There are several different types of players in spring training.
The following types make up the majority of a complete organizational roster:
- Minor league fighters, battling for an organizational promotion.
- Big league fighters, looking to stay and prove their financial worth through arbitration.
The tenured big leaguers get the attention over these guys, as all the press surrounding Kris Bryant this week has shown.
Bryant is the exception, however — the superstar that has already made it — and most every other Rockie, from the complex league to the bigs, is fighting a battle this March that doesn’t always resemble a star.