Perpetually Injured

swrathje · 02-02-2021, 07:56 PM

Maybe it's because I prevented WWII. Bob Feller would've in the service in 1942. He was (and still is) listed as "Fragile." On 4/28 an injury sidelined him for six weeks. 6/23, a DTD injury. 7/16, DTD for six days. 7/21, misses six days. 8/1, out for four weeks. Sent him to rehab. The docs sent him back after 28 days. Bob pitched two games in the World Series and was beaten senseless in both games. Spring training 1943: 3/22, pitched 0.2 inning, then injured for three weeks. In Bob's very next appearance after returning from that injury on 4/11, he tosses 0.1 inning in relief before yet another injury that will take him out for 6-7 weeks. Except for one back injury (one of the six day DTDs), everything else was an arm injury. My trainer is Legendary in both healing arms and preventing arm injuries. Having back luck with the RNG is one thing. This is insane. I'm wide open to answers, theories, evidence that my trainer took bribes. Thanks in advance.

RchW · 02-02-2021, 08:05 PM

Play fictional. It's impossible not to put way too many expectations into names you know. Mine was Joe Dimaggio as a reserve LF on the Phillies.

mytreds · 02-02-2021, 09:31 PM

I agree. I went fictional and have never looked back. It gets rid of so many irking things about this simulator.

JerseyPirate · 02-02-2021, 09:32 PM

Fragile, elite starting pitchers, whether in a historical league or a future league are WORTHLESS!!! They NEVER hold up. I now automatically trade 3+ star starting pitchers once they become fragile.

swrathje · 02-02-2021, 10:48 PM

Your answers were more depressing than I thought they'd be. You'd hope that a guy who threw 343 innings the year before his enlistment and 371 his first year back wouldn't be fragile. Silly me.

Thank you very much for your advise.

David Watts · 02-03-2021, 09:11 AM

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Originally Posted by swrathje

Maybe it's because I prevented WWII. Bob Feller would've in the service in 1942. He was (and still is) listed as "Fragile." On 4/28 an injury sidelined him for six weeks. 6/23, a DTD injury. 7/16, DTD for six days. 7/21, misses six days. 8/1, out for four weeks. Sent him to rehab. The docs sent him back after 28 days. Bob pitched two games in the World Series and was beaten senseless in both games. Spring training 1943: 3/22, pitched 0.2 inning, then injured for three weeks. In Bob's very next appearance after returning from that injury on 4/11, he tosses 0.1 inning in relief before yet another injury that will take him out for 6-7 weeks. Except for one back injury (one of the six day DTDs), everything else was an arm injury. My trainer is Legendary in both healing arms and preventing arm injuries. Having back luck with the RNG is one thing. This is insane. I'm wide open to answers, theories, evidence that my trainer took bribes. Thanks in advance.

One thing you could try is 5 year recalc. Use 5 year recalc and when you set your league up, edit your make bad settings to 154/67 for batters and 17/14 for pitchers.

swrathje · 02-04-2021, 12:51 PM

Great idea. Thank you.

r0nster · 02-04-2021, 03:18 PM

there is one hint i get at least for me if a player starts to get the injured but able to play at least twice it means he would be a bust the following season. Havent gotten pattern down yet for how many years after the injury filled season he plays till injured again. However i am at this point suspecting 2 to 3 seasons before he gets worse injuries

fuzzy_patters · 02-04-2021, 11:46 PM

While it probably wouldn't work as well in the 1940s because of the lack of strong bullpens, one thing that I have had success with in the modern era is to sign broken-down, fragile pitchers for next to nothing and never pitch them more than two times through the order. If you keep them from having very high pitch counts, they can sometimes go a couple of seasons in a row without getting injured.

swrathje · 02-07-2021, 03:19 PM

Thank you. I'll try that.

RchW · 02-07-2021, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by swrathje

Your answers were more depressing than I thought they'd be. You'd hope that a guy who threw 343 innings the year before his enlistment and 371 his first year back wouldn't be fragile. Silly me.

Thank you very much for your advise.

He's not real.

02-02-2021, 07:56 PM	#1
swrathje Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Aug 2020 Posts: 20	Perpetually Injured Maybe it's because I prevented WWII. Bob Feller would've in the service in 1942. He was (and still is) listed as "Fragile." On 4/28 an injury sidelined him for six weeks. 6/23, a DTD injury. 7/16, DTD for six days. 7/21, misses six days. 8/1, out for four weeks. Sent him to rehab. The docs sent him back after 28 days. Bob pitched two games in the World Series and was beaten senseless in both games. Spring training 1943: 3/22, pitched 0.2 inning, then injured for three weeks. In Bob's very next appearance after returning from that injury on 4/11, he tosses 0.1 inning in relief before yet another injury that will take him out for 6-7 weeks. Except for one back injury (one of the six day DTDs), everything else was an arm injury. My trainer is Legendary in both healing arms and preventing arm injuries. Having back luck with the RNG is one thing. This is insane. I'm wide open to answers, theories, evidence that my trainer took bribes. Thanks in advance.

02-02-2021, 08:05 PM	#2
RchW Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Toronto ON by way of Glasgow UK Posts: 15,629	Play fictional. It's impossible not to put way too many expectations into names you know. Mine was Joe Dimaggio as a reserve LF on the Phillies. __________________ Cheers RichW If you’re looking for a good cause to donate money to please consider a Donation to Parkinson’s Canada. It may help me have a better future and if not me, someone else. Thanks. “Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition …There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.” Frank Wilhoit

02-02-2021, 09:31 PM	#3
mytreds All Star Starter Join Date: Nov 2019 Posts: 1,183	I agree. I went fictional and have never looked back. It gets rid of so many irking things about this simulator. __________________ “Baseball isn’t statistics; it’s Joe DiMaggio rounding second.” “Once, centuries ago, it was the beloved national pastime of the Americas, Wesley. Abandoned by a society that prized fast food and faster games. Lost to impatience.” “ The term ‘WAR’ should be replaced by ‘WAG’. WAR isn’t an actual measurement; it’s just a wild-ass guess” -Bill James RIP National League 1876-2022 Floreat semper vel invita morte. I make custom ballparks.

02-02-2021, 09:32 PM	#4
JerseyPirate Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jul 2020 Posts: 172	Fragile, elite starting pitchers, whether in a historical league or a future league are WORTHLESS!!! They NEVER hold up. I now automatically trade 3+ star starting pitchers once they become fragile.

02-02-2021, 10:48 PM	#5
swrathje Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Aug 2020 Posts: 20	Your answers were more depressing than I thought they'd be. You'd hope that a guy who threw 343 innings the year before his enlistment and 371 his first year back wouldn't be fragile. Silly me. Thank you very much for your advise.

02-04-2021, 12:51 PM	#7
swrathje Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Aug 2020 Posts: 20	Great idea. Thank you.

02-04-2021, 03:18 PM	#8
r0nster Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2006 Location: Michigan Posts: 3,081	there is one hint i get at least for me if a player starts to get the injured but able to play at least twice it means he would be a bust the following season. Havent gotten pattern down yet for how many years after the injury filled season he plays till injured again. However i am at this point suspecting 2 to 3 seasons before he gets worse injuries

02-04-2021, 11:46 PM	#9
fuzzy_patters All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 1,806	While it probably wouldn't work as well in the 1940s because of the lack of strong bullpens, one thing that I have had success with in the modern era is to sign broken-down, fragile pitchers for next to nothing and never pitch them more than two times through the order. If you keep them from having very high pitch counts, they can sometimes go a couple of seasons in a row without getting injured.

02-07-2021, 03:19 PM	#10
swrathje Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Aug 2020 Posts: 20	Thank you. I'll try that.