Injuries are an inevitable part of baseball. According to the RosterResource Injury Report, there are currently 229 players on major league injured lists. That’s just under one-third as many as there are on active rosters. It works out to about seven or eight injured players per team. Some injuries are predictable or preventable, while others are the result of pure bad luck. In any case, no team can avoid using the IL entirely, but the most successful clubs are those that can minimize injuries, like last year’s surprisingly successful Tigers and Royals, or find ways to overcome them, like last year’s World Series champion Dodgers. As the 2025 season inches closer to its halfway mark, does one team stand out as the most affected by injuries this year?
The most obvious answer is the Dodgers, who currently have 14 players (all pitchers) on their major league injured list, the most of any team. Since the beginning of the season, the Dodgers have placed 22 players on the IL, which is the highest total in the National League and the second-highest in the majors, behind only the White Sox (23). All of those players have combined to miss 960 games in 2025, according to the Baseball Prospectus Injured List Ledger. That is far and away the highest total in the sport. The Mets rank second with 695 cumulative games missed. The 265-game gap between the Dodgers and Mets is roughly the same size as the gap between the second-ranked Mets and 20th-ranked Mariners (441 games missed). If that’s not enough to illustrate just how many players the Dodgers have lost to the IL, consider this: They have already lost more player games to injury through 68 games in 2025 than a handful of teams lost throughout all of 2024.
What’s more, it’s not like we’re just talking about injuries to depth arms or bench bats. Two-time Cy Young winner Blake Snell has been out with shoulder inflammation since his second start of the season. All-Star starter Tyler Glasnow hasn’t pitched since the end of April. He, too, is nursing a shoulder injury, as is rookie phenom Roki Sasaki. Several key bullpen pieces are out as well, including Blake Treinen (forearm tightness) and Evan Phillips (Tommy John surgery). And of course, none of the IL stats I cited above include Shohei Ohtani, who has not been able to pitch so far this year.
Yet, in terms of total value taken away by injuries since the start of the 2025 campaign, Baseball Prospectus estimates the Dodgers have only lost the third-most projected WARP (Wins Above Replacement Player). WARP is only one way to measure value, and projected WARP is just that: a projection. Still, it’s worth considering that just because the Dodgers have lost the most games to the IL, they haven’t necessarily lost the most value.
The two teams that are ever-so-slightly ahead of the Dodgers in projected WARP lost to injury are a pair of AL East rivals: the Yankees and Orioles. The Yankees are without ace Gerrit Cole, who underwent Tommy John surgery in March. Luis Gil, the 2024 AL Rookie of the Year winner, has also been out all year as he nurses a lat strain. On the position player side, elbow injuries have kept designated hitter Giancarlo Stanton off the field all year, though he recently started a rehab assignment. More Yankees who have missed time at some point include Jazz Chisholm Jr., Clarke Schmidt, Fernando Cruz, DJ LeMahieu, and Marcus Stroman, while closer Luke Weaver recently landed on the IL with a hamstring strain.
As for the Orioles, they have been without Grayson Rodriguez all year. He first went on the IL with elbow inflammation before suffering a lat strain that set him back further. Albert Suárez has been out since his first appearance of the season with shoulder inflammation, while Zach Eflin also missed significant time early in the year. In terms of position players, the Orioles are currently without Tyler O’Neill, Ryan Mountcastle, Gary Sánchez, and Jorge Mateo. Others who have missed time this season include Colton Cowser, Jordan Westburg, Cedric Mullins, and Gunnar Henderson.
Ultimately, all three of the Dodgers, Yankees, and Orioles are neck and neck in value lost to injury, according to Baseball Prospectus. However, I have to wonder if anyone can truly argue the Yankees and Dodgers have been “hit hard” by injuries this year. They’re each in first place in their respective divisions and rank among the top five MLB teams in winning percentage and run differential. According to both FanGraphs and Baseball Prospectus, they have the highest playoff and World Series odds in their respective leagues. Despite all the players they are missing (or have missed at some point), they are thriving. I would make a similar argument about the Mets. They have also lost their fair share of players to injury, including Sean Manaea, Frankie Montas, and A.J. Minter. Nonetheless, the Mets have the best record in the National League, and no team in baseball has given up fewer runs.
The Orioles, on the other hand, have severely underperformed expectations. They sit in last place in the AL East, and their 26-39 record has them looking like potential sellers at the deadline. While their bats have been disappointing, pitching has been their downfall so far. Perhaps they wouldn’t be so far out of contention with a healthy Rodriguez leading their rotation.
To that point, the Baseball Prospectus Injured List Ledger also shows the percentage of a team’s projected WARP lost to injury. By this metric, neither the Yankees nor the Dodgers (and especially the Dodgers) rank as highly. Think of it this way: They’ve both lost a lot of good players to the IL, but those losses haven’t hurt them as badly as they might have hurt other teams, because the Yankees and Dodgers have such talented rosters. As you might expect, the Orioles still rank highly; they’re second in MLB in percentage of projected WARP lost to injury. However, by this metric, a new top contender emerges: the Brewers.
Pitching injuries plagued the Brewers last year, and they have continued to be a problem in 2025. When the Brewers signed Brandon Woodruff to a two-year contract during the 2023-24 offseason, knowing he would likely miss the entire 2024 season recovering from shoulder surgery, they were surely hoping he’d pitch significant innings in 2025. So far, that hasn’t been the case. He was hoping to finally make his 2025 debut this week before a right elbow contusion foiled his plans. In addition to Woodruff, Brewers starting pitchers who have hit the IL at some point this year include Nestor Cortes, Aaron Civale, Jose Quintana, Tobias Myers, and DL Hall. Milwaukee is also missing a pair of outfielders, Garrett Mitchell and Blake Perkins. Finally, star catcher William Contreras has been playing through a fractured finger. He hasn’t missed any time, but his injury almost surely explains his uncharacteristically pedestrian performance at the plate.
The Brewers are also in a very different position than either the Yankees and Dodgers, who seem all but guaranteed to make the playoffs, or the Orioles, who have played so poorly that they might still be under .500 even if everyone on their roster were healthy. Milwaukee is 36-32, 5.5 games back in the NL Central and 2.5 games back in the NL Wild Card race. All the injuries they have suffered could ultimately make the difference between the Brewers making the playoffs for the seventh time in the past eight years or hitting the links come October.
The Marlins and Rockies are two more teams that rank highly in percentage of projected WARP lost to injury, but even more so than the Yankees and Dodgers, their records are reason enough to disqualify them from this conversation. The same is true of the White Sox, who have placed more players on the IL during 2025 than any other team. Perhaps injuries have cost the Marlins, Rockies, and White Sox several wins each, but even with those extra wins, all three clubs would still be in the basement.
A couple more teams it is worth considering are those that might not have lost a lot of value to injury yet, but who surely will as the season goes on. For instance, the Diamondbacks recently lost ace Corbin Burnes for the season to a torn UCL. Stud reliever Justin Martinez is also on the IL with a sprained UCL that could require season-ending surgery. The Red Sox, too, have lost a few key players recently, most notably Alex Bregman, who could miss multiple months recovering from a significant quad strain.
So, with so much to consider, which team do MLBTR readers think has been hit the hardest by injuries this year? Have your say in the poll below:
Everyone has a plethora of injuries, just that some adapt or are better equipped to handle a multitude of injuries. See the Dodgers.
The Dodgers don’t have a special talent they simply have a larger payroll.
Dodgers pitching has given up the 8th most earned runs in the entire MLB.
They’re not adapt or better equipped at all to handle the injuries they’re sustained to their pitching staff long term.
The way they don’t seem to have a budget makes them different than the O’s and even the Yankees. Baseball needs a floor and a salary ceiling. Make them so the PA approves.
For that much money?
They’re BUMS!
The Dodgers shouldn’t count on this poll when they signed enough free agents to create 2 teams lol….Thats like me buying 10 new Ferraris a few months ago and complaining 5 of them are already in the shop.
I’m starting to feel as if the Yankees teams who won 4 rings in 5 years in the late 1990s with an even bigger payroll and more veteran free agent signings have gotten less hate than the Dodgers who only won 2 rings in 5 years with a slightly less payroll…
The Dodgers went out of their way to sign injury prone pitchers. Its their own fault.
Those Yankees spent $355,597,114 in that run.
In the same 5 year run by the Dodgers they spent $1,120,908,787. That’s a significantly higher amount that has yielded lesser results
I don’t think that’s a fair comparison even with a 25-year inflation curve. You would need to look at it in percentages relative to what the rest of the league was spending on roster payroll during those time periods.
Another thing to keep in mind with the depth the top teams accumulate is that the payroll hits of their injury replacements are a fraction of the cost of the injured players.
For example, who predicted the Mets’ starting rotation would be as successful as it has been with Canning and Megill in place of Manaea and Montas?
How do you figure the Yankees payroll was slightly bigger? What are you talking about? Nobody payroll has come close to what the dodgers and Mets are now and have been the past few years. The Yankees can’t even compete with these payrolls. You’re going to have to explain the comment…
They’re BOTH BUMS!
King – I figured you were going to say the Dodgers special talent is they defer a portion of all the injuries, like the salaries, till the players are retired.
Wrong. Dodgers have a ton of homegrown pitching depth that gives them a better chance to win games than other teams if they were down to their 6-10 starters. Knack and Wrobleski aren’t the greatest arms but they are fantastic emergency options that 29 other teams don’t have
Amk the reason those guys are depth arms and not in the rotation under normal circumstances is because they spent so much on their other starters, a luxury other teams do not have.
You get hit over the head during the LA riots amk1920?
Landon Knack has a knack for giving up runs.
5.12 ERA, 6.18 FIP, 1.47 WHIP
Wrobleski has been Wrobbly himself 7.20 ERA, 5.14 FIP, 1.4 WHIP.
Yeah they’re not fantasic emergency arms. Plenty of teams have guys that can do that farm systems full of Knacks and Wrobleskis. Padres have their own Wrobleski in Hart and Knack in Waldron. Tons of teams can toss out guys like that lmao.
@King/Joel Knack, May, and Kershaw which is currently 3/5s of rotation were drafted by LAD. For comparison STL has Pallante as the sole player they drafted who is in rotation.
I guess you didn’t read what I said. Hart and Waldron are the Padres 6-7 guys. I’d put Knack at 9 and that’s being generous. He’s not good but if you needed a starter with no notice he’s not a bad .
option. Wrobleski is a left that throws 100. He’s not as bad as his numbers show right now.
I read what you said. Did you read what you said amk1920
“Knack and Wrobleski aren’t the greatest arms but they are fantastic emergency options that 29 other teams don’t have” – amk1920
Oh and Hart and Waldron are 9-10 options
Darvish Musgrove Cease King Pivetta Kolek Bergert Vasquez makes Hart and Waldron 9-10
You seriously don’t think the padres have other 9-10 guys that can give them a 5.12 era and 7.20 era. And you don’t think other teams 9-10 guys could do give them 5.12 era and 7.20 era? I am 100% positive pirates could call up their 10th best pitcher and he’d give them 7.20 or better. Thats not fantastic by any stretch of the imagination. 7.20 isn’t even serviceable
Waldron hasn’t thrown a major league pitch this season and Hart’s numbers are way worse than both Dodger guys. He wasn’t even in Profesional baseball for years. Casparius is the Dodgers emergency starter today oh and look at that he gave them 4 good innings.
“Hart’s numbers are way worse than both Dodger guys”
Hart has a 6.66 era which falls between Knacks 5.12 and Wrobleski 7.20
his 6.50 FIP isn’t much higher than Knacks 6.18, and
Harts 1.34 WHIP is better than both
Why let facts get in the way though right?
But back to the original point
“ Knack and Wrobleski aren’t the greatest arms but they are fantastic emergency options that 29 other teams don’t have” is completely wrong on so many levels
Fantastic emergency options lmao. Nothing fantastic about them. They’re emergency options and have performed as such.
Would you say they have a plethora of injuries?
The answer is easy, Red Sox.
Casas, Bregman, Yoshida, Crawford, Slaten, Sandoval, Abreu, Houck, Buehler, Giolito, Romy Gonzalez, etc.
I voted Red Sox as well. Naturally I have more exposure to the team, so my perspective is a little biased, but I think the injuries to Casas and Bregman in particular hurt the team pretty significantly. In a theoretical scenario where everyone has all their players healthy, I think the Red Sox might see the biggest relative boost to their season numbers. Part of this is due to the other contenders for this title – such as the Dodgers, Yankees, and Cubs – are doing quite well record-wise despite the injuries.
Meow – The Sox have been hit the hardest because they don’t have the depth that other teams have, that’s the difference.
I mean look at the Yankees, they lost Cole and Gil and yet haven’t missed a beat. Imagine if the Sox had lost Crochet.
BTW – I should have included Liam, he’s another big loss.
As big of a loss as when he’s on the mound? 😬
Meow – Haha … I’m giving Liam a pass as he was supposedly pitching while injured, same as Houck ;o)
Might be the rare case where the bullpen improved because a high dollar high profile player got hurt.
Most of those guys are back. The Red Sox signed Giolito knowing he was rehabbing.
From a depth perspective you are probably correct. The contributions they’ve managed to get from Toro and Dobbins have been huge and hopefully tonight was a sign that Mayer is ready to take off. The bullpen is still a huge question and while it’s great that they’ve gotten some solid starts the last 5 games it needs to continue the next time or two through the rotation for this team to legitimately be in this thing
Rsox – Yes Toro has been a pleasant surprise, while MLB doesn’t have a book on Dobbins yet so I’m a little skeptical there.
The bullpen is 8th-best in MLB, they are the only team in the Top Ten with a losing record.
In a recent player survey, Chapman was voted one of the hardest pitchers to face ….. no other Sox pitcher received any votes (Sale was rated the hardest in MLB, no surprise there).
Wilson, Weissert, and recently Whitlock have all been very solid. When Slaten returns the pen will be even better.
Dobbins will face the Yankees for the second time in a week on Saturday, that should provide some kind of metric moving forward at how teams will approach facing him a second time.
The Sox have 4 reasonably dependable relievers right now, it’s the other 4 (Bernardino and the revolving door of Worcester call-ups) that have been the problem. Tonight’s addition of Alcala from the Twins will either be brilliantly shrewed or another gas can on the fire
Rsox – Bernie is great when used properly. Cora is not using him properly. I’d rather see Bernie managed the same way as Whitlock, let him pitch a couple innings every 3rd day rather than one inning every 2 out of 3 days.
Speaking of the Yankees series, it will be very interesting if Cora follows through on his promise to bench Mayer and Anthony for the entire series.
Ref is obviously very good against LHP, but Roman has done quite well against LHP in the minors. Mayer is obviously in a groove right now, does he really get benched for Romy?
I get that Cora has done the same thing when Devers, Casas and Duran first came up ….. honestly I’m fine with whatever decision he makes, but I would lean toward Romy & Ref.
The only accurate option is the orioles. It’s not remotely close. The dodgers have been the model of health by comparison.
LA is still in contention. This is a lost season for Baltimore.
That’s the difference.
So by that logic the answer is the Rockies.
Not really. Saying the Rockies would be the hardest hit suggests they’d be in contention without any injuries. When a team is expected to rank last in the standings, and ends up there, the injuries are irrelevant. Conversely, a team expected to compete, that gets hit with a rash of injuries, and performs far below expectations, could logically be considered the hardest hit.
The Orioles have only been hit hard by injuries in that they simply didn’t plan for them.
@schwender A ton of “bruised egos” in BAL this season…
Have to say Cubs. Lost their #1 for year, then #2 for over a month, #5 has t pitched all year.
Poll: which team was silly and paid for the most injury prone players that are now injured
If the team remains in contention, does it matter? At least they’re trying to compete and not sit on their hands year after year.
Why yes it matters.
Instead of chasing injury prone players they could have chased upgrades at other areas of needs that have hindered them all season long
Remains in contention. I notice you said that like they’re lucky to even be contending. That’s a stark difference compared to best team in baseball or running away with a division. I notice you didn’t use that to describe said team.
I’m not even talking specifically about the Dodgers nor did I mention the word “lucky”.
Who said dodgers
“If the team remains in contention”if you’re blowing boat loads of money on payroll and remains in contention is your way to describe said team that team is doing something wrong. Very very wrong
I’m honestly at a loss and don’t think we’re on the same page. My comment wasn’t so deep.
Mariners
Gilbert
Kirby
Brash
Robles
Raley
Polo
Bryce Miller
Ryan Bliss
My team and its not even close!
@867-5309…..Exactly! Your comment sums up the gist of the article. I do appreciate the expanded content Tim’s team has been doing; yet some of the articles seem solely designed simply to encourage more fanship bias in the comments.
That @ is killing me 😆
Cardinals:
Mo’s reputation
Mo’s legacy
Mo’s feelings
Its been a good year for the Cardinals sorry if that disappoints you.
As far as teams least hurt by injuries the Cardinals might be at the top of the list. Herrera was out for a bit and thats pretty much it all year.
Having already given us the answer to the poll question, why the poll?
Hard to understate the impact of the AJ Puk injury for Arizona. Before the injury, they were 12-7 and the bullpen had an ERA of 3.48. Since then, they’ve gone 21-27 and the bullpen ERA in that span is 5.96 (second worst in MLB).
the dodgers signed a bunch of injury prone pitchers, they should absolutely not be on this list. they did this to themselves.
im surprised astros not mentioned. their entire starting staff is on the IR recovering from TJ. and their #1 hitter has been hurt most of the year. i’d say they’re the 2nd most tm hit hardest by injuries
#1 should be orioles. westburg, cowser, gunnar have all missed time. felix just came back from TJ. grayson has been out all year. oneill’s been hurt almost the whole season. O’s showed so much potential a couple of years ago and now they look like a complete rebuild candidate
Complete rebuild? A team that has Bradish, GRod, Baustista, Henderson, Rutschman, Holliday, Westburg and Cowser as a core is absolutely nowhere even close to a rebuild. Its called getting healthy.
rebuild CANDIDATE sure
felix is “healthy” and is a mixed bag
gunnar is “healthy” and is having a horrible season
kjerstad was part of the youth movement, he’s hitting .190 and got optioned back to aaa. rutchman batting .220, oneill .188, westburg .220, cowser .190. and they got no pitching.
alot of this can be attributed to injuries which is why i voted for them on this poll. and plenty of time to get back on track. but right now, as we speak, they are on pace for about 100 losses, so yea they are most definitely a rebuild CANDIDATE.
keyword here, CANDIDATE
“My team”
“No, My team!”
“No Way! MY Team!”
“You crazy? MY TEAM!”
“It’s not even close. My team.”
“Enough! Let’s all gather together and give one another a hug. Then you say one nice word about the other person.”
The question was, which team was hit the hardest, not which team has the most injuries. Those are 2 different things, which is why I didn’t vote Dodgers despite the plethora of guys who spent time on the IL. They’ve been successful in dealing with the injuries. The team hardest hit has to be the one without the depth to deal with an abundance of injuries.
So you have it both ways. Above you say the Rocks can’t be considered (of course I was being facetious) and now you say the team without the depth to deal with injuries should “win” the the poll. The team with the least depth is clearly the Rockies. The logic is flawed.
Yours is the flawed logic. First, I never said the team with the least depth should win. Don’t put words in my mouth. What is clear is the Rockies were going to be in last place whether they had zero injuries or a ton. How can a team like that be described as being hard hit? Again the Rockies’ injuries are as irrelevant as the team itself, because the injuries don’t matter, one way or the other, in the standings.
What I said is any team that has the talent to be competitive, but isn’t because of injuries, are more hard hit by those injuries. That’s not a difficult concept. It’s illogical to think a team, that’s cruising along in 1st place, can be the most hard hit by injuries.
“The team hardest hit has to be the one without the depth…”
Is what you wrote.
Nor do I think the Rockies should be in the serious discussion. As I said previously, they were used as a facetious example.
Set the parameters any way you prefer. Apparently you set the rules for the discussion.
One could surmise the Dodgers would be 10 games in front had Snell, Glasnow, Sasaki, Treinen, Phillips, Graterol, Grove, Gonsolin et al not gone the way of the IL. It is all relative my friend.
I can’t help it if you misinterpret the line you quoted. I didn’t think it was necessary to include every team, like the Rockies, where logic would tell you it didn’t apply, and every team like the Orioles, where it did. I thought the implications were clear. But since I didn’t you choose to try and use my non-specificity to find flaws.
If I had to choose between a first-place team, that might be 10 games in front, but aren’t because of injuries, or an expected playoff team, mired 9 to 14 games out of first, I’d much rather be that team in first. That makes me believe those teams with a lot of injuries that are struggling in the standings are more hard hit.
I’m not establishing parameters for anyone, just stating my perspective on the question. God forbid I should have an opinion you disagree with.
The fact that I chose to argue with you does not imply you don’t have the right to your opinion. Nor did I ever say that. You do you.
Your comment, “Apparently you set the rules for the discussion” implies my post was more than just my opinion, does it not?
No it refers to the exclusion of the Dodgers because they remain in contention and have been “successful in dealing with the injuries” as you put it. I contend the Dodgers would be running away with their division absent the inordinate number of important injuries they have suffered, That is all. Hence my comment “it’s all relative.”
You assume a lot. Again, you’re ascribing things to me that I never said, nor believed. I never excluded the Dodgers from my thinking. I considered them, along with the NYYs, and every other team with significant injuries. But in coming to my opinion, in the final analysis I applied a criterium (for me only), that eliminated teams whose chances had not been severely diminished.
Your belief, that the Dodgers would be running away with it, is probably true, but it also shows that you set the rules for how you determined who you think was hardest hit. That’s all I did, but you’ve taken great exception to me doing the same as you have.
I love you anyway.
Hey, I get it. You’re Dodger fan, and think your teams is hardest hit, like a a lot of fans from other teams. It’s understandable. It’s all opinion; a question without an answer. I have no dog in the fight, and unlike many, I’m not Dodger hater.
It was fun sparring with you. At the end of the day, injuries have been very tough for lots of teams. And it sure seems like there are more arm injuries than ever, not that I have the stats on that.
And no mention of the Orioles not having Bradish or Wells. Back to back years where this team has been decimated by injuries. The second half of last year they had a skeleton of a starting rotation with what they started the season with.
How long are you going to mention them if they are out every year?
Doyers have the offensive prowess to throw trash on the mound and still win. Kike going to be a 2 way player in a month or two
Just here to point out that Myles Straw (0.9 bWAR) has outperformed Roki Sasaki (0.1 bWAR) this season.
It’s still June and you’re comparing an outfielder to a pitcher.
Those are the facts, yes.
Is there a GM on earth who would trade Sasaki for Straw?
The fact that the Mariners aren’t on this list is a joke! Everyone knows the strength of the Mariners was their starting rotation coming into this season. So far they have lost Kirby, Gilbert, and Miller to injuries.
Also
Gregory Santos, RP
Matt Brash RP (now back)
1b/RF Luke Raley
2b Ryan Bliss
2B/3B Jorge Polanco
RF Victor Robles
MLBTR knows that Dodgers content = Clicks Clicks Clicks!
The Athletics – clearly!
They have an owner whose brain is injured, causing the team to have to play in a AAA ballpark while a few hundred miles away a MLB ballpark sits vacant a MLB team!!
That injury is hitting the A’s harder than any injury is impacting any other team!
😉
Points for creativity.
Mariners
Hell not putting the Cubs on this list is a joke!! If Shota and Steele weren’t hurt or out for season, the Cubs would have BEST RECORD in baseball!! GRRRR!!
Astros
Y. Alvarez, Arrighetti, Blanco, Wesneski. Ok, maybe a homer pick.
The Red Sox have lost some biggies too.
The Dodgers are self inflicted…sign injury prone dudes and have so many big names that any injury sound significant, lol.
I’m going with the White House, serious brain injuries.
Of course you are.
Up and down the entire line-up.
Holy smokes. One third of active MLB roster is injuried.
Question. How does this number compare/contrast to previous years going back, let’s say, 15 years? I know we’re not talking disease here but is this endemic or do we have an epidemic on hand? And, is this reality just here with the US brand of baseball or possibly more pandemic?
Of course the answer is Dodgers but how many 60day IL players did they have signed going in to the season? They know playoffs is a cakewalk for them. If any of these injured prone players happen to be healthy for playoff games, increases likelihood win WS.
For my Brewers, yeah no Mitchell or Perkins hurts their depth. Add Tyler Black and J. Quero being injured and a non option to. Contreras would be able to rest some days if Quero were healthy to play. I don’t think it puts them #1, but at 1 point it was Freddy Peralta and tbd for starting pitching on a d2d basis.
The Mariners greatest strength—pitching—has been decimated by injuries. Only Woo and Castillo of the starting five, haven’t been on the IL. While Matt Brash camae back successfully from the IL in the bullpen, and Muñoz has been excellent, the rest of the bullpen has been decimated.
Gregory Santos, RP
Matt Brash RP (now back)
1b/RF Luke Raley
2b Ryan Bliss
2B/3B Jorge Polanco
RF Victor Robles
To me a better question is
Which teams win/loss record has been most impacted by injuries?
Because of the incredible amount of depth their $400 million payroll has allowed them to have, the Dodgers have not been impacted much at all.
Who would you vote for?
To me, hit hardest by injuries isn’t the total number of injured players, but how the injuries effected team play. Some teams have a large IL but still manage to compete remarkably.
Interpreting “hit the hardest” by injuries this year as the most negative impact to a team, that team has to be the Orioles. The Dodgers may have had more pitchers out and the Yankees with value, but neither has been impacted as much and the Dodgers have nary missed a beat overcoming the pitching issues with their offense.
The Orioles on the other hand…
Starting pitching – Bradish and G Rodriguez all season due to injury, Means not resigned due to injury, Suarez and Rogers each have had just 1 outing this year, Eflin missed time. Have fielded a desperation rotation of “ace” Dean Kremer (probably a #5 on the Dodgers), Cade Povich (5.6 ERA), a totally washed-up Charlie Morton, Kyle Gibson (bombarded to a 10+ ERA), and not-ready AAA pitchers Chayce McDermott and Brandon Young.
Offense – Several starters have or will miss significant time: Westburg, Cowser, Mullins, O’Neill. Others have missed some time: Henderson, Urias, Rutschman (not on DL but sat a few games), They have yet to field their planned starters at the same time this season. That’s forced Mateo to play CF, several call-ups like Carlson, Handley, and Adams they weren’t planning to need, etc.
Relief pitching – not hit as hard yet – but closer Bautista missed time early and is still getting up to full strength, key setup acquisition Kittredge just returned, They have 5 relievers with 27 or more appearances so that’s asking for injuries soon. They have been scouring the waiver wire for acquisitions such as Scott Blewett to stave off a fried ‘pen.
A healthy Orioles squad is .500 or better despite their pitching, not last in the AL East.
Crazy to not even mention the Braves. Started the year without their best hitter and best pitcher and it doesn’t seem like it went well.
Pretty sad when “other” is the third best option. Writers should really look to close that gap in the polls. I would have chosen Dodgers, Orioles, Red Sox anyway
These are misleading numbers.
Any player who was signed injured or carried an injury from the prior season are not expected to contribute to the team until after their return.
Population should have been limited to injured players who participated in at least 1 Spring Training or Regular Season game. If not you might as well expand the population to MiLB players who who could have been called up if it weren’t for injuries.
The Mariners rotation, plus Raley and Robles. And Bliss. That’s not nothing
Gregory Santos, RP
Matt Brash RP (now back)
1b/RF Luke Raley
2b Ryan Bliss
2B/3B Jorge Polanco
RF Victor Robles
Quality
Not
Quantity
Explains why they all attacked the Superfife and let the do nothing greedies and criminals walk away with all of the Superfife’s hard work…..
The Reds. Other teams may have more injuries, but most other teams have more depth.
Astros have almost their entire starting pitching staff on the IL and thier best hitter.
Astros
3/5 of starting rotation:
Ronel Blanco*
Spencer Arrighetti
Hayden Wesneski*
(note: * gone for rest of season)
Best Hitter:
Yordan Alvarez
Top bench:
Chas McCormick
Zach Dezenzo
Seattle has had 3/5 of their rotation on IL. I would argue that the three are better than your 3. You might disagree with me but that is the fanatical part.
Mariners, like every team deals with injury and underperformance. The fortunate thing for the Astros is that always seem to find pitching. Alvarez though is sorely missed
It seems the only answer is the team you follow the closest. The Mariners have been hit hard. Harder than other teams? Not sure but since I follow the Ms the closest I know and feel them the most. Did the writers understand this when they wrote this article? I would say yes. It is a way to bring to light the rash of injuries this year. Are there more than normal? I don’t think so but it seems to hit some that don’t have a ton of history with big injuries. Seattle has been fairly lucky concerning injuries. This year has been worse than any I remember.
Seattle has lost their starting 2B for the year, RF until September, a LF/1B for roughly a month and a half, and three Starting Pitchers for significant time. For a team that was lacking depth in a serious way, these injuries have been catostrophic for the Mariners