On Monday, the White Sox announced their list of 22 players to whom they’ve extended non-roster invites (NRI) to Spring Training. NRIs are for minor leaguers who aren’t on the 40-man roster but have some value to the major league team. Usually a player gets invited to Spring Training for one of three reasons:
- He’s a legit prospect and the major league coaches (and fans) want to get a look at him.
- He’s organizational filler that will somehow be useful for Spring Training. This is often the case for catchers so that the pitchers have more live targets to throw to.