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One thing we've been watching over at BP is in season injury rates vs preseason injury rates.

If you only look at IL placements after Day 1 of the season 2018/2019/2022/2023 are all extremely similar. I'd have to do some data prep to see games lost for those injuries, there is a chance that shows a different story. Maybe injury severity is up but gross placements are similar.

It's the preseason injuries that have really driven the 2022/2023 season long placements higher than 2018/2019.

2021 as you noted in the piece is a massive outlier almost no matter how you look at it.

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Great point, DR. I didn't look at the dates. Thanks!

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Makes Ohtani seem more otherworldly than ever, doesn’t it? Dude was asked how he does it and the first or second thing he mentioned was sleep. That’s a man who understands what the body needs.

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