BABS Bruises and Brawn at the Break

[MEMBERS ONLY] Here's a stat to blow your socks off... As of the All Star Break, 56 percent of the pre-season Top 300 players have already lost time to the IL or have been demoted. Injured players alone make up 51 percent of that total. The single season record for attrition (in the 12 years we've kept records) was the 60 percent of players who lost time during the entirety of 2018.

Ten of the 15 first-rounders have lost time. That includes Trevor Bauer, whose departure will be likely be long-term, if not . . .

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