Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Spring Training Preview: March 5

The Rangers have Tuesday off, so my daily preview will be a little different than you are used to seeing here on The Set-Up Guy.

Grapefruit League and Cactus League action will be going on Tuesday, but all eyes will be on the eight exhibition games taking place between teams preparing for the World Baseball Classic and major league teams.

The schedule features all eight teams who will be competing in Pools C and D of the World Baseball Classic, which is set to get underway later this week.  The United States team, which is ranked #2 in the world according to the IBAF World Rankings, will be in action against the Chicago White Sox.



The full schedule of exhibition games includes:

Spain vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
Dominican Republic vs. Philadelphia Phillies
Canada vs. Milwaukee Brewers
Italy vs. Oakland Athletics
United States vs. Chicago White Sox
Puerto Rico vs. Boston Red Sox
Venezuela vs. Miami Marlins
Mexico vs. Arizona Diamondbacks

The schedule of regular Spring Training games includes:

Grapefruit League:
Tampa Bay (7-4) vs. Minnesota (6-4)
Washington (4-3) vs. Houston (5-4)
Baltimore (7-2) vs. Toronto (5-5)
Atlanta (5-6) vs. N.Y. Yankees (3-7)

Cactus League:
Cincinnati (2-10) vs. L.A. Angels (1-8)
Cleveland (7-5) vs. San Francisco (4-4)
L.A. Dodgers (4-4) vs. San Diego (6-6)
Oakland (SS) vs. Kansas City (9-0)
Chicago Cubs (5-6) vs. Colorado (5-5)

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