndracki23) February 17, 2019
https://twitter.com/Kelly_Crull/status/1097192174133772288
Javier Baez taking batting practice: pic.twitter.com/flF5Kx9UQQ
— Mark Gonzales (@MDGonzales) February 17, 2019
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
John Baker sharing his wisdom with David Ross: pic.twitter.com/frfG4whDqq
— Mark Gonzales (@MDGonzales) February 17, 2019
Theo Epstein, Rick Sutcliffe greet top catching prospect Miguel Amaya: pic.twitter.com/1rjpAftKpv
— Mark Gonzales (@MDGonzales) February 17, 2019
Tony Barnette's hair has reported to camp. pic.twitter.com/B6geTiR5RS
— Jordan Bastian (@MLBastian) February 18, 2019
Ian Happ evaluates a teammate’s BP session: pic.twitter.com/kLyfYqPb51
— Mark Gonzales (@MDGonzales) February 17, 2019
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