Injuries have continued to plague some of the biggest names in baseball. With David Price the latest Cy Young contender to come up with a sore arm, Bryce Harper bouncing his head off an unprotected section of fencing and Ryan Howard limping again, we can only wonder about the hours that the medical staff is putting in.
And while those good men and women work 18-hour days, we’re left wondering if anyone else seems to care. I’ll pass on stepping back up on my normal soapbox here. You know the next stanza on your own by now. At some point, some team will realize the advantage it can gain.
In the meantime, we’re left trying to find where the advantages are in our own fantasy world. You’ll know if your favorite team is serious about managing injuries, but on a fantasy team, it’s a game of minimization and prediction. The simplest way to gain an advantage is to understand the severity and effects of the inevitable injuries, so let’s get to it.