(*) SPECULATOR: Searching for hidden injuries

Of the various frustrations that come up in our fanalytic gameplay, one of the biggest is that we play our games with imperfect information. There is so much that we simply do not know about the players we roster. So, when a player underperforms, we are sometimes left with more questions than answers. Are they playing through an injury? A divorce? Do they have a sick child? There are myriad explanations for poor performances. Sometimes we eventually get those explanations, although they are frequently too late to help in our decision making. In other situations, we never actually find out about the root cause, we just see the player "snap out of it."

Here are 10 players who we suspect may currently be battling an unreported or...

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