Avoiding Injuries

[deaddogseye]

Is there anything you can do to avoid / minimize injury other than not signing a lot of fragile players? I have a trainer with a great reputation. Is there anything else you can do?

[Curve Ball Dave]

Originally Posted by deaddogseye

Is there anything you can do to avoid / minimize injury other than not signing a lot of fragile players? I have a trainer with a great reputation. Is there anything else you can do?

Not to be flippant, but the only thing you can is never play a guy. Injuries happen, they are part of playing sports, the probability of a player getting hurt in some way while playing is near 100% if his career lasts for any length. Even guys who had long streaks of games played had to play through pain to make that happen. Make sure you have a strong bench or AAA team so you have guys who can fill in without the team losing too much productivity.

[deaddogseye]

thanks thats what i assumed. Just checking to see if i was missing anything.

[SirSaab]

I’ve personally set my league to one tick below default injury frequency, and that feels about right. 40% of my starting 5 and two of my lineup’s regulars are currently on long stints on the DL, and I still get myriad d2d injuries throughout my system.

I did this less because I have a problem with players getting hurt, and more because ESPECIALLY once short season leagues come online, managing injuries just become untenable for me personally.

I don’t believe the setting I’ve chosen affects injury severity, and the number on injuries is still pretty realistic (I think), so I’d recommend giving that a try too.

[UltimateAverageGuy]

Turn off injuries in settings