"As far as using him more than I would have liked to, no, I think I told you: I paid attention to Dellin's numbers in Triple-A, last year and this year," Girardi said. "And I even have a card in my locker that had the amount of pitches, the amount of innings, the amount of games of April 2014, 2015, May. I had it all written down. So it wasn't like I wasn't paying attention."

In fact, Betances prefers the regular work, which he believes helps keep his form.