Even in spring training, when wins and losses are meaningless, managers are always hunting for significant matchups. The Baltimore manager wasn’t concerned about the result of last week’s Grapefruit League game against Minnesota, played hours after Lynn officially joined the team. “We went a couple springs with Joe where we didn’t see any of their starting pitchers,” Showalter said. “Especially someone you might see a lot.”Boone said balancing rosters isn’t difficult in spring training because pitchers can always get in their work during simulated or minor league games. It can actually be advantageous for the pitchers’ workloads to stay on the backfields, too, because sim and minor league games are flexible on the rules.

Source: thestar March 20, 2018 22:18 UTC