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Originally Posted by md40022
^^^ I was actually under the impression that playing an injured player at all, even if just DHing, did run the risk of making the injury worse - regardless of what the injury type was. (though DH'ing would be better than playing defense)
I could totally be wrong about that, but I thought there was discussion about this a few years back and the belief was that the type of injury would influence a specific set of ratings (throwing affected moderately would affect defensive ratings, obviously), but even DHing that player, where he wouldn't be throwing, still ran the risk of worsening the injury........ I could be wrong though.
As for how I handle this personally, there's a ton of variables. Who is the player? Where am I in the standings and is it early or late in the season? If I can avoid playing him without sabotaging the season, I absolutely do avoid it or at least cut back on his playing time as much possible.
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It definitely seems that way for pitchers, that even if they have a non throwing injury they’re still more likely to get hurt and the AI will pull them very quickly if you leave them in your rotation. For hitters, I’ve only just added the DH to my league and a couple of guys I have were specifically moved there due to injury proneness, but DHing them definitely didn’t *stop* the injury rates.