White Sox Are Good At Preventing Injuries
From the land of things you already knew but now are quantified, the White Sox lost only 6% of total payroll to injuries from 2002-2009 - best in MLB
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While it's obvious
That we’ve done well with injuries, and it’s been discussed here from time to time but it’s still amazing to me how well we’ve done. It’s not like we have had a young team.
For those who know quite a bit more then me. Is it safe to say that pitchers are injured more often then position players? I feel this is where our biggest advantage comes from.
I’d like to see a break down with position players and pitchers split up, I don’t have the numbers to prove it, but I feel like Ozzie (or Coop.. or whoever makes the decisions on pitching) handles his pitching staff better then most in regards to their health. Of course I guess some of that credit should also go to the front office, which has obviously made sure to go for guys who can pitch a lot of innings vs. the McCarthy’s of the world who seem to get hurt.
Anyone have any insight on what the Sox do differently? This is a pretty significant difference in DL time compared to some of these other teams. Does this have anything to do with us routinely beating projection systems, that assume pitchers will not reach 200 innings?
by Grinder in Training on Feb 19, 2010 4:02 PM CST reply actions
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And there have been a few articles in the past on the way Ozzie and Coop handle workloads. Frankly he’s been outstanding. It’s the part KenWo has a hard time grasping. It’s also why I laugh at projections that show not 1 Sox pitcher reaching 200 innings (pretty much all of them.) As someone already wrote, it can be a hugh advantage. You can definitely take a few more risks. Im confident no other team would have kept Thome as healthy as he was the past few years.
Jones might be interesting this year. His numbers really dipped from some of his nagging injuries in Texas the second half(or maybe it was just the tacos). It might want to be something the 36 year old cave man considers….
"You're lucky I'm retired"
Jack Bauer
you give ozzie the credit for keeping pitchers healthy?
why? its a combination of herm and luck. ozzie pencils people in every day just like any manager does.
Kenwo4life=ratings
has to be some good risk management involved too.
evidently they do a damn good job of screening/evaluating free agents and trade targets as well.
didnt larry post this last offseason too?
RIP Jim Thome 1-25-2010
an AL team not having a DH is like a giraffe fucking a mule. - larry
he might have
but (i believe) this is adjusted to include last season as well
"A brief but trenchant analysis of Scott Podsednik
He’s dogshit."
by NYRoyal on Jan 8, 2010 8:56 AM PST
makes sense
i see it now
RIP Jim Thome 1-25-2010
an AL team not having a DH is like a giraffe fucking a mule. - larry
by blackoutsox on Feb 20, 2010 10:50 PM CST up reply actions
Without clicking through, my first thought is that
The Sox/Herm excel at keeping guys healthy enough to play. During the span of the study there were some significant injuries to highly paid players that would account for much of the 6%.
Once again, an impression.
"his ballerness could not be stoped which rose his era to 5.42 "
by Chiburb on Feb 19, 2010 4:36 PM CST via mobile reply actions
I want to know how Herm keeps everyone on the field healthy
When he looks ready to keel over any minute when he’s on camera.
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