Ladies and gentlemen, it's baseball season. Players are arriving at Spring Training complexes in Arizona and Florida, and every club will hold its first pitchers-and-catchers workout before the end of this week.

Cubs pitchers and catchers lined up on the agility field at the team’s spring training complex in Mesa, Arizona on Sunday, signaling the start of spring training. Even the sun complied with the baseball holiday, despite the team’s early arrival.

Seven teams share spring training facilities, so a total of 23 ballparks host spring training games each year. George M. Steinbrenner Field, the Yankees' spring training stadium, will also host the Tampa Bay Rays during the regular season this year, after their ballpark in St. Petersburg was damaged by Hurricane Milton.

Here is one perfect seven-player trade that the Chicago Cubs should make during the 2025 spring training period.