According to Peter Abraham of the Boston Globe, Jonathan Papelbon, Ryan Kalish, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Daniel Nava and Lenny DiNardo are already in Ft. Myers working out at the Boston Red Sox Player Development Complex.

Boston Red SoxOf course the pitchers and catchers don’t have to report until February 13th but it’s always nice to see the players getting there early. What’s shocking to me is that Jon Lester isn’t there yet. He’s usually the first one to arrive.

Anyways, we’re getting ready for truck day soon here which usually signifies the beginning of spring here. But if you don’t live up here or are still hibernating, most places around here have four to five feet of snow on the ground and snow banks that are a high as the Green Monster.

So as you can see, spring training starting will hopefully help warm things up here in Red Sox Nation.