June 27, 2020 6:45 PM : Lorenzen has been throwing live batting practice and simulated games for about six weeks, sometimes throwing up to 90 pitches in an outing, Bobby Nightengale of The Cincinnati Enquirer reports. "I don't even need a spring training, to be honest," Lorenzen said. "My whole thing was no matter how much I throw right now, it's never going to be close to what I would normally throw in the season during this time or at the intensity just because of adrenaline and stuff like that."
Analysis: Lorenzen doesn't need to be that far stretched out, as a reliever, but it's worth considering whether he and other relief pitchers might be asked to pick up more of the slack as starting pitchers will probably go far shorter than usual. Moreover, with the universal DH, a reliever than comes in to get the final out or two of one inning could pitch the next when normally he might get lifted for a pinch hitter in his team's half of the inning.