The first official day of Spring Training came today, with pitchers and catchers reporting, and the pre-season kick-off press conference from the front office.
You know, I was thinking, especially as word starts to come out from other camps about injury issues: it was great that there was no surprise reveal of an injury today. You know how it so often goes. Guys show up for Spring Training, there’s the first official set of updates from the front office or the coaching staff, and you find out that Pitcher X was actually feeling a little something barking back in January, so he ramped down, and then as he tried to take it back up in early February … there was a pop. And we find out about it, for the first time, on a day like today. That didn’t happen today, and that’s a win.
To be sure, that’s not to say there won’t be ANY injuries this Spring Training. Of course there will be. And it’ll suck. I’m saying only that, as far as those dang surprise offseason injuries go, the Cubs seem not to have had any in December through early February.
Much more to share from today in Arizona …