It’s felt like spring in Tucson for a while now, but the rest of the country is getting in on the act now that the 2019 Major League Baseball season has begun.
And of those 30 MLB teams in action, five feature former Arizona Wildcats on their Opening Day rosters.
One member of that quintet made his 2019 debut earlier than the rest, as catcher Nick Hundley played in both of the Oakland Athletics’ games last week against the Seattle Mariners in Japan. The 35-year-old Hundley is in his 12th big-league season, with Oakland being his fifth different organization.