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Originally Posted by David Watts
I really do think if minor injuries(ones that don't require trips to the IL) would force players to miss 1-3 games, instead of just supposedly affecting their performance and increasing their odds of further injury, the normal fatigue setting would be perfect.
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After my post, I realized that was really the proper solution. Give catchers the same fatigue rate as position players, but each inning of catching has a very small chance of a moderate/severe injury that impacts catching ability but lasts only 1 or 2 days when rested.
A full-time catcher should average about 5-10 those per season (i.e about 15 games of extra rest). In a very lucky year, an everyday catcher could catch 150 games (i.e. 1-2 injuries, mostly missing time for fatigue). In a bad year, they might miss an extra 30 games due to nagging injuries.