With COVID, back field access to the Jupiter facility was cut off since I was last there early last year. At that time, the Cardinals were completing construction on a new set of state of the art batting cages for the minor leaguers along with the aforementioned pitching lab at the far end of the new building pictured. I reported on this for subscribers during the last instructional camp, held in January 2020, but do not have an update on how it has been utilized since. In a general sense, COVID led to staffing and expense reductions across player development – and the entire organization.
FWIW, I am aware of the need to coordinate with the Marlins on the proposed $100+ million upgrades to the Roger Dean complex, but I had not heard anything about the pitching lab being tied up in that – and I would be skeptical about that rumor without substantiation.
