ROTISSERIE: Embracing Injury For a Competitive Advantage
Apr 2 2018
Injury is inevitable. With the advent of the 10-day disabled list in 2017, teams strategically sidelined and/or rested players. In fact, trips to the DL increased 29 percent for hitters and 22 percent for pitchers. Yet, total DL days actually fell 4 percent for hitters and 12 percent for pitchers.
The long-term effects of the 10-day disabled list won’t be known for another couple of seasons yet, but fantasy baseball players must adapt to the new, short-term reality presented by the (sore) knee-jerk reactions major league teams are employing to deal with possible injuries.
There are several possible approaches to dealing with more frequent injuries on the major league level, but they all start with one basic approach. Embrace...
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