As a nationally certified athletic trainer they DO have a lot to do with recovery of injuries and to some extent on prevention. Of course we will never be able to prevent an ACL tear from a guy sliding into a base....but if properly conditioned, an athlete can greatly reduce the chance of injury (ham pulls, etc.)
As far as how good they are....it is the same as coaches, gm's, etc.....is there a difference between lets say Joe Torre and Davey Lopes??? I think so ...even though they are at the top level there is a huge difference trainer to trainer!
Sorry for the rant!!
By the way ....I was an assistant trainer for 5 1/2 yrs in the show...
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