Welcome to the voting for the Best of the Ballparks, Cactus Leaue edition for spring training 2019! We skipped 2018, but we're back this year with a fan vote on their favorite Arizona facilities.
Here are the seeds for the ballparks in Arizona's spring training. We based these rankings both on the ballparks and the accompanying training facilities. Salt River Fields at Talking Stick was the top vote getter in 2017, so the spring home of the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies automatically received the top seed.
- Salt River Fields at Talking Stick (Arizona Diamondbacks, Colorado Rockies)
- Sloan Park (Chicago Cubs)
- Peoria Stadium (San Diego Padres, Seattle Mariners)
- Camelback Ranch-Glendale (Chicago White Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers)
- Scottsdale Stadium (San Francisco Giants)
- Surprise Stadium (Kansas City Royals, Texas Rangers)
- American Family Fields of Phoenix (Milwaukee Brewers)
- Goodyear Ballpark (Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians)
- Tempe Diablo Stadium (Los Angeles Angels)
- HoHoKam Stadium (Oakland Athletics)
Honestly, there's not a big gap between the top and the bottom of this seeding: With renovations and improvements, the state of fan and player facilities in the Cactus League is very, very strong.
One note: yes, there are a lot of byes in this first round. There are only 10 spring training facilities in the Cactus League, and rather than set up a separate play-in round, we decided to go ahead and begin the 10-facility competition in a 16-spot bracket.
Here is our voting schedule (all times Mountain):
First round, completed
Second round, completed
Third Round: Now through March 9, noon
Final Round: Noon, March 9 through March 14, noon
Round 1
Round 2
Semi-Finals
Championship
Semi-Finals | Matchup 1 of 2
Salt River Fields at Talking Stick
Salt River Fields at Talking Stick is the spring home of the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies.
Camelback Ranch-Glendale
Camelback Ranch-Glendale is the spring home of the Chicago White Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers.