Injuries

[ANDYCOCHRANE]

Can someone clarify the chance of injuries for a 1 injury player. Is it max 3 games for those with over 600 AB's? If that is the case then have I just been unlucky with Alou getting injured for 3 games after just one match? Is he likely to be injury free from now on. I managed to lose two of my essential satrters for two of my first three games!

[hechojazz]

All the three game max injury period for those with over 600 ABs gives you is a guarantee that when such a batter gets hurt, it will be limited to three games. However, if HAL's rolls are unkind, one of those guys can get hurt once a week or more. There's no limit on that, it is simply a matter of whether the computer rolls a HBP+inj.

[JOELKING]

Actaully, there is a slight edge by alou getting HBP + injury. that does means he get on base at least once, just make sure you got a very good hitter after him, :)

[1crazycanuk]

I once had Klesko get hurt...come back and immediately get hurt again. It is frustrating. Is there a limit to how many players can be hurt at once or can a run of bad luck leave you with half your team out with injuries?

[CHARLESBELL]

That would have to be a really bad run of luck, but there is no limit on how many times a player "might" be injured. It's a roll of the dice, but for an inj 1 player the odds are 1/216 = less than half a percent per appearance.

Even an inj 5/6 player will generally play 100-120 games (but the odds are higher in regard to that run of bad luck). Players like Mauer and F Thomas are often picked despite their injury roll because they can do so much damage with the bat when they are playing.

Injuries are bad, but I wouldn't ignore all injury prone players. With the right platoon/bench they can be very effective.