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A Simple Request
Don't allow Carlos Beltran or David Wright to play any more baseball this year. Will Carroll wrote that Beltran could miss all of 2010 recovering from microfracture surgery. What many people didn't realize is that Carroll meant he would miss 2010 IF he played on his bad knee this season, while it...
Mets Team Health
Over at Baseball Prospectus, injury guru Will Carroll has been running his Team Health Reports for all 30 big league teams. A couple of weeks ago he posted the Mets report, which features an awful lot of red lights. In case you're wondering, the THRs are system-generated based on historical injury...
Will Carroll Chats With DRaysBay About BBWAA, Pitching Mechanics, B.J. Upton and More
It what is becoming an annual or semi-annual event around here, I bring you another chat with Baseball Prospectus' Will Carroll. As many of you already know, Will is the author of the popular "Under the Knife" series for BP and is widely regarded as the injury expert in sports. He has also authored...
Will Carroll on Angels Health and Injuries
With opening day now less than four weeks away, baseball analyst Will Carroll (of Baseball Prospectus fame) took a few minutes to go over the health outlook of the Angels with us. HALOS HEAVEN: While every case is unique, can you give some examples of pitchers who came back from Ervin Santana's...
Baseball Prospectus' Will Carroll's Team Health Reports: Washington Nationals.
When Baseball Prospectus' Will Carroll published the Washington Nationals edition of his yearly Team Health Reports* back in early February, I was traveling between DC and New Jersey and I missed the opportunity to send some questions his way, but with the recent string of injuries once again...
Injury Vultures Still Circle Bonderman
Sorry, Jim Leyland - we're raising a red flag. The Detroit Tigers manager tried his best to manage expectations on Thursday, when Jeremy Bonderman was scratched from his Saturday start because of a stiff shoulder. Remain calm, Leyland said, all is well. Bondo would instead pitch in a simulated...
A's Health Report: Q & A Session With Will Carroll
A couple days ago, Will Carroll offered to answer up to five health-related questions for a team, so I submitted five for the A's. I won't say any of the answers are ground-breaking, but impressively he got back to me same day and it's always nice to hear a view from outside the fan base and inside...
What can the Astros expect from Mike Hampton?
Hopefully Mike Hampton holds up more like he did in these days this year. With the official announcement today of Mike Hampton's 1 year, $2 million dollar base contract, we now have to look to April 2009 and beyond. Hampton's battle with injuries, of all sorts, is well chronicled and...
MLB Trade Rumors: Friday Round-Up
Will Carroll of Baseball Prospectus posted a Rumor Mill yesterday afternoon with some excellent follow-uyp to many of the rumors that have been posted here at Fake Teams, been mentioned in the local papers and floated in the internets for days. With BP offering free access to all visitors through...
The War of Words Over Justin Verlander's Health
Yesterday, former Tigers pitcher Jack Morris chimed in on why he thought Justin Verlander was struggling with a 1-5 record and 6.28 ERA, while striking out just 4.9 batters per nine innings. Via Tom Gage in the Detroit News: "His shoulder," Morris said before Sunday's 7-6 sweep-clinching...
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