{"id":12574,"date":"2020-06-22T08:23:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-22T05:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/minor-leaguers-reflect-on-the-longest-spring-training-of-all-time\/"},"modified":"2020-06-22T08:23:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-22T05:23:00","slug":"minor-leaguers-reflect-on-the-longest-spring-training-of-all-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/minor-leaguers-reflect-on-the-longest-spring-training-of-all-time\/","title":{"rendered":"#Minor leaguers reflect on the \u2018longest spring training of all time\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Minor leaguers reflect on the \u2018longest spring training of all time\u2019<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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June 22, 2020 |<\/span> 1:23am <\/p>\n

\n What\u2019s it like to be a minor leaguer without minor leagues?<\/p>\n

While the coronavirus has shut down all levels of North American professional baseball, the major league players possess far more hope of competing this year than do their lower-level counterparts.<\/p>\n

The Post spoke with two minor leaguers \u2014 one pitcher, one position player \u2014 both of whom signed out of the 2019 draft and app<\/a>roached 2020 as their first full professional season \u2026 until the pandemic hit. Here are their stories:<\/p>\n

The pitcher:<\/strong> Montana Semmel, a Yankees right-hander chosen in the 36th round last year.<\/p>\n

Based in his native Stamford, Conn., Semmel has seen friends lose grandparents to coronavirus and has helped raise money to combat it. He nevertheless has focused as well as one can on his job.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m just trying to stay in shape,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m throwing every day. There\u2019s not much you can really do because we\u2019re all still locked up, up here. The gyms are closed. It\u2019s hard for me to try to get into a baseball facility. It\u2019s been rough.\u201d<\/p>\n

Most of his mound sessions take place at his alma mater, Westhill High School. At the direction of the Yankees, the 18-year-old throws two mound sessions a week and plays catch the other days. His primary point of contact is former Yankees pitcher Preston Claiborne, who was supposed to work as the pitching coach for one of the Yankees\u2019 two Gulf Coast League entries at the Rookie level.<\/p>\n

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There is chatter of an extended camp in the fall to make up for lost time. Yet as Semmel noted, \u201cWe don\u2019t know about Wave 2 [of COVID]. It\u2019s just all rumors for now.\u201d<\/p>\n

The position player:<\/strong> John Rave, a Royals center fielder selected in the fifth round last year.<\/p>\n

In Bloomington, Ill., where he attended high school, the 22-year-old Rave, who played at nearby Illinois State, has found places locally to get in his work. He takes batting practice four times a week and works out with gym equipment four times a week.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m treating it like the longest spring training of all time,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He also participates in two Zoom meetings per week arranged by the Royals, one large gathering of every player in the club\u2019s system \u2014 in which Kansas City general<\/a> manager Dayton Moore often addresses the group \u2014 and one smaller get-together of position players where they chat with coaches or coordinators. Among the big names who have spoken to them at these meetings, Rave said, are current Royals Whit Merrifield and Hunter Dozier, retired All-Stars Tim Hudson and Shane Victorino, and Twins third baseman Josh Donaldson, a former A\u2019s teammate of Royals minor league hitting coach Andy LaRoche.<\/p>\n

The hope is that, if and when Major League Baseball reopens, young guys like Rave can at least go to the Royals\u2019 complex in Arizona and work together. Said Rave: \u201cI\u2019d love to get out there.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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