Editing Major League Baseball (section)

===Spring training===
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[[File:Los Angeles Dodgers spring training at Holman Stadium, Dodgertown, 1994.jpg|thumb|A Grapefruit League game at the former [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] camp in [[Vero Beach]], Florida]]
[[Spring training]] is a series of practices and exhibition games preceding the start of the regular season. Teams hold training camps in the states of Arizona and Florida, where the early warm weather allows teams to practice and play without worrying about the late winter cold. Spring training allows new players to compete for roster and position spots and gives existing team players practice time prior to competitive play. The teams that hold spring training in Arizona are grouped into the [[Cactus League]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cactusleague.com/|title=Cactus League|access-date=October 13, 2013|archive-date=September 21, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921005903/http://www.cactusleague.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> while teams that hold camp in Florida are known as the [[Grapefruit League]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.floridagrapefruitleague.com/|title=Florida's Grapefruit League|access-date=October 13, 2013|archive-date=October 14, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014211107/http://www.floridagrapefruitleague.com/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Spring training typically lasts almost two months, starting in mid-February and running until just before the season-opening day, traditionally the first week of April. As pitchers benefit from a longer training period, pitchers and catchers begin spring training several days before the rest of the team.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/spring-training|title=MLB: Spring Training|access-date=October 13, 2013|archive-date=October 12, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012175142/http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/spring-training|url-status=live}}</ref>