It’s almost time for the boys of summer to take the field for 2012. The Arizona Diamondbacks’ spring training begins on February 20, with the pitchers and catchers reporting to the Salt River Fields Spring Training complex in Scottsdale, Ariz.
The pitchers and catchers begin workouts the next day. The remaining position players report to spring training on February 25. The first full-squad workout is February 26. All workouts are open to the public. The Diamondbacks have invited 20 non-roster players to attend spring training workouts.
The Diamondbacks begin their Cactus League Spring Training games on Saturday, March 3, with two split squad games against the San Francisco Giants and the Colorado Rockies. All games, except for the April 3rd & 4th games against the Milwaukee Brewers, begin at either 1:05pm or 1:10pm Arizona time, and take place at the home team’s spring training facility. The April 3rd and April 4th games take place at the home of the Diamondbacks, Chase Field in Phoenix. Regular season games begin on April 6.
The Arizona Diamondbacks spring training schedule:
Saturday, March 3 - split squad at San Francisco Giants
Saturday, March 3 - split squad at Colorado Rockies
Sunday, March 4 - vs. San Francisco Giants split squad
Monday, March 5 - at Colorado Rockies
Tuesday, March 6 - vs. Texas Rangers
Wednesday, March 7 - vs. Cleveland Indians
Friday, March 9 - at Seattle Mariners
Saturday, March 10 - vs. Seattle Mariners split squad
Sunday, March 11 - at San Diego Padres
Monday, March 12 - at Cleveland Indians
Tuesday, March 13 - vs. Anaheim Angels
Wednesday, March 14 - split squad vs. San Diego Padres split squad
Wednesday, March 14 - split squad at Colorado Rockies split squad
Thursday, March 15 - at Chicago Cubs split squad
Friday, March 16 - vs. Chicago White Sox
Saturday, March 17 - at Texas Rangers split squad
Sunday, March 18 - split squad at Cincinnati Reds
Sunday, March 18 - split squad vs. Oakland Athletics
Monday, March 19 - at Oakland Athletics
Tuesday, March 20 - vs. San Francisco Giants
Wednesday, March 21 - vs. Milwaukee Brewers
Friday, March 23 - at Chicago White Sox split squad
Saturday, March 24 - vs. Kansas City Royals
Sunday, March 25 - at San Diego Padres
Monday, March 26 - vs. Chicago Cubs split squad
Tuesday, March 27 - vs. Colorado Rockies
Wednesday, March 28 - at Milwaukee Brewers
Thursday, March 29 - vs. Cleveland Indians split squad
Friday, March 30 - at Anaheim Angels
Saturday, March 31 - split squad at Kansas City Royals
Saturday, March 31 - split squad vs. Los Angeles Dodgers
Sunday, April 1 - at Los Angeles Dodgers
Monday, April 2 - vs. Chicago Cubs
Tuesday, April 3 - vs. Milwaukee Brewers split squad at Chase Field
Wednesday, April 4 - vs. Milwaukee Brewers at Chase Field
