LHP,
i've looked on here and couldn't really find a solidified time period for the ramp up...he had a light overall pitching year as he threw more innings this fall than the spring and summer together. His team starts off practice on 5 Dec, but that is only practicing twice a week, so figuring in the holidays and cold weather, that might be only 10-12 practices...
Last year we kept on throwing throughout the end of fall season to the pickup of team workouts (just playing catch and a little long toss)...so this is something new.