Ryan Dempster

Nice to have depth, isn't it?

I think that's really important in this time of year.

Because you don't have to try and rush guys and you can take your time and make sure that they're going to be healthy and helping you throughout the season.

I mean, kind of a formula has changed a little bit.

I think just with the evolution of pitching now, teams that have a lot of depth can afford to have guys out.

We saw that with teams that made it.

um you know won the world series the dodgers do that as good as anybody um obviously they have the finances but they they go ahead and do it and and back it up so yeah i'm not super concerned start of the year um you know but also you just want number one thing that's it i don't care if a guy hits a ball hard all spring training is he break camp healthy same with pitchers so we'll see what happens

No, I think the worry and concern is that when we train guys in the minor leagues to not withstand a season like that from a physical standpoint and what that takes and the grind, when asked to do it, it can present problems.

It's like, okay, but now we need you to go ahead and throw 100-plus pitches, or now we need you to be out there and extending your season, whereas in the minor leagues we monitor everything so highly where it's like,

pitch counts and pitch limits and all that kind of stuff.

He can't throw on this many days.

Let's give him an extra turn in the rotation and a lot of protectiveness, but I don't necessarily think A, works, and B, I don't think it definitely doesn't work when you ask a guy to all of a sudden then turn on something that he hasn't really done his whole career.

So, yeah, I hope that it encourages teams.

I love what he did last year, but it has ramifications for this year, right, and how you build them up in spring training.

So,

Anytime you hear any word like that, it's always scary, but at the same time, I think more than ever, teams take a very precautionary route, especially when it comes to young, talented players like Tripp.

That's a good question.

I think sometimes a batter's

you know spring training can last like into that beginning part of that season you know sometimes you see a guy here here's a problem that presents itself guy comes into camp trying to win a job right uh goes out there maybe it's just like the 26th guy on the roster maybe not maybe it's the backup infield or whatever and he has a great spring but then the season starts and he doesn't play so then all of a sudden that timing gets affected a little bit and it goes away and then all of a sudden it's like man he had a really great spring don't know what happened well

The only starts he got off were two reigning Cy Young Award winners.