Spring Training

Spring Training is typically held beginning in early March for a period of 30 days. Spring Training is only for major league teams.

Notes

• The entire Secondary Roster is automatically included on the Spring Training Roster.
• You can add anyone else in your organization to the spring roster by dragging them directly to the Spring Roster. These players will not accrue service time and must be demoted to the minors or added to the Secondary Roster (and in effect Active Roster) before opening day. Since they are not on the Secondary Roster they will not use an option year when demoted.
• Unlike real life you cannot directly invite a free agent to spring training. He must first be signed by your organization. You can do this by signing them to a Minor League Contract or a Minor League Contract with Major League Option (must be promoted to the Majors within 30 days in regular season*). * This won't be triggered by being on the spring roster (I'm 90% sure of this )
• Before opening day the Spring Training Roster must be reduced to the size of the Active Roster (25). Players on the Secondary Roster can only be demoted to the minors if they have at least one option year remaining. If they do not have an option year, they must first clear waivers before being demoted.

Rust

Each player in OOTP has a certain amount of 'rust' after an offseason. For each at-bat or inning pitched during Spring Training, a player shakes off some of that rust. Therefore, it is important to make sure all your key players get at least some playing time during Spring Training, because rusty players won't perform well.

Learning New Positions

Players learn positions much more quickly when they play them during Spring Training. See Learning New Positions for more information about new positions. Additionally, players are slightly more susceptible to injuries during Spring Training.

Spring Training Pages

During Spring Training, special statistics and standings pages are available in the League menu. There will also be a special link on the Manager Home screen as well. This option brings you to a series of four tabs that display Spring Training data, that behave similarly to their regular-season counterparts.

• Spring Standings - Shows the Spring Training standings. Behaves similarly to the Standings page.
• Spring Batting Leaders - Shows the Spring Training batting leaders. Behaves similarly to the Batting Leaders page.
• Spring Pitching Leaders - Shows the Spring Training pitching leaders. Behaves similarly to the Pitching Leaders page.
• Sortable Spring Stats - Shows sortable statistics from Spring Training. Behaves similarly to the Sortable Stats page.

Note: Spring Training statistics and standings will not be reflected in in-game reports, other than as a split within individual player reports. For example, the Standings in-game report will not display the Spring Training standings. You can view this information only through the Spring Training pages.

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