Through the first week of workouts for pitchers and catchers in Sarasota, Florida, Orioles manager Brandon Hyde and his pitchers have often been asked to confront the challenges of keeping players healthy while managing nearly three times as many innings required on the mound from a season ago.
This is often presented in the context of shortening pitchers’ outings or even seasons to keep their innings counts low or shorten their starts. But Hyde on Saturday outlined that it might actually be having more pitchers — especially relievers — prepared to pitch longer in spring training.
“I think you’re going to see some of our guys throw more innings in spring than normal,” Hyde said.