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Old 09-03-2013, 06:58 PM   #4
Nunyer
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The descriptions are a bit confusing. In my current league there is a closer who has gone 8 or 10 seasons without anything worse than a couple of day-to-day issues... but he is "wrecked" based on injuries sustained in the minors.

I don't know how accurate descriptors like "fragile" and "wrecked" are when a player has injury filled younger years but later puts up a reliable decade of ML service... Especially 'wrecked'.. as that implies that he cannot perform.

As jmolony3 alluded to above with propensity and history... maybe those two things need to be broken out into separate ratings. A young fireballer who blew out his elbow might come back as more of a finesse pitcher... and while his history would look poor, his post-injury playing style would reduce his future propensity.

Of course, you'd have no real knowledge of injury propensity for most high school prospects... and I would think few would have any significant injury history while still being prospects... Yet it's not totally uncommon to see a 19 or 20 year old 'fragile' guy with no recorded injuries as a professional.

So yea... the whole system can be a bit goofy...
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