MLB Injured List

orientalnc

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The MLB season began on April 1st and has been ongoing for 5 months; here are some data:

756 players have spent time on the Injured List
445 of those players are pitchers
Those players spent a total of 38,691 days on the Injured List
Those players collected a total of $688,245,968 while on the Injured List.
Four players – – Mike Trout, Chris Sale, Stephen Strasburg and Justin Verlander – – have earned more than $20M each while on the Injured List.

This is one of the reasons it is so expensive to take your kids to a baseball game.

Also, are pitchers thinking they have to throw every pitch at or above 90 mph the reason they are getting injured so frequently?
 

THWG

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The MLB season began on April 1st and has been ongoing for 5 months; here are some data:

756 players have spent time on the Injured List
445 of those players are pitchers
Those players spent a total of 38,691 days on the Injured List
Those players collected a total of $688,245,968 while on the Injured List.
Four players – – Mike Trout, Chris Sale, Stephen Strasburg and Justin Verlander – – have earned more than $20M each while on the Injured List.

This is one of the reasons it is so expensive to take your kids to a baseball game.

Also, are pitchers thinking they have to throw every pitch at or above 90 mph the reason they are getting injured so frequently?
I think that is part of the issue, but it's also the fact that kids are playing baseball essentially year round now. It puts a lot more wear and tear on their arms.
 
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