Spring training

The Dodgers get ready for the grueling 162-game regular season (and, they hope, a long and victorious postseason) during spring training at Camelback Ranch in the Phoenix suburb of Glendale.  (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)

Dodgers fans wait to get autographs at Camelback Ranch in Glendale, Ariz.

Abby Mendoza, 3, is held by her sister Annamarie Mendoza of Phoenix as they wait to get autographs from then-new Dodgers Manager Dave Roberts during spring training in Glendale, Ariz., in 2016. He won the National League Manager of the Year award for the season that followed.

Angels fans hang out in Tempe, Ariz., where the Anaheim-based club holds spring training.

Fans crowd a barricade to get autographs from Dodgers shortstop Corey Seager after a spring training session at Camelback Ranch in 2016. Seager won the National League Rookie of the Year award for the season that followed.

Celebrating his 79th birthday, James Paulson of Valencia attends Dodgers spring training in Glendale, Ariz., with daughter Tiffany Pazak and grandson Paulo Pazak, 4, in 2017.

Says Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw of the World Baseball Classic: “I feel like it is an honor even to get asked.”  (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)

New Los Angeles Dodgers relief pitcher Sergio Romo, center, until recently a member of the rival San Francisco Giants, gets used to being a boy in blue during spring training at Camelback Ranch in Glendale, Ariz.

Chicago Cubs players make their way to a field during a spring training baseball workout in Mesa, Ariz., where they are preparing for their 2017 campaign as reigning World Series champions.

Angels star player Mike Trout signs autographs for fans before a spring training game against the San Francisco Giants at Tempe Diablo Stadium in Tempe, Ariz.