Spring Training Oases

These Spring Training destinations are homes away from home for many professional athletes!

Before the Major League baseball season kicks off on Sunday, April 3, professional baseball players from around the country must say their goodbyes to family and love ones at home and head down south for Spring Training (baseball’s preseason).

Since baseball players travel more than any other professional athlete, this is especially bittersweet as they leave their homes for another year of long road trips and missed moments of awesomeness at home.

Spring Training gives players the chance to shake out all of the cobwebs from the long winter and prepare for the coming year. But each year, die-hard fans also make the pilgrimage to prepare their bodies (for excessive consumption of hot dogs, cracker jacks and ice cream that comes in a mini baseball helmet) and minds for the 162 game regular season.

During Spring Training, the 30 Major League teams are split into two leagues: the Cactus League in Arizona and the Grapefruit League in Florida.  As Major Leaguers retreat to these two prime early Spring locations, we wanted to take you through some homes in the areas of in these American Pastime oases:

Cactus League, Arizona

Surprise, Arizona: The Spring Home of Lorenzo Cain and the Kansas City Royals

This property is listed by Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage for $739,000.

Mesa, Arizona: The Spring Home of Kris Bryant and the Chicago Cubs

This property is listed by Coldwell Banker Residential brokerage for 5,300,000.

Glendale, Arizona: The Spring Home of Yasiel Puig and the Los Angeles Dodgers

This property is listed by Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage for $1,949,000.

Grapefruit League, Florida

Kissimmee, Florida: The Spring Home of Jose Altuve and the Houston Astros

This property is listed by Coldwell Banker West Realty for $2,388,000.

Port St. Lucie, Florida: The Spring Home of Jacob DeGrom and the New York Mets

This property is listed by Coldwell Banker Paradise for $1,550,000.

Sarasota, Florida: The Spring Home of Adam Jones and the Baltimore Orioles

This property is listed by Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate for $7,000,000.

We kick off our Homefield Advantage series again soon, but before then, enjoy the end of Spring Training and the beginning of the 2016 Major League Baseball season!

Header image courtesy of Flickr user VisitCentralFL

Sam Shalom

Sam is the Content and Multimedia Specialist for Coldwell Banker Real Estate. He is Jersey born and bred, and currently resides in Weehawken, NJ. He is an avid reader, loves Games of Thrones and is a New York Yankees die-hard.

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