Mariners Team Health Report

by Jeff Sullivan on Mar 11, 2010 10:51 AM PST in Miscellaneous

I don't think there's anything groundbreaking to be found, here, but in the interest of generating content without having to do any actual work myself, here's Will Carroll's Mariner health report, which went up a few weeks ago. Primary injury risks: Jack Wilson, Ken Griffey Jr., Rob Johnson, and Milton Bradley. Who knew!

The real fun, as it so often is, is in the analysis. This guy took all of Carroll's 2009 reports and looked at the players' injury information over the following year, finding what seems to be a real and statistically significant effect present in Carroll's colored light rating system. Implication: our primary injury risks are Jack Wilson, Ken Griffey Jr., Rob Johnson, and Milton Bradley. Who knew!

Not to belittle Carroll's work, because that's not my intent, but I love how Joe Nathan got a green light three days ago. Takebacksies?

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Strange I can read all of Minnesota's report but not Seattle's.

by Wilder. on Mar 11, 2010 11:00 AM PST reply actions

Sounds like Hannahan is out too

Not sure with what though. I was wondering what he was up to while Tui steals the daylights out of his bench spot.

by moyerLIVES on Mar 11, 2010 11:44 AM PST reply actions

Groin.

by BrianL on Mar 11, 2010 11:48 AM PST up reply actions

I'm not sure that "Groin" is

an appropriate one word answer to any question. :)

by Droid Rage on Mar 11, 2010 1:40 PM PST via mobile up reply actions

I can think of at least one.

by PissedMick on Mar 11, 2010 2:26 PM PST up reply actions

Why, where would YOU least like to be kicked?

by Graham MacAree on Mar 11, 2010 2:32 PM PST up reply actions

South America.

Fans are typically idiots.

by The Typical Idiot Fan on Mar 11, 2010 6:37 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs

Well yeah,

but I would probably say “in the nads” or something along that line. Just not a one word “Groin” answer. Groin is such a stark word just sitting there by itself. I find it somehow disturbing.

by Droid Rage on Mar 11, 2010 7:30 PM PST up reply actions

Speaking of health reports I see that Branyan is

out “indefintely” with back problems. Poor Russell.

FUCK ERIC BYRNES FUCK ERIC BYRNES!

by Goose on Mar 11, 2010 12:16 PM PST via mobile reply actions

Ouch

“He’s still not doing full-scale baseball stuff,” said Acta. “He takes ground balls a few days a week and he hit a certain amount of time. It’s gradual.”

I guess the best the Indians can hope for is for him to be the batting version of Bedard — an in-season “acquisition” they already have in their pocket.

And people were mad that Zduriencik didn’t offer him a contract…

by wandergeist on Mar 11, 2010 4:21 PM PST up reply actions

I really like Will Carrol's work, actually

Don’t know anything about him as a person, but his work on injury risk seems to be pretty reliable and he seems to have good sources when it comes to player’s injuries and what we can expect regarding recovery. Of all the stuff being done at BPro, his seems to me like the most important—I don’t know a single other person who matches his comprehensive reports and medical knowledge.

I don’t know whether Will would take back Joe Nathan at this point or not, after all, there’s a difference between the right procedure and the right outcome. Having avaerged 69 games a season as a reliever since 2003, Nathan looked as healthy as a pitcher could. Besides, here’s what he said about Nathan on March 8th " News that Nathan is having problems with his elbow early in camp remind us that even the easiest of elbow operations isn’t a good thing. If all it is for Nathan is some scar breaking loose, this green should hold. If it’s more, well, few closers last even this long."

by philosofool on Mar 11, 2010 3:01 PM PST reply actions

I wasn't serious about that

Will has a system, and his system steered him in a certain, justifiable direction re: Nathan. It’s just funny timing.

by Jeff Sullivan on Mar 11, 2010 3:16 PM PST up reply actions

I figured you weren't

but since there’s a little Carrol bashing going on and I tend to take a more piecemeal approach to BPro than some Mariners bloggers (who seem to me to be boycotting) I thought I’d throw in a few words on his behalf.

by philosofool on Mar 11, 2010 3:24 PM PST up reply actions

Will has his foibles.

I think he’s finally come around to seeing how serious concussions are (he was incredibly blase about them 5-6 years ago), but his opinions on pitching mechanics are really quite archaic.

I find his best feature (and since I let my BP subscription expire this month, I can no longer read him) is his publication of detailed injury information as it happens. When we signed Richie Sexson, Will told us all about reverse subluxation – what it was, what it meant to Richie’s swing, and under what circumstances we might consider him fixed or still at risk. That was pretty helpful.

I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.

by Llewdor on Mar 12, 2010 9:46 AM PST up reply actions