Red Sox pitchers and catchers start spring training Wednesday
FORT MYERS, FL (WWLP)– Spring training for the Boston Red Sox gets underway on Wednesday.
The team's pitchers and catchers will have their first workouts at Fenway South, the club's Spring Training and Player Development Complex in Fort Myers.
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The team's first full-squad workout is scheduled for Monday, February 17. The Red Sox are expected to have 60 players in camp (including 20 non-roster invitees), with six infielders and six outfielders joining the pitchers and catchers.
Fans are invited to attend the workouts, which are free and open to the public starting at 9:30 am. All practices from February 12-20 will take place at the Fenway South Player Development Complex, located at 11500 Fenway South Drive in Fort Myers.
Tours of Jet Blue Park are being offered seven days a week from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., through March 23, except for February 14-16. Tickets for tours cost $10 per person, with children 12 and under able to enter for free. Game day VIP tour packages are also available and cost $40 per person and $15 for children 12 and under. These tours are offered on a first-come, first-served basis and must be prearranged in advance by calling 239-226-4772.
Additionally, concessions and the Red Sox team store will be open beginning on February 21, when spring training games begin with a matchup against the Northeastern University Huskies.
JetBlue Park is accepting only digital forms of payment this season. Tickets to 2025 Spring Training games are available online at redsox.com/tickets as well as at the JetBlue Park Box Office daily from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., seven days a week. Mastercard is the preferred payment of the Boston Red Sox.
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