1/19/26 : Winter High Performance Camp
- Steve Potter
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Multiple players have returned to Clearwater to begin training for the 2026 season - the first “official” camp gathering starts today with Winter High Performance Camp. Also arriving at the Complex this week will be Phillies Phantasy Camp participants and staff - they begin on field tournament play on Thursday with camp completion set for Sunday. The HP Camp Phillies will share the complex with the Phantasy Camp Phillies - HP Camp activities will be in the stadium while the phantasy games take place on the Complex fields.
Despite Bo Bichette signing with the stinkin Mets life goes on in Phillies organizational baseball - it’s time to focus on team driven training for the new season. There will be early arrivals by players on the forty man roster as there generally are each year as well as minor leaguers who chose to come in on their own with team permission (not formally invited to Winter HP Camp). The major league players initially work in isolation or in groups on their own till big league camp formally starts - there are loosely organized practices with minor league coaches involved. Rehab players also return to continue their work to be eventually cleared for active status.
When I lived in the Clearwater area January was one of my favorite months as the weather wasn’t too hot, crowds of fans weren’t there yet and it was fun to greet the returning players. There are no public rosters availed for HP Camps or early arrivals and often times the players work out in gear that don’t have their names on their backs so it was equally fun to introduce myself and get to know them as people first before writing about their skills as players. That will still be my approach this year - just a bit delayed in when I get there.
Today’s HP Camp activities include physicals, meetings and on field workouts. The camp will last till 2/13/26 and will be followed by Minor League Mini-Camp with first workouts for that camp slated for 2/18/26 - that camp will run thru 2/27/26. The full Minor League Spring Training Camp first workout will be on 3/2/26 with games against other organizations tentatively slated to begin on 3/10/26. Big league camp formally begins on 2/11/26 with pitchers and catchers followed by full workouts on 2/16/26.
Happy Day, Happy Baseball ⚾️
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