The Atlanta Braves will begin to report to their Disney World Spring Training complex in early February. One of manager Brian Snitker’s fun tasks will be the assignments for road trips… which are definitely going to be getting longer this season.
The general rule is that teams are expected to take at least 3 of their ‘regular 25-man roster’ (whatever that happens to look like in February) on Spring road trips. Traditionally, the rookies and the invited farmhands make those trips… the veterans have to be told to go.
The big change this season is that the Astros and Nationals are no longer located in relatively nearby Kissimmee and Melbourne.